Month: September 2012

From August 30 to September 1 2012, Karama and the Libyan Women’s Platform for Peace (LWPP) convened a group of 37 Libyan activists, as well as two members of the General National Congress, in Tripoli to develop women’s and youth strategies for influencing the Libyan constitutional drafting process.  After intense discussion and debate, the participants […]

Egypt’s new Prime Minister, Hesham Qandil, recently announced the long-awaited names of thirty-three ministers who will make up Mohammed Mursi’s cabinet. The appointments included five ministers affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood, four of whom were given the key ministerial posts of information, higher education, housing, and labor. The fifth was named Minister of State for […]

Karama has launched a new initiative to share interviews with women who took part in Egypt’s revolution. Our first in this series is with Samar Saad Abdelrahman, who is a 23 year old intern at Care International in Egypt. Karama caught up with her in the wake of Egypt’s March 19 constitutional referendum.Can you explain […]

Libya’s first post-Gaddafi parliamentary elections took place July 7th 2012, reviving a national spirit that brought fireworks to the sky and people to the streets in celebration. Sixty-two percent of Libyans turned out for the elections, with over 1.7 million ballots cast and 3,700 candidates, including 624 women, running for seats. It was the first […]