About Karama Foundation
Supporting women in recognising harm, understanding their options, and accessing pathways toward safety, healing, and rebuilding.
A survivor-informed initiative for women navigating harm, and the long road after.
Karama supports women navigating harmful or abusive relationship dynamics — including emotional, psychological, financial, physical and coercive control within relationships, marriage, separation and divorce.
We recognise that these experiences are shaped not only by personal circumstances, but also by emotional, cultural, patriarchal, financial, legal and structural systems that can limit safety, autonomy and access to support.
We provide:
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Information and education
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Guidance and referral pathways
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Safe peer support spaces
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Collective care systems
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Survivor-informed mentorship
Karama exists to make information, support, and pathways to care more visible and accessible.
WHY WE EXIST
A survivor-informed initiative for women navigating harm and the journey beyond.
Many women experiencing coercion, abuse, intimate partner violence, or other forms of relational harm do not immediately recognise what is happening, know where to turn, or understand the options available to them.
This reality affects millions of women globally.
According to the World Health Organization, nearly 1 in 3 women experience physical and/or sexual violence in their lifetime, most often within intimate partner relationships.
Too often, women are left to navigate emotional, practical, legal, financial, and social challenges alone. Fear, isolation, shame, financial dependence, cultural expectations, and a lack of accessible information can make it difficult to seek support or take the next step forward.
Karama exists to make information, support, resources, recourse, and pathways toward safety, healing, and rebuilding more visible and accessible. We help women recognise harm, understand their options, access support and recourse, and navigate pathways towards safety, healing, and rebuilding.
Because no woman should feel trapped simply because she cannot see her options.
Help us build a sustainable ecosystem of care for womane navigating harm, transition, healing and rebuilding.
Donate
Your support helps fund circles, resources, and community programmes that make safety and clarity accessible to women who need it most.
Volunteer
Whether you bring lived experience, professional skills, or simply time and care — there is a place for you at Karama.
Partner with us
We collaborate with legal, health, financial, and community professionals committed to women's safety and wellbeing. We welcome ethical partnerships that expand access and support.
Meet The Founder
Karama Foundation was founded by Tamkara (Adun) Irimagha following her own journey navigating abuse, separation, and rebuilding.
Through lived experience, professional expertise, and years of advocacy, education, and community-building, she came to recognise how difficult it can be for women to access clear information, trusted support, and visible pathways forward during times of harm and transition.
Karama was created to help bridge that gap.
Today, Karama works to ensure that women have access to the information, support, recourse, and collective care needed to make informed decisions, navigate change, and rebuild with dignity.