Who We Are Founded by Hibaaq Osman, Karama is a regional NGO based in Cairo, Egypt with an office in Amman, Jordan. Operating throughout the Arab region, Karama has built a strong coalition with hundreds of partners in thirteen countries—including Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, and Yemen.

Karama works with the broadest network – with women, men, youth, academics, activists, community leaders, politicians, parliamentarians, and others in an effort to end and reform discriminatory laws and practices and promote women’s advancement, security, and protection in all aspects of public and private life.

Karama has effected advocacy, capacity-building, knowledge-sharing and exchange, and policymaking at the national, regional, and international levels. Many of our recommendations have been adopted into new and existing constitutions, as well as official recommendations made to the state by international bodies such as the UN.

Mission Statement Karama aims to end all types of violence against women in Africa and the Arab region, and to ensure that women are able to participate fully in the decision-making processes that affect them. We mobilize women’s influence and participation through political, legal and civil activism to address women’s advancement, security, protection, and participation. Karama works through partners in 13 countries in the Middle East and Africa through national and regional women's networks. Our work seeks to increase communities’ understanding of women’s rights, supporting them to secure the positive changes they want, based on international human rights mechanisms.