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Publication: Karama issues technical report on women's participation in the public domain
In partnership with the Women&Society Association, Karama has produced a technical report surveying NGOs in Egypt working towards literacy, life skills and adult education for women.
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New UN Report: Violence Against Women, Assessing the situation in Jordan
The UN has released the following report giving a baseline assessment for violence against women in Jordan.
UN Women Born! Civil Society Celebrates Creation of Gender Equality Entity After Four Years of Advocacy
New York
30 June 2010
The Gender Equality Architecture Reform (GEAR) Campaign celebrates the United Nations General Assembly resolution, agreed to on 30 June and to be formally adopted by the General Assembly on Friday, 2 July, to establish “UN Women”—the new gender equality entity at the UN. This move has been sought by women’s organizations and other civil society organizations around the world since the UN established a System-Wide Coherence Panel for UN Reform in 2006.
Brochures Printed in Braille for the Blind to Raise their Awareness on the Law of Protection against Domestic Violence
In an initiative, the first of its kind in Jordan and neighboring Arab countries, the General Federation of the Young Women's Christian Associations (YWCA) of Jordan, in cooperation with the Cultural Forum for the Blind, and supported by Al-Karama Organization, launched posters and brochures, printed in Braille, explaining the provisions of the Law on Protection against Domestic Violence No. 6 of the year 2008 and the procedures of protection contained therein. Provisions were simplified by experts in law and representatives of civil society organizations, both blind and sighted, to be accessible to affected groups and parties that ensure the protection of families.
