Tag: #GenderLaw
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Tunisia: Chasm between Gender law and its enforcement
Tunis, March 7 (AFP/APP): When Nadia told police about her husband’s violence during a coronavirus lockdown in Tunisia, she nearly lost custody of her daughter, illustrating a chasm between a gender law and its enforcement. Adopted in 2017, the celebrated law greatly expanded the scope of punishable violence against women and in theory provides wide-ranging support…