National Council Family Affairs

(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department - Amman) Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah called for the establishment of a resource center to provide development organizations and policy-makers with research and information on family issues.

Queen Rania, President of NCFA, discussed the idea at the National Council for Family Affairs board meeting, during which the council presented its plan of work for 2003.

(Jordan Times - Amman) Married women are the most susceptible to domestic violence, constituting 80 per cent of victims, according to a study released on Monday.
Eighty per cent of reported family violence cases in the Kingdom were perpetrated by a family member, with 45 per cent committed by the husband, 23 per cent by the father and 16 per cent by the brother, the study indicated.