The Amman Stock Exchange (ASE), in collaboration with the Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative (SSE) and UN Women, participated in an online training program about Gender Equality in Capital Markets, which was held on 9-11/03/2026 in the presence of representatives from listed companies at ASE.
The importance of this training program on gender equality lies in its being one of the17 UN Sustainable Development Goals UNSDGs (Goal No. 5), and it is one of the goals that capital markets are interested in, and since it is disclosed in the sustainability reports issued annually by the ASE20 companies.
This training aims to build basic understanding of the meaning of gender equality, and identifying global principles, local requirements and peer practices that can guide participants as they set out on their journey to enhance gender equality, in addition to build awareness of sustainable finance through understanding the financial impacts of gender inequality, improving corporate reporting, and identifying the market opportunities provided by these improvements.