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Accountability on Stage: A Talk with UN Special Rapporteur oPt

03//03/2626

Nearly 1,000 Voices Gather in Amman for a Public Dialogue on International Law, Corporate Responsibility, and Palestine Anchoring Justice, Legal Evidence, Civic Mobilization, and the Future of Accountability Discussing the Stories Behind the Reports and the Book When the World Sleeps: Lived Experience and Collective Memory The Renaissance Strategic Center (RSC) at the Arab Renaissance fo…

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Breaking Barriers: 300 Men and Boys Engage to Support Women’s Leadership in Jordan

19//02/2626

In many communities across Jordan, social norms continue to influence perceptions of leadership and decision-making roles. “Empowering Each Other – Phase 8,” implemented by ARDD in partnership with UN Women, aimed to address these dynamics by engaging men and boys in structured dialogue on women’s leadership and gender roles. Between November 2025 and January 2026, ARDD conducted 11 two-day dia…

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NAFE Launches AI-Supported Learning Dialogue

18//02/2626

The National Alliance for the Future of Education (NAFE), in collaboration with the Arab Renaissance for Democracy and Development (ARDD), held its first stakeholder dialogue on AI-supported learning in Jordanian schools on 3 February 2026. This initial discussion marks the beginning of a series of engagements aimed at formalizing a structured AI network within the existing NAFE governance framewo…

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Nidaa’ for Change Young Women Launch “Drug Prevention in Schools” Initiative in Collaboration with ARDD

17//02/2626

Young women participating in the Nidaa’ for Change project launched the initiative “Drug Prevention in Schools,” marking the sixth youth-led initiative under the project. The initiative comes as part of the project’s efforts to support safer, more inclusive learning environments and strengthen girls’ leadership and community engagement. The initiative began with an interactive awareness session…

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ARDD Welcomes the EU Ambassador to Jordan

16//02/2626

On Thursday, 12 February 2026, ARDD welcomed the EU Ambassador to Jordan, H.E. Pierre-Christophe Chatzisavas, to our headquarters in Amman for a constructive exchange with ARDD’s team. Discussions focused on the evolving civil society landscape in Jordan and across the MENA region, including shrinking funding opportunities and limited frameworks for the institutionalization of civil society in …

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Saudi Fellowship for Community Engagement Visits ARDD in Jordan

28//01/2626

The Arab Renaissance for Democracy and Development (ARDD) hosted a group of participants from the Saudi Fellowship for Community Engagement as part of their field visit to Jordan. The visit aimed to introduce the fellows to the realities of civil society in Jordan and to highlight best practices in promoting civic participation and participatory decision-making. During the visit, the fellows le…

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ARDD Strongly Condemns Israel’s Forced Demolition of UNRWA’s Jerusalem HQ and is Gravely Concerned that the Agency is Forced to Scale down Operations

22//01/2626

Israel started to demolish UNRWA’s headquarters in Jerusalem days after the agency’s leadership announced that, due to the unprecedented financial crisis it is facing, it is forced to reduce the opening hours of its schools and clinics to four days per week to avoid agency collapse. Israel’s anti-UNRWA campaign reached another level of open and deliberate defiance of international law on 20 Ja…

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ARDD Holds Consultative Meetings for the Jabal Amman Future Committee on Urban Planning and Participatory Governance

21//01/2626

The Arab Renaissance for Democracy and Development (ARDD) convened two meetings of the Jabal Amman Future Committee between 14 and 19 January 2026, in cooperation with the Greater Amman Municipality and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat). These meetings were held as part of consultative dialogues aimed at exploring practical pathways to strengthen participatory governance …

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ARDD Partners with Tilli Kids to Localize Social-Emotional Learning Curriculum for Palestine Refugee Children and Children Across the Arab Region

12//01/2626

As part of its commitment to inclusive, rights-based education, the Arab Renaissance for Democracy and Development (ARDD) has partnered with Tilli Kids in 2025, to adapt and localize Tilli’s evidence-based social-emotional learning (SEL) curriculum for Arabic-speaking children across the Arab region. Tilli is an innovative SEL platform for early learners aged 5 to 10, developed through research a…