(11 Feb 2019) Queen Maxima of the Netherlands on Monday met with female entrepreneurs in Jordan, as she visited the country in her capacity as the UN Secretary-General's Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development.
The meeting took place at a guest house owned by a Jordanian woman who built a tourism business with the help of a business loan and coaching from the non-profit Microfund for Women (MFW).
During her visit, Queen Maxima will focus on improving access to financial services to enhance refugees' prospects of personal development.
There are approximately three million refugees from various countries living in Jordan.
More than 760-thousand of them are registered with the UNHCR.
A large proportion of them live outside refugee camps and are trying to build independent lives.
The visit of Queen Maxima is part of an official invitation by the Jordanian government, where she will also meet with Jordanian officials.
She is due to meet with King Abdullah on Tuesday , as well as with international development partners, including the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the World Bank Group (WB) and the World Food Programme (WFP).
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