Candy Crowley
Crowley Tapped; Tunisia Demotes Gender Equity
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Candy Crowley
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Work
Tunisia’s Dhaouadi: Dignity and Freedom At Last
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After years of repression, Aicha Dhaouadi is serving parliament for the Islamist party. “Try to know us more,” she says to those who suspect a veneer of moderation. Last of three profiles of women playing active roles in post-revolutionary Tunisia.
Politics
Tunisia’s Om Zied Stays Sharp as Power Shifts
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Om Zied made her fame as a fierce, visionary critic of the now-deposed Ben Ali. Now she has shifted focus and is keeping tabs on the ruling Islamist party. Second of three profiles of women playing active roles in post-revolutionary Tunisia.
Commentary
Souid Opens Lingo of Lawmaking in New Tunisia
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Karima Souid, a foreign-born deputy in Tunisia’s constituent assembly, has broadened the language of lawmaking to include dialectical Arabic, the common tongue. The first of three profiles of women playing active roles in post-revolutionary Tunisia.
Politics
Niqab or Not: All Tunisian Women Deserve Education
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A secular-Islamist confrontation overtakes a Tunisian campus and a month ago a woman wearing a full-face veil was banned at another university. Hajer Naili criticizes both sides of a social conflict constricting the hopes of the revolution.
Politics
Tunisian Islamists, Women’s Rights: Watch and Wait
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The recent victory of the Islamist party in Tunisia leaves Hajer Naili feeling unsettled, as it raises questions about how women’s rights, currently backed by the most progressive piece of legislation in the Arab world, may be impacted.
Politics
In the New Tunisia, Women’s Rights Are in Play
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Women’s rights have long been considered a development keystone. Tunisian women–in the vanguard of the Arab world–will put that theory to a crucial test as the country’s new democracy takes shape following last week’s elections.
Politics
Tunisian Election Law Gives Women Equal Chance
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Tunisia has led the Middle East on women’s rights and toppling autocracy. Now women are in line to run for office in equal numbers as men in the first elections. The threat of rollbacks and reversals also lurks.