Research Consortium Assessment - Primary Findings  

The USAID Takamol- Gender Program launched a Research Consortium in response to
identified gaps and weaknesses in rigorous and credible research around gender issues in Jordan
that can be utilized to improve interventions and policies aimed at achieving gender equity and
female empowerment in Jordan. The Consortium of 12 university and NGO/for profit research
institutions will – as a result of USAID’s technical support during the lifetime of the program –
eventually become the go to national network for collaborative research on gender in Jordan as
well as the host of a national gender research ethics committee.