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| Founded | 2007 |
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| Founder | Mozn Hassan |
| Focus | Women's rights |
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Area served | Middle East and North Africa |
| Website | www.nazra.org/en |
Nazra for Feminist Studies is a women's rights organisation based in Egypt. This group contributes to the continuity and development of the Egyptian and regional feminist movement in the Middle East and North Africa. The group believes that feminism and gender are political and social issues affecting freedom and development in all societies. The group provides support in relation to gender-based violence and discrimination as well as gender equality and women's presence in the public sphere. Nazra has a particular focus on youth groups seeking support for gender-related causes.[1]
Women human rights defenders (WHRDs) working in Nazra face strong traditional and patriarchal structures which make campaigning against gender violence and inequality difficult. The group has documented many cases of violations against women in which members of the police and medical personnel engaged in victim-blaming or caused further discrimination or harm when the original rights violations were reported.[2]
- ^ "Nazra for Feminist Studies". Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
- ^ "Traditional Values and Human Rights Violations in Egypt" (PDF). Nazra for Feminist Studies. Retrieved 19 December 2019.