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Women and Socio-economic Rights
Healthcare and family planning
In 1964, Tunisia adopted an ambitious family planning program. A
special program of health and family planning education was also launched throughout the country; family planning
and maternal-child health services were combined in basic health care centers, and these services were made more
readily available to remote rural areas through mobile units belonging to the National Family and Population Board (ONFP).
Life expectancy at birth:
1966: 51
yrs
2006: 76
yrs
Education
- School enrollment of girls at the age of 6 has reached more than 99.1
% in 2006-2007..
- The proportion of girls in the total primary school population rose
from 38.6% in 1974-75 to 47.7% during the 2002-2003 year.
- In the secondary schools, this proportion rose from 32.4% in 1975-76
to 53% in 2003-2004.
- The number of women enrolled in institutions of higher education has
increased considerably during recent years. The percentage of young women in universities rose to 51.9% in 2000-2001
and 59% today (compared to 25.8% in 1975).
Literacy
The national campaign to eradicate illiteracy, launched in 1993-94, targets a population of 67,000 girls and women
between the ages of 15 and 29.
Tunisia's success in this field earned it the 1994 UNESCO prize for literacy, awarded to the National Union of
Tunisian Women (UNFT).
The rate of women literacy increased from 24% in 1966 to 77.1.% in 2004.
Labor: A Favorable Environment
Tunisian labor legislation has developed in harmony with international legislation.
Women have now conquered all sectors and all branches of activity, and
they have done so with a rapidity and a facility of adaptation that clearly demonstrate their competence, talents
and capacity for innovation. The percentage of women in the working population has risen from 6% in 1966 to 25%
in 2003.
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