This study was undertaken on behalf of the Child Protection and Gender-Based Violence sub-working groups in Jordan, established in February 2012 to coordinate prevention and response to child protection and gender-based violence against children and adults affected by the crisis in Syria and who are living in camps, sites, and host communities.
This assessment was conducted to obtain a more comprehensive understanding of the risks that Syrian refugee families — especially women and girls — face in Jordan, and to provide a deeper understanding of Syrian urban refugees’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards gender-based violence against adults and children, including early marriage. It was carried out with the participation of a range of community-based stakeholders in 11 of Jordan’s 12 governorates. The findings are based on a solid methodology including: i) a questionnaire distributed to 613 refugees per household residing outside of the Za’atari refugee camp, representing 3 per cent of registered households in Jordan as of October 2012; ii) 34 focus group discussions held in all regions so as to gain qualitative information about economic and physical security, major trends with regards to gender-based violence and child protection issues, and information about quality and access to services; iii) 45 in-depth interviews with key informants, community leaders and service providers from all regions, selected for their knowledge about the living conditions of the target population.