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No chances for women in Tunisian presidency
18-2-2019
A BBC report published on February 16 on the chances of Tunisian women reaching the presidency in the upcoming December 2019 elections said women were not optimistic in this regard, at least not for this year. BBC recalled that in 2014, three women sought to run for president but only one, in the history of Tunisia, Judge Kulthoum Kenou, succeeded in nominating herself for the position competing with 25 male candidates, but received the least number of votes. According to the BBC report, professor of international economics, Leila Humami, announced her candidacy for this year, while others are also expected to follow. The report explained that, despite Tunisia’s progressive outlook compared to many Arab countries, however, in women’s rights, the North African country still drags behind, and females have no access to decision-making positions. Noting, that out of 26 ministerial portfolios, there are only three women ministers on the head of ‘non-sovereign’ ministries. On the subject, researcher Rahma el Sayd, said Tunisian law does not exclude women from candidature or from winning in presidency elections. The main obstacle, she explained, lies in the relatively conservative society of Tunisia that shuns the notion of females becoming leaders. Rahma went on to say, that the Tunisian electors are not ready to choose a woman for presidency, notwithstanding the presence, but not obvious presence, of a number of high-profile women- even in the leadership of parties. Women’s political participation of women in the country is ceremonial, Rahma said. Similarly, the feminist activist and educator, Yusra Saghir, pointed out that the partisan leadership in Tunisia is patriarchal, which hence impedes women’s access to politics. For the full report in Arabic, kindly visit the link below:
https://bbc.in/2Gtm97s. (Al Diyar, February 17, 2019)
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