Former President Bourguiba Did a Lot for Tunisian Women. But Was He Their Emancipator? TC_Africa: Tunisia
Like most Tunisian women, I grew up thinking this idea was true because this was the message the Tunisian educational system and media had communicated. When I started researching the history of the Tunisian feminist movement, however, I discovered that the reality was much more complex.State feminism refers to the government's adoption of policies that foster women's rights and improve women's lives.
A few months after the country's independence from France, Bourguiba instated the Personal Status Code. This granted women unprecedented liberties and social autonomy. It eliminated men's practice of immediate divorce and provided equal divorce rights for women and men. Women's consent became required for marriage. TheAs a result of these changes, the"the father of feminism" and"Tunisian women's liberator" were given to Bourguiba.
In reality, Bourguiba deliberately marginalised Tunisia's autonomous feminism. Different women's unions appeared in the pre-independence period. Yet, after independence, Bourguiba opposed,
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