Nine months after the overthrow of the former president, Tunisia has voted in the first open and fair election in the region. In three articles on the topic, Kristine Goulding asks:
-Is a Tunisian feminist fall, driven by local, national and international support, possible? Or will countervailing forces of politics, social pressure and religion prevail?
- Is Islamism in direct opposition to women's rights? The Arab Spring redefined the roles of both women and the Islamist al-Nahda, and the two cannot be seen as mutually exclusive
In the final article, Kristine Goulding argues that if a 'feminist fall' does not come to fruition, it will be because the citizens of Tunisia have shown democratically that feminism is not consummate on their agenda.
Read all three articles on Open Democracy, published 25 October
Nine months after the overthrow of the former president, Tunisia has voted in the first open and fair election in the region. In three articles on the topic, Kristine Goulding asks:
-Is a Tunisian feminist fall, driven by local, national and international support, possible? Or will countervailing forces of politics, social pressure and religion prevail?
- Is Islamism in direct opposition to women's rights? The Arab Spring redefined the roles of both women and the Islamist al-Nahda, and the two cannot be seen as mutually exclusive
In the final article, Kristine Goulding argues that if a 'feminist fall' does not come to fruition, it will be because the citizens of Tunisia have shown democratically that feminism is not consummate on their agenda.
Read all three articles on Open Democracy, published 25 October