of life from the perspective of culture and education.
2. The rate of employment of persons with disabilities of both sexes is
relatively low in Jordan. According to the Department of Statistics for
the general census of population for the year 2004, the total number of
female workers with disabilities was 566, compared to 4725 male
workers, with a percentage of (10.5%).
3. If we examine the status of women with disabilities in the labor
market, we will find that they face many challenges, including the
challenge to prove their Presence and rights as women. The Arab
Decade for Person with Disabilities 2004-2013, issued by the League
of Arab States, devoted a special axis for women with disabilities,
where it indicated the activation of their role by participating in
women's unions and organizations to enable them to claim their rights
as stipulated by national and Arab laws and legislations, and stressed
the need for habilitation to achieve the highest level of independence
and performance.
4. According to numerical indicators mentioned above, we find that for
the marital status in the Kingdom in respect of persons with
disabilities the number of married males is 11771, compared to 3452
married female, i.e. (23%). This is largely due to the culture of shame,
or reluctance by males to marry females with disabilities because of
fear of their inability to bear the burden of marriage or have children
with disabilities.
Ninth: The Right to Living Independently
The opportunity for persons with disabilities to live independently is
57