New Protests in Tunisia, But Is the Government Listening?

Autor(en): Lisa Watanabe
Journaltitel: IPI Global Observatory
Publikationsjahr: 2018
Publikationsort: New York

Seven years into a relatively peaceful political transition that has given Tunisia a reputation for stability, protests have again spread across the country. The successful adoption of an inclusive constitution, the enactment of laws prohibiting violence against women and girls, and the holding of free and fair elections have in themselves not been enough to address underlying structural problems that have persisted since the 2011 transition. While the political and social reality that demonstrators are responding to does require serious attention, there are also reasons to hope that the current juncture is an opportunity to build on Tunisia’s successes.

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