In-depth

Observers and journalists hailed the health law promulgated in 2018 as an important step forward for the right to abortion in Algeria. But in reality, there is nothing revolutionary about this text since the principle of strict prohibition remains intact.

The murder of a 26-year-old young woman by her husband, a National Guard officer, revives the debate on domestic violence in Tunisia. Feminists are calling upon the State to break with its policy that trivialises a crime whose gender-based motives are always concealed.

They call them ‘single moms’ usually because they are unmarried mothers. But they are also the mothers who have separated from their partners and are alone in providing care to their children, whether by choice or force. They are mothers who carry the burden of having to provide for a child and secure a never-ending list of needs.

For the past ten years, the struggle of Tunisian women has been incessantly making small steps towards greater equality. Boosted by the breath of a new Constitution and the expectations of women towards the acquisition of more rights and freedoms, the struggle is far from over.

Perceived as second-class citizens by the Family code, Algerian female activists are however as eligible for arrest as much as men. Meet Aouicha, Samira, Dalila and others in this article.

Who would have thought 19th century Japan could be a source of inspiration on women’s rights for a 21st century country? Well, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan did, despite a conspicuous temporal, geographical and cultural distance.

Painful truth: 80% of the experts questioned by French media on Covid-19 are: men.

Assaulted, starved and driven from their homes... the Tunisian lockdown and confinement to the home have brought the fragility of women back to the surface. The legal system, supposed to protect them, has only demonstrated its meagreness.