Decades of protest have paid off: Tunisia’s parliament has passed a historic law on violence against women. It punishes all forms of violence and sets the country up for a potential cultural revolution. Tunisia’s parliament approved legislation on Wednesday that protects women from all forms of violence. The country’s Family Minister Naziha Laabidi called it a “historic project.” “It’s a very important law,” said Abir Alhaj Mawas, a sociologist who works for Terre des Femmes, a women’s rights nongovernmental organization. The law addresses women who are isolated, she said, so that they can enjoy rights already common for women elsewhere, such as in Europe. The … Read more

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