#COVID-Stories Hasan | LGBTQ Activist | Amman, Jordan What challenges has the LGBTQ community faced since the lockdown started? Are their needs being addressed? H: Many transgender, lesbian, and visible LGBTQ individuals already work from home due to discrimination in the workforce causing a lack of employment for LGBTQ individuals in Jordan, particularly transgender individuals. These people do vocational work such as accessory production, catering, and tailoring. They are already survivors in their daily lives since they have managed to create their own home businesses. Due to the quarantine...

#COVID-Stories Salma | NGO Worker | Amman, Jordan How have you been spending your time during the quarantine In Jordan? S: After a few days of the quarantine I started to feel tired of being home all the time, so I tried to make a daily routine. Thankfully my father has a garden, so I sit outside to enjoy nature and read books. Later, my family and I have lunch and watch TV or movies together. We like to sit and chat about family, which is nice for me because normally I am so far away from them so I don’t have the opportunity to talk about family (laughs). How has COVID-19 changed your...

#COVID-Stories Marwa | Charity Worker + Photographer | Jerash, Jordan How has COVID-19 affected the groups/individuals that your charity serves? The charity has stopped working except in cases of emergency. Every Ramadan, the charity carries out many projects, the most important are the collective Iftars and the purchase of Al Eid clothes for children. Refugees have very few chances to survive, as they're prohibited from working and don't have health insurance, so they often suffer from food and basic needs shortage. We’re getting a lot of calls from people who have nothing to eat or feed...

Gender equality and women's rights is an issue all around the world. Although over time society has developed in its ways in which it supports all people, there are still multiple huge issues happening in the world. Over 50% of the world population are females. There are multiple countries in the world who still do not give women the right to vote or freedom of speech. Some women around the world deal with many issues such as some are still married as children or trafficked into forced labour. Some are also refused access to education and political participation. Around the world, deaths...