This group contributes to the continuity and development of the Egyptian and regional feminist movement in the Middle East and North Africa.

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.

[1] Women human rights defenders (WHRDs) working in Nazra face strong traditional and patriarchal structures which make campaigning against gender violence and inequality difficult.

Having received the Charlotte Bunch Award for her work on Women's Human Rights in 2013, a travel ban order was imposed on her in 2016, which prevented her from leaving Egypt.

The Nazra worker's case is part of a wider movement of human rights groups who are making public their fear of a #aShutteredPublicSphere.