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Although these facts appear to put women in Tunisia on par with Western women, only 26% of women are employed as of 2021. Women's minimal participation in the work force does not derive from lack of education. In fact, 91% of Tunisian women, between the ages of 15 and 24, are literate. [30]
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.
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 ...
One year ago, Tunisia passed a groundbreaking law on violence against women. But activists are still struggling to change the broader culture
Women taking part in a pro-democracy sit-in in Sitra, Bahrain. Women played a variety of roles in the Arab Spring, but its impact on women and their rights is unclear. The Arab Spring was a series of demonstrations, protests, and civil wars against authoritarian regimes that started in Tunisia and spread to much of the Arab world.
2. The day became Women's History Week in 1978. An education task force in Sonoma County, California kicked off Women's History Week in 1978 on March 8, International Women's Day, according to the ...
The Oxford Dictionary of Islam states that the general improvement of the status of Arab women included the prohibition of female infanticide and recognizing women's full personhood. [20] " The dowry , previously regarded as a bride-price paid to the father, became a nuptial gift retained by the wife as part of her personal property."
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 ...