'State Feminism' - Tunisia, My Perfect Country Boxset

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2017

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

A Muslim country with a cosmopolitan outlook, Tunisia is both liberal and conservative. The code of personal status introduced by Tunisia's first president Habib Bourguiba established equality laws for women after Tunisia's independence.

But inequalities and violence towards women persist. How long will it be before there is true equality?

Find more innovative ideas from the first series go to www.bbcworldservice.com/perfectcountry

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Fee Glover, and you're listening to My Perfect Country on the BBC World Service.
0:05.0	It's the program that imagines how you'd build a country from scratch by looking at policies around the world that actually work.
0:11.0	These are just some of the things you've told us you'd like in
0:14.0	your perfect country this week.
0:16.0	In my perfect country.
0:19.0	In my perfect country.
0:21.0	In my perfect country, there would be communal living on all scales.
0:25.0	We have amazing degrees of education.
0:30.0	The normal working week would be three to four days.
0:32.0	All animals will coexist.
0:34.0	And we will win the World Cup.
0:36.0	In my perfect country, there would be kingfishers, mangoes,
0:40.0	and a national hug service, free at the point of delivery.
0:45.0	That sounds so nice.
0:47.0	If you want to add your perfect country wish list to our weekly round up, you can email
0:51.0	Perfect Country at BBC.kow. UK and we will get you on air.
0:55.0	Hi I'm Martha Lane Fox and this week we're heading to North Africa to
1:02.6	to Tunisia to throw a spotlight on a commitment to women's rights
1:06.0	that's exceptional in the Arab world.
1:08.0	We're going to be scrutinizing its credentials
1:10.9	with the help of Professor Henrietta Moore from the Institute for Global Prosperity at University College London.
1:16.0	So Henrietta, we might not be the sharpest fences in the box, but even we've noticed that this is a radio show presented by three-union.
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