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Karama aims to end all types of violence against women in the Arab region. It mobilzes women's influence and participation across all instrumental sectors (political, legal and civil activism) to adress women's advancement, security, protection, and participation. Karama works through partners in 13 countries in the Middle East and North Africa through national and regional women networks, to scale communities' understanding of women's rights (advocacy) and influence (lobby) governments, policy makers and lawmakers for reforms, leveraging international human rights mechanisms.

Karama's approach to end violence against women distinguishes it from other initiatives, as Karama works from the ground up, emphasizing local expertise and elevating this to inform national policies, regional dialogues and international advocacy.

Karama takes a broader view in the belief that to bring an eng to violence against women, it is necessary to identify the ways it affects and is affected by economics, law, health,  media, education, and art/culture - the things that matter most in people's daily lives - and to design strategies to combat it through each of these areas.

Karama works to end violence against women in the Middle East and North Africa by building coalitions addressing the multi-sectoral causes and consequences of violence and enhancing their capacity to advocate, lobby, and build awareness on women's issues, priorities, and rights in the region.