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Mounira Charrad, "States and Women's Rights: The Making of Postcolonial Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco" University of California Press, 2001 ISBN 978-0-520-22576-3 Paula Holmes-Eber, "Daughters of Tunis: Women, Family, and Networks in a Muslim City", Westview Press, 2001 ISBN 0-8133-3944-8
In 2017, Tunisia became the first Arab country to outlaw domestic violence against women, which was previously not a crime. [43] Also the law stating that if a rapist marries his victim, he escapes punishment was also changed. [43] According to Human Rights Watch, 47% of Tunisian women have been subject to violence in the home. [44] [45]
One year ago, Tunisia passed a groundbreaking law on violence against women. But activists are still struggling to change the broader culture One Year Ago, Tunisia Passed a Groundbreaking Law to ...
The National Union of Tunisian Women (Arabic: الاتحاد الوطني للمراة التونسية, romanized: al-Ittiḥād al-Waṭanī lil-Marʼah al-Tūnisīyah; French: Union Nationale de la Femme Tunisienne, UNFT) is a non-governmental organization in Tunisia founded in 1956. [1] [2] [3] The current UNFT president is Radhia Jerbi. [4 ...
Women activists and feminist organisations organise an annual Women March (2012 shown) National Women's Day (Arabic: عيد المرأة) is celebrated in Tunisia every year on August 13. It commemorates the day of adoption of the Code of Personal Status in Tunisia, [1] [2] [3] the 13th of August in 1956, the year of independence in Tunisia.
On February 9, 1994, "Tunisian Women's Day" was organized by the French senate under the title "Tunisia, an Assumed Modernity." Soon after a debate held in June 1997 at the European Parliament on the situation of the rights of Tunisian women, some Tunisian women were sent to Strasbourg to give Europe another view of their country.
Azza Ghanmi is a Tunisian feminist and activist engaged in the advancement of women's rights in Tunisia. In 1978, Ghanmi was a co-founder of Club d'Etude de la Condition de la Femme at the Club Tahar Haddad. [1]
Tunisian women's rights activists (6 P) Pages in category "Women's rights in Tunisia" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.