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  • Souad Abdel-Rahim. Deputy for Ennahda in Tunisia's Constituent Assembly (CA), which has the majority in the CA.<br />
She has a history of activism. When at university she was a founding member of the Islamist student union UGTE. When Ben Ali felt threatened by the union six years later she was arrested and imprisoned for 15 days. Being the only female Ennahda deputy member who doesn't wear the veil she sees herself as a reminder of a moderate stance the party promised in the elections. She hopes to acquire women's rights in the constitution which is currently drawn up although some of her comments towards single mothers have been controversial.
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  • Selima Abbou.<br />
Business woman and founding member and president of the NGO Touensa. Touensa aims to increase political awareness and literacy in all areas of Tunisian society. Its citizen buses traveled all over Tunisia and educated about 200,000 people about politics, democracy and the elections in 2011. Selima believes in civil society having a very important role in building Tunisia due to political parties not having sufficient funding, not being well structured and being corrupted by power. In addition, she claims that many MPs in the Constituent Assembly lack expertise and experience. She would like successful Tunisian professionals who went to work abroad return to Tunisia to support and help the current government with vision, skill and expertise.
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  • Mehrezia Labidi. Member of Tunisia's leading party Ennahda. She is the vice chair of the Constituent Assembly and holds the highest political office of any woman in the Arab world.
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  • Nissaf Slama.<br />
Student, and founding member of Femen Tunisia.<br />
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Femen Tunisia is inspired by Femen Ukraine and its courageous actions, however, due to Tunisia being a conservative society their actions don't include nudity. While Femen Tunisia aims to improve the situation of women in a patriarchal society through brave and unique actions it hopes to help to create a just society for both genders. Recently, Femen Tunisia has been the target of defamation attempts by a publication which is close to the ministry of interior.<br />
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For Nissaf political participation of women is not only vital but also natural - every women should be informed and have an opinion on what is happening in the country. Being an activist and freeing herself of the labels which are attached to a women in Tunisia has been a gradual transformation for Nissaf. Seeing more and more  Islamists slogans on walls around Tunis calling for women to wear the veil for instance make her worry about the future of Tunisia's women.
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  • Nadia Khiari.<br />
Painter and cartoonist. She created cartoon character Willis from Tunis during the revolution to comment on the happenings. The cartoons were published on Facebook and walls in various locations in Tunis.<br />
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“I was born with the revolution” – the revolution gave Nadia the opportunity to live her passion of drawing satirical and political cartoons. For her humour makes the intolerable tolerable, and she continues to comment on current events though her cartoon character by postings on FB & Twitter, and a monthly publication in a French magazine. She is a founding member of the first Satirical website in Tunisia “ YakaYaka”.
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  • Nadia Chaabane, member of Constituent Assembly and deputy for the party Al-Massar. She has a long history of political activism going back to high school times when she was a member of a student union. She is one of the few women in the Constituent Assembly who are not in the ruling party Ennahda.  Her objective is to make sure that women's rights are firmly rooted in the constitution and that the law of parity is applied in all areas of society.
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  • Mériem Bourguiba. Granddaughter of Habib Bourguiba who ruled the country for thirty years after the country's independence in 1956. He was ousted by Ben Ali in a coup in 1987. Only 17 years old Mériem moved to London in 1980 to be free of her grandfather's shadow. She returned to live in Tunisia just before the revolution. The revolution was a reclaiming of her Tunisian citizenship for her and sparked the desire to become actively involved in Tunisia's future. Mériem now is a member of the Al Joumhouri party, and focuses on civil society projects.
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  • Salma Baccar. Filmmaker, Al-Massar deputy and member of constituent assembly.<br />
After going to film school in Paris, France, she returned to Tunisia to make films with a strong feminist voice. Her first film "Fatma 75" was the first documentary by a female Tunisian filmmaker. The documentary was funded by Tunisia's ministry of culture but subsequently the same government banned the film. <br />
As a deputy and member of the Constituent Assembly she is hoping to secure an open, tolerant and moderate society and to have women participate in all areas of politics & civil society.
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  • Zakia Hamda.<br />
Independent political activist, Feminist and member of the party Al-Massar. Since the revolution her activism is mainly channeled through her film camera with which she captures contemporary topics. Her goal is to shed light on issues she feels passionate about and to raise awareness. Zakia believes that as human beings it is our duty to be involved & active so that we don't only enhance our personality but also our lives and the lives of others. She was raised with the idea of female activism, and her uncle was one of the founding members of the first feminist journal in Tunisia "Leïla" (1936).
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  • Salma Baccar. Filmmaker, Al-Massar deputy and member of constituent assembly.<br />
After going to film school in Paris, France, she returned to Tunisia to make films with a strong feminist voice. Her first film "Fatma 75" was the first documentary by a female Tunisian filmmaker. The documentary was funded by Tunisia's ministry of culture but subsequently the same government banned the film. <br />
As a deputy and member of the Constituent Assembly she is hoping to secure an open, tolerant and moderate society and to have women participate in all areas of politics & civil society.
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  • Amira Yahaoui.<br />
Tunisian peace activist and founder of Al Bawsala, an NGO which sued the Constituent Assembly for lack of transparency. Al Bawsala also organises debates which bring together deputies (MPs) and local people all over Tunisia, and the people are encouraged to challenge the MPs. The uniqueness lies in the matching of MPs with specific neighbourhoods - MPs with an elite background attend debates in extremely poor neighbourhoods and vice versa. This way Amira aims to create a better understanding within a diverse Tunisian population and to make MPs understand that they have the obligation to work for all Tunisians.
