Tunisia: Women's rights fail reality check despite advanced laws that promote equality and freedom

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/10/gender-fault-line-tunisia-2014102352855464592.html
The gender fault line in Tunisia
Women's rights fail reality check despite advanced laws that promote equality and freedom.
Ahmed El Amraoui and Rabii Kalboussi
25 Oct 2014

Tunis, Tunisia--The extensive rights in gender equality in Tunisia are failing to achieve their full potential as many women remain unaware of their existence, especially in rural areas. This is at least what Myriam Ben Ghazi, a Tunisian journalist, believes.

Last September, Ben Ghazi began a journey in rural regions, documenting the lives and hardships suffered by women and girls in those remote areas.

After meeting hundreds of them, Ben Ghazi narrates her experiences with those women and sheds light on the hard circumstances they go through, which makes it difficult for her to appreciate the gender equality advances which Tunisia prides itself on.

Myriam says that setting right gender injustices through legislation alone is not enough, pointing out that true women's emancipation can be achieved only if awareness campaigns are intensified to include all women from all walks of life in both cities and rural areas.... MORE at link provided above.