There is a constitutional change that gave Jordanian women the right to vote and the right to run as a candidate. The national constitution affirmed that Jordanians, men and women, are equal. This had a great impact for women. The right to vote was amended and now women have the right to nominate themselves and to become candidates. In 1982 women got the right to vote and to run as candidates.
Political parties are now open for women.
The law was opened in 1992. But women did not take part. The women themselves abstained from this activity. The Jordanian government had a great role in adopting a decision that the National Women's Council is their reference for women, and this led to a change in the course of women's action, and there is a national strategy for women's action. I would like also to mention that the local councils are open to women.