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The Jasmine Revolution and the position of Women in Tunisian Society: Development Before and After
Bankóová, Valéria ; Gelnarová, Jitka (advisor) ; Romancov, Michael (referee)
The extensive revolutionary wave called the Arab Spring, which broke out at the end of 2010 in Tunisia, has brought about unseen changes in the political and social configuration of the Arab world. Protests were marked by extraordinary support across all social classes and especially in the case of Tunisia women played a significant role in the success of the revolution and the pursuing of political reforms. For this reason, the main objective of this bachelor's thesis is to analyse and compare the position of women in Tunisian society before and after the revolution on the turn of the years 2010 and 2011. The comparison focuses on three main areas: politics, law and economics. Deriving from the conclusions of this assessment, the thesis also aims at revealing more general tendencies of the political and social development of Tunisia after the Arab Spring. The thesis analyses the development of the status of women, including legislation concerned with gender, from Tunisia's acquiring of independence from France in 1956 until the adoption of a new democratic constitution at the beginning of 2014. Considerable attention is paid at the watershed events of the Tunisian Revolution and their effects on the society as a whole, with particular emphasis on the changes in the position of women in the public sphere....
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