Maybe in the years to come, the women in Tunisia will have even further gains.
Women in Tunisia: Four Years After the Revolution
Written by Houda Mzioudet
Published Monday, February 16, 2015
Despite strides laws remain un-enforced
[Tunis] -- In 1956, Tunisia gained its independence from France, installing President Habib Bourguiba as Tunisia's new leader. Bourguiba established the Code of Personal Status, a series of unprecedented laws in the Arab world aimed at establishing gender equality, access to higher education, job opportunities, and the right to file for divorce. These laws enabled women and some organizations to contribute to the reduction of gender discrimination and abuse.
In the elections following the revolution, Tunisian women further improved their situation when they became twenty-five percent of the assembly that drafted Tunisia’s first constitution, a victory regardless of not having reached the goal of 50/50 parity. The obstacles Tunisian women have confronted in order to safeguard Personal Status Code rights reached its height when the moderate Islamist party, Ennahdha, offered a controversial bill for complementary roles between men and women within the family structure in the drafting the constitution. This caused outrage among many Tunisians.
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Women in Tunisia: Four Years After the Revolution
Written by Houda Mzioudet
Published Monday, February 16, 2015
Despite strides laws remain un-enforced
[Tunis] -- In 1956, Tunisia gained its independence from France, installing President Habib Bourguiba as Tunisia's new leader. Bourguiba established the Code of Personal Status, a series of unprecedented laws in the Arab world aimed at establishing gender equality, access to higher education, job opportunities, and the right to file for divorce. These laws enabled women and some organizations to contribute to the reduction of gender discrimination and abuse.
In the elections following the revolution, Tunisian women further improved their situation when they became twenty-five percent of the assembly that drafted Tunisia’s first constitution, a victory regardless of not having reached the goal of 50/50 parity. The obstacles Tunisian women have confronted in order to safeguard Personal Status Code rights reached its height when the moderate Islamist party, Ennahdha, offered a controversial bill for complementary roles between men and women within the family structure in the drafting the constitution. This caused outrage among many Tunisians.
Continue reading at:
The Media Line
