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Network for women's groups in Africa and the Arab region, we are working to end violence against women and girls, and to ensure that women participate fully in the decision-making processes that affect them.

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In 2018, Randa Siniora became the first Palestinian woman to address the UN Security Council. At that point, the council had met over 8,000 times, with the situation and status of Palestine being a key topic ever since the body's inception. #16days
A photo of Randa Siniora next to the quote “Colonial occupation enforces a patriarchal system.”
November 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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As we mark International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, we note the extraordinary toll that the war in Gaza and the occupation in general takes on women and girls in Palestine #16days #PalestineDay
A photo of Lily Feidy speaking at the United Nations next to a quote that says: "Palestinian women embody the concept of sumud: what the West calls resistance but we call steadfastness"
November 29, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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As co-founder of the Libyan Women's Platform for Peace, Zahra and her colleagues led advocacy to set a minimum level for women's political representation in Libya. That quota endures, as does LWPP's own engagement in Libya's peace process
A photo of Zahra Langhi next to a quote saying "That quota for women's participation is thanks to our efforts and the support we had from Karama"
November 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Working with Karama, Kamilia led work to bring activists and potential women leaders from across Sudan together to form a unified agenda. That project not only helped women to respond to crisis when conflict broke, but expanded connections between women's groups, making for more inclusive networks
A photo of Kamilia Kura next to a quote saying "The women can now talk about their rights, they can mobilize others to support them”
November 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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As a teenager, Zohra joined the Wa'ed network for adolescent girls. There, she gained confidence and skills to talk about issues that were important to her - like climate change and sexual and reproductive health and rights.
A photo of Zohra Khalid next to a quote saying: “We've left our homes, left my education, but I still feel that I am myself"
November 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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As we begin the #16daysofactivism on international day for the elimination of violence against women and girls, Karama also marks our 20th anniversary. As we enter our third decade of activism, we celebrate the incredible women across our network, and their remarkable contributions
A photograph of Samia El-Hashmi next to a quote saying “Excluding women from political arucipation is a form of violence against women.” - Samia El-Hashmi
November 25, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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New agency to protect women and children from violence in Libya an important step, but legislation is needed fulfil its aims
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Libyan activists welcome new agency to protect women and children — Karama
Activists in Libya have welcomed the announcement their government will establish an agency to ensure "effective and urgent protection for every woman and child exposed to violence, threats, or exploi...
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November 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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My heartfelt congratulations to the Outstanding Samia El-Hashimi for the award. Hopefully this award sheds more lights on the struggle of the Sudanese people and helps ending the slaughter of innocent people.
November 14, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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Congratulations to the brilliant Samia El-Hashmi, recognized for her work in Sudan with the Franco-German Prize for Human Rights and the Rule of Law
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Samia El-Hashmi recognized by Franco-German Human Rights Prize — Karama
Leading Sudanese human rights activist Samia El-Hashmi has been awarded the 2024 Franco-German Prize for Human Rights and the Rule of Law . The award recognises Samia’s work to “defend and promote th...
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November 14, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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As governments gather in Brazil for #COP30, they must recognize that climate change exacerbates exisiting inequalities. Action on climate change must take an intersectional feminist approach. Read our advocacy brief developed with UNICEF
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Climate Change Impact on Adolescent Girls
Advocacy Brief
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November 7, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Vital tribute from Sheba Youth Foundation for Iftehan Al-Mashhari, slain last month in Taiz

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Champion of integrity. Iftehan Al-Mashhari's legacy "must be immortalized"
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November 4, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Yale Humanitarian Research Lab highlights the extraordinary violations by the RSF that continue in Sudan files-profile.medicine.yale.edu/documents/b9...
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October 31, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Moroccan foreign minister Nasser Bourita announces his ministry will adopt a feminist foreign policy
Nasser Bourita addressing the 4th ministerial conference on feminist foreign policy in Paris
October 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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In conversation with Ana María Alonso Giganto Spain’s Ambassador-at-large for Feminist Foreign Policy, @hibaaq.bsky.social underlines that accountability is fundamental to feminist foreign policy
Ana María Alonso Giganto and Hibaaq Osman speaking on stage in an event held in a lecture
October 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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As governments and activists gather in Paris ahead of the 4th Ministerial meeting on feminist foreign policy, we launch our paper setting out principles and priorities from the perspective of Africa and the Arab region www.elkara.ma/news/ffp-pol...
Feminist Foreign Policy: Priorities and Principles from the Arab region — Karama
Ahead of the 4th Ministerial Meeting on feminist foreign policy , Karama launches Principles and Priorities for Feminist Foreign Policy .
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October 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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“What of the thousands of parents who have buried their children? And of all those who have collected the body parts of their loved ones? How to even begin to think about addressing such mass trauma when there isn’t even a roof to gather under?”
October 13, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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Karama condemns the assassination today in Taiz of Aftahan Al-Mashhari. Prof Aftahan was a dedicated public servant and a leading voice against corruption

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The assassination of Aftahan Al-Mashhari is an attack on all Yemenis — Karama
The Karama network condemns the assassination this morning of Aftahan Al-Mashhari in Taiz, Yemen.
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September 18, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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🎙️ New episode now live!

@hibaaq.bsky.social of @el-karama.bsky.social reminds us: “Democracy without women is hypocrisy”.

🎧Listen to Ep. 8 of #ResistPersistReimagine: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6YKXONxbeszsuq03VMr2z1?si=JpKCRySzTu6qxnx-9pLx8Q

#ColmenaFund #ColmenaForChange #WomenInPolitics
🎙️ Episode 8: Hibaaq Osman
Resist, Persist and Reimagine · Episode
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July 21, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Famine is being engineered in Gaza, a terror warned of for months that is finally being reported globally
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Mass starvation stalks Gaza as deaths from hunger rise
Aid agencies warned for months that Israel’s harsh limits on food aid would bring acute malnutrition and widespread suffering to Gaza’s 2.1 million people.
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July 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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It is all too poignant that NATO leaders meet on the anniversary of Salwa Bugaighis’s assassination, they could learn much from her message #JusticeForSalwa
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The spectacle of war: a feminist reckoning with endless conflict
From Salwa Bugaighis' message to NATO’s trillion-dollar militarization, we must learn that peace, justice, and women’s leadership can replace the politics of ruin
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June 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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The militarization of humanitarian response peels away another level of the international system. What will be left before responsible states intervene?
June 17, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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This is unfortunately an example of a serious and pressing problem that risks being communicated in a way that is so technical that the public can't fully grasp what's changed: 1.5m people in urgent need of food, &the full Israeli blockade since March means fears more will die from malnutrition.
May 12, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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In #Yemen, a massive women’s protest in Aden demanding urgent action on collapsing basic services like water and electricity, and economic instability. Protesters held banners condemning worsening living conditions and called for sustainable government response.
Women protesters gather in Al Aroud Square in Aden, Yemen Yemeni women protesting, holding flags and banners
May 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Israeli forces have killed Palestinian journalists Mohammed Mansour and Hossam Shabat in Gaza.

In 2024, Palestinians accounted for nearly 2/3rds of all journalists killed worldwide, some of them deliberately killed by Israeli forces, per the Committee to Protect Journalists. This is no accident.
March 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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The Beijing conference saw unprecedented participation from women’s civil society, what was it like to coordinate that engagement? Read about the experience of Dr Hoda Badran, and her reflections on the progress made in the 30 years since Beijing #Beijingplus30 #CSW69 www.elkara.ma/beijing-30
A photo of activist Dr Hoda Badran speaking at a lectern. A text quote reads “Beijing was a defining moment. But it was not a finish line."
March 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM