Representing the President of Yarmouk University, the Vice President, Prof. Fawwaz Al-Abd Al-Haq patronized the launching ceremony of the second phase of 2019/2020 program, "Empowering Women for Leadership Roles". The program is implemented by Princess Basma Center for Jordanian Women Studies, in cooperation with the Union of Federations Forum and the support of the Canadian government. Coinciding with the Center's celebrations of the 16-day international campaign on violence against women, the ceremony included an interactive theatrical show entitled "Starting from Below Zero" that was performed by several students namely, Saeed Al-Mughrabi, Raghad Barakat, Faris Al-Khawaldeh, Laila Daradkeh, and Yara. The show addressed scenes and scenarios of how the society, represented by the family, deals with women. It highlighted all the stereotypes and societal concepts about the mechanism of dealing with women and called out to enable women to participate fairly in decision-making, regardless of their different political, religious, or social orientations.
The director of Princess Basma Center for Jordanian Women Studies, Dr. Amna Khasawneh, explained that the center has started implementing the program last year by empowering 40 women from the university’s administrative staff and that its second stage incorporates empowering another 40 women from the administrative and academic staff of Yarmouk University. Al-Khasawneh said that the center seeks to combat violence against women through positive interactive activities that spread awareness among all segments of society and that it is to ensure the importance of women’s role in the society, thus helping them empower themselves at educational, economic, and social levels. Eventually, this will provide women with an opportunity to unleash their creativity and activate their true participation in building Jordan and contributing to its development.
Noteworthy that the activities of the ceremony were attended by the head of the drama department at the university, Dr. Bilal Thiabat, several members of the academic and administrative body at the university, and a crowd of students.
