(ANSAmed) - TUNIS, MARCH 1 - The Tunisian coalition for
equality in inheritance laws, which groups various feminist and
human rights associations, NGOs and unions representing a range
of different professions, has announced a national demonstration
on March 10 in Tunis to support the initiative proposed by
President Beji Caid Essebsi.
Essebsi launched on August 13 last year, a day to celebrate women, a plan to pass a reform to attain gender equality in inheritance laws.
The march will start in Bab Saadoun until Parliament under the slogan 'Equality - a right, not a privilege'.
The president's proposal sparked a controversy among conservatives in Tunisia because inheritance law in Islam is a controversial issue. The Koran says that women have a right to half of the inheritance that is owed to men. Essebsi has set up a Commission on individual freedoms and gender equality to draft a detailed report and facilitate the implementation of reforms for freedom and gender equality.
The Commission was supposed to present its conclusions on February 20 but asked for a postponement after municipal elections on May 6 to widen consultations and because "this project of civilization should not be an issue of electoral tension", said the Commission's president, Bochra Bel Haj Hamida. (ANSAmed).
Essebsi launched on August 13 last year, a day to celebrate women, a plan to pass a reform to attain gender equality in inheritance laws.
The march will start in Bab Saadoun until Parliament under the slogan 'Equality - a right, not a privilege'.
The president's proposal sparked a controversy among conservatives in Tunisia because inheritance law in Islam is a controversial issue. The Koran says that women have a right to half of the inheritance that is owed to men. Essebsi has set up a Commission on individual freedoms and gender equality to draft a detailed report and facilitate the implementation of reforms for freedom and gender equality.
The Commission was supposed to present its conclusions on February 20 but asked for a postponement after municipal elections on May 6 to widen consultations and because "this project of civilization should not be an issue of electoral tension", said the Commission's president, Bochra Bel Haj Hamida. (ANSAmed).
