Asma Khader

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Personal information

Title: 
Secretary General of the Jordanian National Commission for Women ( JNCW )
Birthyear: 
1952

Contact information (private)

City: 
Amman
Country: 
Jordan
Personal email address: 
asma.k@batelco.jo

Contact information (work)

Company name: 
The Jordanian National commission for Women
Postbox: 
5118
Address: 
Amman
Postal code: 
11183
State: 
ِِ
City: 
ِAmman
Country: 
Jordan
Phone: 
00 962 (6) 5560741 / 5549494
Mobile phone: 
00 962 (77) 7933331
Work email address: 
asma.khader@jncw.jo
Work webpage: 
http://www.women.jo

Education

Bachelor Degree in Law, Damascus University,1977

Competences

Founder and President of Mizan Group , Law Group for Human Rights and has initiated to establish ( SIGI ) in Jordan , Sisterhood is global Institute
Have been hired by her Royal Highness Princess Basma Bint talal to be the Secretary General of the Jordanian national Commission for Women
Languages: 
Arabic
English

Jobs

Work history: 

JNCW Secretary General 2007 - Present

Minister of State 25-10-2003 to 7-3-2005

Elected by a decision of the Committee on Women in the Arab Lawyers Union since 1982 and until 1994

Has been Elected to be the president of the Jordanian Women's Union in 1993 and until 1997

Has been Elected chancellor of the Permanent Arab Court to Combat Violence against Women 1995 - 1997

Director of Al-Haq (Law for the Human) in 1996-1997

Founder and President of Mizan Group , Law Group for Human Rights and has initiated to establish ( SIGI ) in Jordan , Sisterhood is global Institute

Has initiated to establish ( SIGI ) in Jordan , Sisterhood is global Institute 1997-2003

has practiced law before various Civil Courts and property in various parts of Jordan and abroad 1981 - 2003

Honarary office and memberships: 
Established a National Task Force to address the poverty and was first elected as Rapporteur of the team, and elected member of the Executive Committee of the International Commission of Jurists / Geneva for a period of fifteen years
Member of the United Nations Development Fund for civil society to three sessions
Member of the High-level Panel formed by the Secretary-General of the United Nations to review and develop a relationship of the United Nations and civil society
Was and still is in many national committees and the Arab and international legislation to review and propose new formulations and the development of reports and plans of national, Arab and international

Awards

Distinctions: 
She served as Minister of State, Government spokesperson of the Government of the State of Mr. Faisal al-Fayez on 25 / 10 / 2003, then Minister of Culture, responsible for public information and the Government spokesperson in the government of former Prime Minister Faisal Fayez, the former Prime Minister Adnan Badran to 3 / 7 / 2005
Awards: 
Won The Independence Medal and from the First Class for her role in the formulation of the National Charter of His Majesty King Hussein, in 1990 and the award of the United Nations to address poverty and achieve the goals of the United Nations development agenda in 2003
won the Human Rights Watch award and won many other honor and awards and certificates of appreciation