Karama
is proud to work in various sectors and areas that accelerate and enhance
capacities to stop violence against women. Many of our projects are ongoing
across the MENA region and highlights of Karama’s achievements include:
- Karama
partners in Jordan, Morocco, Lebanon, Iraq, Libya, and Egypt contributed
to six new laws or public policies against domestic violence and
discriminatory practices since 2005.
- In
response to the Arab revolutions, Karama mobilized national and regional
partners to build linkage, discuss best practices, and brainstorm
strategies to lobby for women’s inclusion and participation in
post-revolution decision-making, peace building, and constitutional
reform. As a result, Karama supported the launch of the Libyan Women’s
Platform for Peace and the Syrian Women’s Forum for Peace, and will
continue to work with partner in Yemen to launch the MANN (‘together’)
network in 2013.
- Karama
convened a Regional Consultation on the UN Convention for the Elimination
of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) in late 2009, joined
by UNIFEM and the League of Arab States, which collaborated on such an
event for the first time in its history.
- Karama’s
international advocacy training has brought dozens of Arab female
activists to the United Nations, generating the first-ever stakeholder
reports on Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Egypt, Lebanon, and Somalia submitted to
the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review.
- Karama’s
media outreach program has resulted in over 150 articles, op-eds,
broadcasts, and podcasts published in media across the Middle East, Asia,
North America, Europe, and Latin America, building awareness and spurring
debate on key issues for women in the region.