Nos actions

KARAMA

Supporting the resilience and reintegration of women who have suffered violence in North Africa

Worldwide, one woman in three suffers violence in her lifetime. Sometimes invisible and often taboo, the after-effects of violence are numerous (physical, economic, psychosocial, procreative and sexual), plunging victims into extreme vulnerability. Combined with other discriminations (class, origin, race [...]) and a lack of adequate public services, women struggle to find the resources to escape this vicious circle.

These constraints common to humanity do not spare southern Mediterranean countries despite social movements and changes in legislation. Initiated in 2018, the Karama project supports several multidisciplinary schemes to accompany women at every stage of their journey (accommodation, listening, psychological, legal, administrative support and access to healthcare). They also have access to vocational training and support for their (re)integration, necessary for real individual emancipation.

As their trajectories take place in an environment that trivializes violence, our partners also raise public awareness. At the same time, they carry out preventive actions aimed at governmental and/or associative players involved, directly or indirectly, in their care.

Partners and funders

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COOPAEM

INSER.ECO.Net (2011-2013)

Program of women empowerment in Mediterranean region (2006-2016)

Creator managers - Morocco/Tunisia/Algeria (2004-2006)

Supporting creation of economic activities in Figuig - Morocco (2002-2007)

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Pooling resource to make its own business successful in Mediterranean area

All around the world, economic inequalities between women and men are still very strong. Yet, many studies explain the importance of women’s status and the role they have to play for developing an equal and inclusive society.

Working for more than 10 years with our Mediterranean partners (Tunisia, Morocco and Egypt), we helped them implement several projects aiming at improving the status of women through their social and economic integration. Many women already benefit from trainings and/or create their own income-generating activity.

With our partners, we are now focusing on the formalization of those micro-companies thanks to the implementation of collective enterprises. The entrepreneurs are then able to share resources and skills, ensure the sustainability of their activities and benefit from social advantages such as social security. As the entrepreneurs share skills and pool resource, they can better ensure the sustainability of their business and benefit from social care. Meanwhile, an action-research approach will contribute to promoting the efficiency and relevance of the micro-companies’ supporting process to public authorities.