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Tunisia’s 2014 Parliamentary Elections: A Human Rights Agenda
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Tunisian laws protect women’s equality more than the laws of most other countries of the Arab world. The law on personal status, promulgated in 1956 by then-President Habib Bourguiba, greatly reduced gender inequality in many facets of family life, including marriage and divorce. However, Tunisian law continues to discriminate against women in inheritance, in child custody, and in other aspects of the life.
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Tunisian laws protect women’s equality more than the laws of most other countries of the Arab world. The law on personal status, promulgated in 1956 by then-President Habib Bourguiba, greatly reduced gender inequality in many facets of family life, including marriage and divorce. However, Tunisian law continues to discriminate against women in inheritance, in child custody, and in other aspects of the life.
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Tunisia’s Sister of the Revolution
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Ikram Ben Said took part in the Arab Spring's first successful uprising — and then realized that the struggle for women's rights in Tunisia was just beginning
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Ikram Ben Said took part in the Arab Spring's first successful uprising — and then realized that the struggle for women's rights in Tunisia was just beginning
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Founder and President of Aswat Nisa
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Tunisia: Two Thirds of Tunisians Support Women's Participation in Politics (survey)
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Two thirds of Tunisians support women's participation in political life, according to the results of a survey presented Saturday in Tunis. "The support for women's participation in politics is however less pronounced in the case women are members of respondents' families," noted the survey, since only 52% of respondents encourage women from their family circle to be involved in politics
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Two thirds of Tunisians support women's participation in political life, according to the results of a survey presented Saturday in Tunis. "The support for women's participation in politics is however less pronounced in the case women are members of respondents' families," noted the survey, since only 52% of respondents encourage women from their family circle to be involved in politics
We invite you to read the full article published March 15, 2014
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Gender in the new Tunisian Constitution - UNDP Fact Sheet
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The new Constitution of Tunisia was adopted by an overwhelming majority of the country’s National Constituent Assembly on Sunday evening, January 26 2014, and signed and promulgated in a ceremony at the Assembly on January 27 2014. It is a historic moment for Tunisia; the country’s first democratic constitution, and a particularly significant event for Tunisian women.
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The new Constitution of Tunisia was adopted by an overwhelming majority of the country’s National Constituent Assembly on Sunday evening, January 26 2014, and signed and promulgated in a ceremony at the Assembly on January 27 2014. It is a historic moment for Tunisia; the country’s first democratic constitution, and a particularly significant event for Tunisian women.
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Tunisia's Ennahda and Ettakattol women MPs celebrate
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Tunisia's new constitution could usher in momentous change for women, following the adoption of a clause which guarantees gender equality in legislative assemblies and for steps to be taken to protect women against violence, a first in the Arab world.
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Tunisia's new constitution could usher in momentous change for women, following the adoption of a clause which guarantees gender equality in legislative assemblies and for steps to be taken to protect women against violence, a first in the Arab world.
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Tunisia signs new constitution into law
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The new constitution, seen as one of the most progressive in the region, guarantees equal rights for men and women.
We invite you to read the full article published January 27, 2014
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The new constitution, seen as one of the most progressive in the region, guarantees equal rights for men and women.
We invite you to read the full article published January 27, 2014