How are women’s rights in Tunisia different from those in other Muslim countries?

Since the January 2011 revolution in Tunisia and protests across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) began, many Western news sources have published articles discussing the unprecedented role that Tunisian women played in the protests. Many of these articles highlight some of the secular freedoms instituted by Habib Bourguiba in 1956, such as access to higher education, the right to file for divorce, and certain job opportunities. While women in Tunisia have enjoyed certain freedoms and rights that are often denied to women in neighboring countries, the social norms have shifted since 2011. Additionally, even though some aspects of society were relatively liberal, the regime still classified itself as a Muslim people. Thus, women in Tunisia live within an oscillating society that at times encourages strict abidance to Islamic law. Inheritance laws are indirectly based on Islamic inheritance jurisprudence, with religion never being mentioned in the Code of Personal Status; these laws accord to women half the share of property due to men.[1]

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