Tunisia

Tunisians will head to the polls on May 6 to vote in the country's first free municipal elections since the removal of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and his government in 2011.

Mehrezia Maïza Labidi chaired many of the plenary sessions that led to the birth of Tunisia’s new constitution, which includes a clause guaranteeing women’s rights.

By Shana Kaiser

Tunisia’s parliament has approved a bill aimed at ending “all violence against women” in a move welcomed by rights groups.

In the framework of the ‘Tunisian Week’ which took place at the European Parliament (Brussels) on the 2-4 May, the Women Political Leaders (WPL) Global Forum co-hosted the debate ‘Gender equality and the participation of women in public life‘.

By Shana Kaiser and Hamza Amor

Tunisia’s Ministry of Women’s Affairs submitted to parliament in mid-July a new draft law