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Tunisia: President Promises Inheritance Equality to Women
DW, 13 August 2018
Tunisian President Essebsi has vowed to soon submit a bill to parliament giving women and men equal inheritance rights. The country has long been seen as a pioneer for women's… Read more »
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Tunis Afrique Presse, 14 August 2018
"The presidential initiative to uphold the equal inheritance is the starting point for a dialogue that the Ennahdha movement has already called for in order to bring the views… Read more »
Tunisia Gets Ready to Give Women Inheritance Rights
Tunisia's President Beji Caid Essebsi marked Women's Day in Tunisia with a speech in which he pledged to refer a law introducing equal inheritance rights for men and women to parliament in the near future.
Currently, under the sharia or Islamic law as applied in Tunisia male heirs receive double the assets given to females of the same level of kinship, Deutsche Welle reports.
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The government has announced a package of social reforms aimed at improving care for the needy and increasing access to health care following a wave of anti-austerity protests. Read more »
