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The crack downs, harassment and resistance that human rights activists are facing are not gender neutral. Nationalism, extremism and traditional values make up a poisonous cocktail that shrinks the ability to work for women\u2019s rights. Women activist are, on top of the general resistance also facing gender specific harassment. Sexual harassment and shaming, public slandering in media and online, having their families targeted are examples of gender specific harassment that was discussed at the Euro Mediterranean Human Rights Network seminar on shrinking space for civil society in Brussels June 22 where KVINFO (Katarina Blomqvist) as a member took part. The problems are also documented in the Kvinna till Kvinna report: Suffocating the Movement<\/a> from May 2018.<\/p>\n

“The problem of shrinking space for women\u2019s rights activists and organisations is a global trend but it is acute and very severe in Egypt where it is a barrier to the implementation of much needed projects to enhance gender equality in the country,”<\/em> says Katarina Blomqvist, senior consultant in KVINFO, working with KVINFO\u2019s programme for gender equality in the Middle East and North Africa region as part of the Danish Arab Partnership Programme funded by the Danish Ministry for Foreign Affairs.<\/p>\n

In Egypt, the women\u2019s organisations and individual high profile feminists work under especially hard conditions, facing accusations of receiving illegal international funding, getting their bank accounts frozen and being banned from travelling. Mozn Hassan from Nazra from Feminist studies was interrogated and released on bail in June. Her organisation has condemned the treatment of their executive director – link til statement \u2013 in a case 173 that was started in 2011 and still on-going.<\/p>\n

Also Azza Soliman, co-founder and president of the board of trustees in Center for Egyptian Women\u2019s Legal Assistance, is facing asset freeze, travel ban and accusations of illegal foreign funding. Azza Soliman has also been subjected to heavy slandering in Egyptian media.<\/p>\n

Read Nazra for Feminist Studies’ statement<\/a> on the accusations of Mozn Hassan.<\/p>\n

EuroMed Rights Network on Egyptian Human Rights Activist Behind Bars<\/a><\/p>\n

Read more about Azza Soliman in Amnesty International\u2019s BRAVE campaign.<\/a><\/p>\n

Read article on Egyptian feminism.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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