To mark Tunisia’s National Women’s Day, women wearing the traditional sefsari tunic paraded through the streets of the capital, Tunis, on Wednesday. Organised by the Turathna Association, the 10th ...

On National Women's Day in Tunisia, celebrated last Sunday, President Beji Caid Essebsi announced the review of a law that demands that a man receive twice the share of an inheritance as a woman.

From movies and jewellery to the cartoon Willis from Tunis, Tunisia’s women are using modern IP tools to protect ancient skills and challenge old inequalities, says Vera Albino of Inventa Each year, ...

Extracting oils from plants at the "Al Baraka" laboratory in Tbainia — FETHI BELAID On a hillside in Tunisia's northwestern highlands, women scour a sun-scorched field for the wild herbs they rely on ...

A Tunisian court on Friday sentenced four women to jail after they were convicted of buying endorsement signatures for a potential rival to President Kais Saied in the upcoming presidential elections.

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Conceived as a model to help society’s most vulnerable groups—including women, Tunisia’s law on social and solidarity economy has, in fact, had the opposite effect. Despite its central role in the ...

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