Reem Abu Hassan
Reem Abu Hassan | |
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Minister of Social Development | |
Assumed office 2013 | |
Reem Abu Hassan is a Jordanian politician and Government Minister.
Early life
Reem Abu Hassan graduated from the University of Jordan with a L.L.B. degree in 1985. In 1986 she completed her L.L.M. from the London School of Economics, University of London. From 1987 to 1988 she was a visiting researcher of Law of Evidence at the Harvard Law School. She is married with two children.[1]
Career
Reem Abu Hassan was involved with the drafting of laws regarding women and children in Jordan in 1992. She worked in the First Reform Initiative in Jordan in 2002 and in 2005 she was a member of the Legislation and Justice subcommittee of the Jordanian National Agenda. In 2006 she participated in the Jordan Together Reform Forum. She served as an advisor to the Ministry of Justice from 2006 to 2008. She founded the International Women's Forum in Jordan and served as its president from 2006 to 2008. She was appointed to the Board of Trustees for the National Centre for Human Rights on May 2011. In 2013 she was appointed the Minister of Social Development.[1] She has spoken against the scrapping of the Article 308 of the Jordanian law, that protects rapists by through marriage. She was in favor of an amendment to the law that would exclude rapists.[2]
References
- ^ a b "H.E Reem Abu Hassan Minister of Social Development Amman Jordan". ibanet.org. International Bar Association. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ "Sit-in planned outside Parliament to demand abolition of Article 308". Jordan Times. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017.