Jordan Times
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Princess Basma meets
with US congressional delegation
AMMAN (JT) - HRH Princess Basma met with a delegation of US congressional aides
who are currently on an official visit to the country on Monday. The meeting,
which took place at the Jordanian Hashemite Fund for Human Development (JOHUD),
was attended by the executive director of the organisation, Farah Daghastani,
and private and civil society, and educational sector representatives who
exchanged views about Jordan’s development progress and challenges, according to
a statement by Princess Basma’s office. The attendees discussed the role that
civil society organisations are playing in the Kingdom’s development process and
JOHUD’s efforts to empower Jordanians to bring about positive changes for their
local communities at the grassroots level. Other topics discussed during the
meeting included women’s empowerment, the importance of dialogue about Islam
with the West as well as educational standards.