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by Karama Founder and CEO Hibaaq Osman

Appeared in Common Ground News, 27 July 2010

Cairo - In Somaliland’s 26 June presidential elections, voters were faced with a pivotal choice in determining their future prosperity, security, freedom and peace. On that date, which marked the 50th anniversary of Somaliland’s independence from British rule, citizens voted to change the current regime that they feel has been growing increasingly ineffectual and promote a new party through the election of opposition leader Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo, who was inaugurated on 27 July.

The Karama movement in Jordan signed agreements with the working groups in charge of these realms to implement their proposed solutions to ending violence and discrimination against women at the national level.  After initial disbursement of funds for action plans in Jordan, the implementing groups reported on their progress in achievement of project objectives in the realms of economics, politics and law, during the first phase of each group’s projects.

Following is an update on progress at the ground level in Jordan detailed by realm.

Economic Realm

Promoting the societal awareness of the importance of women’s participation in the economic field.

Project Objectives

    The project aims at achieving the following targets:

-    Raising societal awareness of the importance of women’s participation in the economic domain.

Appeared in the Jordan Times

6 June 2010

By Laila Azzeh

AMMAN - Legal experts and women activists on Saturday underlined the importance of the Family Protection Law as a step in the right direction, although they said the legislation did not live up to their expectations.

During a training workshop to raise awareness on the law’s provisions, organised by the Karama Organisation in cooperation with the Cultural Forum of the Blind and the Young Women’s Christian Association, participants noted that some of the articles have yet to be fully applied, hindering efforts to eliminate domestic violence in the Kingdom.

The UN is creating a unified body to promote gender equality – and who better to lead it than an inspirational Arab woman?

By Hibaaq Osman

Appeared in the Guardian, Comment is Free

28 May 2010

When the history of the global struggle for women's equality is written, 2010 may be remembered as the year when the United Nations began living up to its full potential. The general assembly is currently studying reforms to the tangled web of agencies, offices and programmes that work to promote women's equality in order to create a single "gender entity" with an expanded budget, led by an executive at the rank of under secretary-general.