Sham‘;a (“candle”) to combat violence against women. It monitors the measures set forth in the Human Safety and Social Protection/ Violence component of Jordan's National Strategy for Women and conducts education and awareness activities for law enforcement officers and the judicial system. In November 2007 and again in November 2008, Sham‘;a organized a campaign under the watchword, “No to violence against women!”, working in cooperation with United Nations organizations operating in Jordan and civil society organizations. In addition, every year Sham‘;a organizes a festival to celebrate its 16-day campaign to combat violence against women. Furthermore, a conference on the theme “Toward national participatory planning to combat violence against women” was held in 2008.