[1] In the 1970s, Radhia Nasraoui started campaigning for human rights, when the regime of President Bourguiba banned demonstrations by students and workers.

Two years later, in the aftermath of the Black Thursday, a general strike accompanied by bloody riots and resulting in many deaths, Nasraoui opened her own firm.

Due to her professional activities in favor of human rights in Tunisia, Radhia Nasraoui continued to be exposed to repression and police brutality.

The U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women reported: On 12 February 1998, the Office of Radhia Nasraoui was ransacked and most of her records stolen [...] Her house is under constant surveillance, her phone line is cut or regularly tapped.

Radhia Nasraoui is married to Hamma Hammami, the secretary general of the Workers' Party since 1981, and they have three daughters, Nadia, Sarah and Oussaïma.