Mozn Hassan | |
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مزن حسن | |
Born | 1979 (age 44–45) Saudi Arabia |
Nationality | Egyptian |
Known for | Women's rights campaigns |
Awards | Right Livelihood Award (2016) Charlotte Bunch Human Rights Award (2013) |
Mozn Hassan (Arabic: مزن حسن; born 1979) is an Egyptian women's rights campaigner. The founder of Nazra for Feminist Studies, she took part in the protests of the Egyptian revolution of 2011 and worked to help those who were sexually assaulted at the time. Since then she successfully campaigned for changes to be made to the Constitution of Egypt and sexual crime laws to safeguard women. Hassan was awarded the Global Fund for Women’s inaugural Charlotte Bunch Human Rights Award in 2013. She also received the Right Livelihood Awards, known as the "alternative Nobel Peace Prize", in 2016. She is currently subject to a travel ban and asset freeze by the Egyptian government for allegedly violating foreign funding laws.