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=Nazra for Feminist Studies=

Nazra for Feminist Studies is a group that aims at contributing to the continuity and development of the Egyptian and regional feminist movement in the Middle East and North Africa, where the group believes that feminism and gender are political and social issues affecting freedom and development in all societies.

For almost a decade, “Nazra for Feminist Studies” has produced feminist knowledge with regards to various topics such as sexual violence against women, women’s presence in the public sphere, women’s political participation, legal reforms related to women’s human rights, etc.

Nazra believes that youth, in their diversity, struggle to integrate their issues, which include gender-related issues, in their societies. And so Nazra generally works to provide all actors who strive to achieve gender related causes with all forms of support needed; and focuses, specifically, on supporting youth groups who strive to achieve those causes.

Nazra is also keen on providing all means of support to women and mainly women human rights defenders and women who are politically engaged against all forms of violence and discrimination that they are subjected to in public and political spheres. Moreover, ending sexual violence against women is one the main priorities of Nazra for Feminist Studies since this violence stands as a threat to women’s right to actively participate in a safe public sphere.

Throughout the past year, “Nazra for Feminist Studies”, and its Founder and Executive Director Mozn Hassan, have been facing increased targeting by the state that ended with an asset freeze order against Hassan and the NGO “Nazra for Feminist Studies”. This fact was considered to be an unprecedented measure in the recent history of civil women’s rights NGOs.

Fields of work
1- Producing knowledge on women’s and gender rights based on documentation, research, and analysis in addition to working on Arabic terminology that is strongly connected to those causes.

2- Supporting women human rights defenders through providing legal, psychological and medical support.

3- Supporting women’s political participation and their contributions to the public spheres in order to mobilize women’s rights as social and political rights.

4- Working on strategic litigation in relation to gender rights within the Egyptian, regional and international legal systems in addition to working on policies and legal reform from a feminist perspective.

5- Launching campaigns that would aim at engaging women’s and gender issues within the political, legal, cultural and social agendas.

6- Providing opportunities of networking among young feminist groups in order to contribute to the continuity and the decentralization of the feminist movement.

7- Supporting the role of arts in addressing feminism and gender rights.

8- Launching initiatives that aim at engaging young men and women in order to mainstream feminist consciousness and culture.

9- Providing psychological, legal and medical support to women survivors of sexual violence in the public sphere.

10- Supporting bodily safety and freedoms from a gender perspective.

Right Livelihood Award
In 2016 Hassan and "Nazra for Feminist Studies" were awarded one of the Right Livelihood Awards, often called the "alternative Nobel Peace Prize", "for asserting the equality and rights of women in circumstances where they are subject to ongoing violence, abuse and discrimination". This award was an acknowledgement of their work due to the significant escalation of the Egyptian government’s crackdown on human rights and feminist spaces.

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