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6 - Tunisia

from Part II - Case Studies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 August 2019

Aili Mari Tripp
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin, Madison
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This chapter looks at three waves of legislative reform to show how women participated in them. It shows how Tunisia’s authoritarian leaders used women’s rights as a means of creating an international image of the country as a modernizer and at the same time in an attempt to isolate Islamists, particularly extremists. The chapter describes the conflictual nature of the relationship between the secularists/feminists and Islamists and how it has evolved. It shows how the Ennahda Party has changed its position in order to maintain credibility and in response to push-back from women’s organizations and internal disputes.

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Seeking Legitimacy
Why Arab Autocracies Adopt Women's Rights
, pp. 231 - 260
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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  • Tunisia
  • Aili Mari Tripp, University of Wisconsin, Madison
  • Book: Seeking Legitimacy
  • Online publication: 05 August 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108348621.007
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  • Tunisia
  • Aili Mari Tripp, University of Wisconsin, Madison
  • Book: Seeking Legitimacy
  • Online publication: 05 August 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108348621.007
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  • Tunisia
  • Aili Mari Tripp, University of Wisconsin, Madison
  • Book: Seeking Legitimacy
  • Online publication: 05 August 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108348621.007
Available formats
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