The Kamer Foundation (Turkish: Kamer Vakfi), sometimes referred to as Ka-Mer, is a Turkish women's group that finds shelter for and offers legal aid to women who have been threatened by their relatives.
Founded in 1997, by an elementary school teacher "who had become committed to the issue of Kurdish women's oppression through her and her husband's experiences with violence in the 1980s and 1990s"[1] and is located in the city of Diyarbakir, Turkey.
In the 1990s KA-MER grew alliances with Turkish and Kurdish feminist circles, which helped them, bring a greater awareness of the suicides and "killings committed under the guise of 'honor'"[2] (honor killings) of young migrant Kurdish women.
These feminists believe KA-MER to be ignorant to the reality of the Kurdish struggle and more of a "pragmatist, elite organization."
KA-MERS mission "is to identify those cultural and traditional practices, which are shaped by sexist values and are harmful to women and children, to develop their alternatives, and to ensure their implementation.