In the 1990s, Ahlem Behladj learned to brave being hassled each day by the police officers that hung around outside the women’s shelter in downtown Tunis. This was during the 23-year-long dictatorship of Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, and the dilapidated building was a rare protected space for battered women—and the place where a 19-year-old Behladj and her fellow activists gathered to fight for a law on violence against women. It was a fight that would take decades.
One Year Ago, Tunisia Passed A Groundbreaking Law To Protect Women. Has It Worked?
Charlotte Bailey/Tunis, Time: World
Thu, 07/26/2018 - 1:57am
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