The Sisterhood Is Global Institute/Jordan (SIGI-Jordan) on Sunday said women’s poor representation as leaders and members of political parties will adversely reflect on their chances to win parliamentary seats at the national level.

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood' Freedom and Justice was the largest party in the last parliament, however, just five out of the 213 seats it won in the last election were taken by women. The group aims to increase the number of its female members by offering them training.

Progress towards gender equality in Jordan remains “very slow”, women’s rights activists said on Sunday. Speaking at a panel discussion on gender equality, Layla Naffa, director of projects at the Arab Women’s Organisation, said that Kingdom needed to take further steps to improve women’s situation.