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  • Zeyneb Farhat.<br />
Artistic director of El Teatro, a theatre and art space in Tunis, and a cultural journalist. El Teatro was Tunisia's first private theatre, and it has also served as a meeting space for various NGOs and political groups. Zeyneb is also part of Doustourna, a NGO which aims to meet the social and political demands in Tunisia after the revolution.
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  • Zeyneb Farhat.<br />
Artistic director of El Teatro, a theatre and art space in Tunis, and a cultural journalist. El Teatro was Tunisia's first private theatre, and it has also served as a meeting space for various NGOs and political groups. Zeyneb is also part of Doustourna, a NGO which aims to meet the social and political demands in Tunisia after the revolution.
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  • Nawel Skandrani<br />
Choreographer, teacher and dancer. After an international dance career, and creating the National Ballet in Tunisia she now focuses on choreography and teaching. She was critical towards the regime of Ben Ali, and his attempts to manipulate her by forcing her to join his CDR party failed. Ironically, Nawel has lived all her life right next to the presidential palace in Carthage.<br />
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She is now active in civil society, and besides other activities, she set up an annual dance & theatre workshop for children in rural Tunisia. This is a new and unique programme in Tunisia, and she hopes to teach the children skills such as self expression, self discipline and how to be part of a community. She successfully fought off attempts by local Salafists to close down the workshop last summer.
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  • Nadia Jelassi, artist.<br />
Her installation entitled "He who hasn't..." at the Printemps des Arts fair in La Marsa (North Tunis) was vandalised by Salafists in June 2012. The artist now faces charges for speech deemed offensive to public morality and public order which carries up to five years in prison. Human Rights Watch has called on the Tunisian prosecutors to drop the charges. Nadia continues to make art. Showing her art in Tunisia has become difficult, however, as the gallery representing her is now afraid - it is not sure whether an exhibition planned for April 2013 is going to go ahead.
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  • Nadia Chaabane, member of Constituent Assembly and deputy for the party Al-Massar. She has a long history of political activism going back to high school times when she was a member of a student union. She is one of the few women in the Constituent Assembly who are not in the ruling party Ennahda. Her objective is to make sure that women's rights are firmly rooted in the constitution and that the law of parity is applied in all areas of society.
    NadiaChaabane-007_LowRes.jpg
  • Mériem Bourguiba. Granddaughter of Habib Bourguiba who ruled the country for thirty years after the country's independence in 1956. He was ousted by Ben Ali in a coup in 1987. Only 17 years old Mériem moved to London in 1980 to be free of her grandfather's shadow. She returned to live in Tunisia just before the revolution. The revolution was a reclaiming of her Tunisian citizenship for her and sparked the desire to become actively involved in Tunisia's future. Mériem now is a member of the Al Joumhouri party, and focuses on civil society projects.
    MériemBourguiba-017_LowRes.jpg
  • Leila Toubel. Playwright, actress, comedian and director at El Hamra Theatre, Tunis, Tunisia. Her credo is "To create is to resist. To resist is to create." by S. Hessel. Her main goal is to show honest and brave theatre which addresses current issues and which speaks to all Tunisians. Before and since the revolution she has managed to show true theatre despite ongoing attempts to censor the arts.
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  • Cherifa.<br />
While not an activist as such she represents a strong rural Tunisian woman. Besides bringing up her two children and taking care of the domestic chores, she has always worked her husband's land and taken care of the family's livestock. She passionately believes in women & men being equal and in husband & wife taking decisions   together.
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  • Nadia Jelassi, artist.<br />
Her installation entitled "He who hasn't..." at the Printemps des Arts fair in La Marsa (North Tunis) was vandalised by Salafists in June 2012. The artist now faces charges for speech deemed offensive to public morality and public order which carries up to five years in prison. Human Rights Watch has called on the Tunisian prosecutors to drop the charges. Nadia continues to make art. Showing her art in Tunisia has become difficult, however, as the gallery representing her is now afraid - it is not sure whether an exhibition planned for April 2013 is going to go ahead.
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  • Lilia Weslaty. Determined citizen journalist and cyber activist before the fall of Ben Ali. She now works as a journalist for the independent news website Nawaat. Lilia is very passionate about human rights and uncovering and reporting on injustice. She is very critical about the politicisation and quality of the media in Tunisia. Her goal is to provide well researched and investigated stories so that Tunisians know what really happens in their country.
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  • Cherifa.<br />
While not an activist as such she represents a strong rural Tunisian woman. Besides bringing up her two children and taking care of the domestic chores, she has always worked her husband's land and taken care of the family's livestock. She passionately believes in women & men being equal and in husband & wife taking decisions   together.
    Cherifa-004_LowRes.jpg
  • Ahlem Belhadj. Founding member and president of ATFD (l'Association Tunisienne des Femmes Démocrates; founded in 1989), the first independent women's organisation with a clearly activist agenda in Tunisia.<br />
Besides advocacy work to protect and improve existing women's rights ATFD also runs a centre for women who were victims of violence. After the revolution ATFD faces increased difficulties with the new government claiming the organisation has become obsolete and the Salafists attacking them. Ahlem herself has been a victim of a moral campaign against her by the Imam of the mosque in her native town.
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