On April 7, 2016, KARAMAH Founder Dr. Azizah al-Hibri spoke at The Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University panel on “Shari’ah and the Promotion of Nationality Rights and Gender Equity in the Middle East and North Africa (“MENA”) Region.” Mr. Amit Sen, UNHCR’s regional protection officer on statelessness for the Middle East and North […]
On April 6, 2016, KARAMAH hosted a group of 40 students from the Manhattan Country School. The students came to Washington D.C. to participate in the American Immigration Lawyer’s Association National Day of Action and were involved in an activism project to advocate on behalf of Syrian refugees. Aisha Rahman, Executive Director of KARAMAH, worked
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On March 3, 2016, my friends and I experienced a horrible incident. After finishing school, we took the light rail headed to Penn Station. There was a man sitting behind us on the train. He started verbally abusing us and cursing us out. My friend turned around to see what’s going on, and then turned back.
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On March 23 – 24, 2016, KARAMAH’s executive director Ms. Aisha Rahman spoke at the17th annual Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSX) Colloquium at St. Mary’s College of Maryland. The Colloquium this year focused on the topic of “Women as Agents of Political Change” and aimed to shed light on the multitude of spheres where
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Each year, KARAMAH holds a parallel event at the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) session that is held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York with the attendance of representatives of Member States, UN entities, and ECOSOC-accredited non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from all regions of the world. This year, KARAMAH hosted a
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On March 10, 2016, and as part of KARAMAH’s efforts to liaise with activists and advocates who work to promote women’s rights worldwide, KARAMAH met with a delegation of Afghan attorneys with experience working on criminal, property, and family law cases. KARAMAH regularly meets with delegations of global Muslim leaders to exchange ideas and information and
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On March 19, 2016, and in conjunction with the International Action Network for Gender Equity and Law, IANGEL and AIDS Free world, KARAMAH co-sponsored the panel discussion “Pro Bono Legal Services for Women’s Empowerment.” KARAMAH executive director Ms. Aisha Rahman joined IANGEL Board Member Ms. Mary Wolverton, and AIDS Free World Legal Advisor Mr. Seth
Maryam Laiyemo is from Northern Virginia by way of Nigeria. She is currently a senior at Howard University, where she is majoring in Administration of Justice and minoring in Sociology. At Howard, she has been on the Executive Board of the Howard University Muslim Students Association for 3 years, including two terms as President. She
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On March 1, 2016, KARAMAH Executive Director Aisha Rahman spoke at the Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence (MNADV)’s Culturally-Specific Service Provider Round Table entitled “Voices of Multiple Faiths, Forced Marriage, and Domestic Violence.” The event brought together representatives of many different faith-based organizations working to end domestic violence in their communities. Ms. Rahman’s portion of
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On March 15, 2016, KARAMAH founder Dr. Azizah al-Hibri spoke at the University of Pennsylvania Law School about “KARAMAH’s Challenging Journey.” The event was organized by the Penn Law Women’s Association, the Muslim Students Association, and the International Human’s Rights Advocates. Dr. al-Hibri presented the audience with the rationale behind the founding of KARAMAH; that
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