Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Female participation and mobility in the labor force are constrained by the socially acceptable behavior of women in Tunisia and even laws. For example, women are discouraged or prohibited by family members from traveling far from home (in both rural and urban environments). Indeed, traveling alone is not an option for a woman or girl.
Media in category "Featured pictures of Tunisia" The following 4 files are in this category, out of 4 total. Anfiteatro, El Jem, Túnez, 2016-09-04, DD 55-66 HDR PAN.jpg 11,752 × 4,356; 23.36 MB
Satellite image of Tunisia, in summer. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Tunisia: Tunisia – northernmost country in Africa situated on the southern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Tunisia is the smallest of the nations situated along the Atlas Mountains.
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 ...
Exhausted, pregnant and weeping, Sudanese nurse Tafaul Omar sat under the scorching desert sun along with 14 other migrants who said they had been arrested by Tunisian authorities and dumped in ...
The educational disciplines that are usually promoted amongst Arab women are education or medicine, but many Arab countries now allow women to try out for science and engineering. A big percentage of women in the Gulf states are now given the opportunity to go and study abroad through a scholarship offered by the government.
The first people known to history in what is now Tunisia were the Berbers, who currently make up 1% of the population, and were ultimately conquered by the Arabs in the 7th century. [3] There was a continuing inflow of nomadic Arab tribes to the Maghreb from the Arabian Peninsula since the 7th century with a major wave in the 11th century.
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.