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One concern that professionals with refugee status often face upon relocating to a different country is the process to secure a position that reflects the credentials and previous experience they bring from their former homeland. In Jordan, some refugees have the means to earn a living to support themselves and their families but live in poverty conditions due to the complexity of the process to vet their education and credentials that results in inability to gain professional employment in the new country. This article describes a descriptive qualitative study that explored challenges faced by refugee health professionals in their attempts to integrate into Jordan's labour market. We conducted individual semi structured interviews and/or focus group sessions with a sample of 16 refugee nurses. The nurses described their perceptions and experiences of being refugees and their challenges to find a professional nursing position. Qualitative content analysis led to seven emerging themes: legal issues, financial issues, working environment issues, education and professional issues, family issues, physical and mental health issues, and gender issues. This study was an important first step to understand the challenges hindering refugee health professionals' employment opportunities and access to the labour market. The findings suggest implications for practice related to promoting awareness, creating legal employment opportunities, and informing policy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: to explore priority actions for strengthening the role of Advanced Practice Nurses (APNs) towards the achievement of Universal Health Converge (UHC) as perceived by health key informants in Jordan. Methods: an exploratory qualitative design, using a semi-structured survey, was utilized. A purposive sample of seventeen key informants from various nursing and health care sectors was recruited for the purpose of the study. Content analysis utilizing the five-stage framework approach was used for data analysis. Results: the findings revealed that policy and regulation, nursing education, research, and workforce were identified as the main elements that influence the role of APNs in contributing to the achievement of UHC. Priority actions were identified by the participants for the main four elements. Conclusion: study findings confirm the need to strengthen the role of APNs to achieve UHC through a major transformation in nursing education, practice, research, leadership, and regulatory system. Nurses should unite to come up with solid nursing competencies related to APNs, PHC, UHC, leadership and policy making to strengthen their position as main actors in influencing the health care system and evidence creation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: The purposes of this study were to identify barriers hindering Jordanian women's advancement to higher political and leadership positions and to identify main actions/strategies to facilitate Jordanian women's advancement to higher political and leadership positions. Methodology: A cross sectional survey was used where both quantitative and qualitative data were collected utilizing a self-administered questionnaire. A convenience sample of 500 Jordanian women was selected from women working in political and leadership positions in various settings including government, Non Government Organizations (NGOs), business, educational and academic institutions. The Study involved a self administered questionnaire with closed and open ended questions that include the demographic and personal questions, barriers hindering Jordanian women's advancement to higher political and leadership positions and main actions/strategies to facilitate Jordanian women's advancement to higher political and leadership positions. Findings: In their endeavour toward advancement in leadership positions in work and community, women face major obstacles and impediments. These barriers encompass a wide range of obstacles, which include political and legal, personal, family, socio-cultural, and economic barriers. Discrimination against women was a cross cutting issue for all barriers. Political and Legal support, awareness raising and empowerment of women were main issues suggested by women leaders to enhance to higher political and leadership positions. Women should work hard to stick to the heart of the Awakening and fight rather than demand by the name of democracy for their rights in politics and the building of their nation. Recommendations: The study suggests establishment of solid gender-sensitive policies, empowerment of women by strengthening their leadership abilities and capabilities, awareness raising of society about women role in development and involvement of women in the making of democracy and political reform to play an active role in all higher national committees and task groups of political reform. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Although many measures have been taken by the majority of Arab countries to enhance women's representation in decision-making positions, women's participation in public life and positions of power have not been achieved the desired level. The Arab region ranks the lowest in the world in terms of women's participation in parliaments. The objective of this paper is to examine the Political participation of women in the Arab countries and identify different challenges that impede Arab women participation in politics and decision making. Challenges include: cultural factors, the stereotyped image of women, women's low self-confidence, lack of coordination among women's organizations, effectiveness/efficiency of women empowerment programs, shortcomings in the institutional and legal frameworks, practices of political parties and election process, skepticism about the Agenda for Women empowerment, the process of development of Women empowerment strategies. Thus, challenges facing women in politics are immense. They require the consolidation of all efforts with great belief in women's capabilities as human beings who are able to lead and shoulder the responsibility in the building of their nations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]