Young people’s right to bodily integrity and freedom from violence is core to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It features in two of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – SDG 16, Peace and Justice, which calls for an end to all forms of abuse and violence against children, and SDG 5, Gender Equality, which calls for the elimination of child marriage and all forms of violence against girls and women. Although Jordan is signatory to the SDGs, it is currently not on track to deliver on either goal (Sachs et al., 2023). Indeed, evidence suggests that young people in Jordan remain at substantial risk of multiple forms of violence at the hands of caregivers, teachers, peers and – for girls and young women – husbands.
