{"id":1769,"date":"2021-11-03T23:10:31","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T23:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/equalitynow.org\/resource\/tunisia_personal_status_code_of_1956\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T10:22:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T10:22:05","slug":"tunisia_personal_status_code_of_1956","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/ar\/resource\/uncategorised\/tunisia_personal_status_code_of_1956\/","title":{"rendered":"Tunisia &#8211; Personal Status Code of 1956"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"meta-split-banner-block\" style=\"background-color:#00754C\">\n\n    \n        <div class=\"columns is-gapless is-multiline is-mobile\">\n            <div class=\"column is-12-mobile is-8-tablet is-6-desktop\">\n                <div class=\"image-container-overlay is-hidden-desktop\">\n\n                    \n                        <div class=\"image-overlay\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/placeholder.jpg');\"><\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n                <div class=\"outer\">\n                    <div class=\"inner left\">\n                        <div class=\"split-post-content\">\n\n                            <div class=\"columns is-multiline is-mobile\">\n                                <div class=\"column is-12\">\n                                    <p class=\"date\">3rd \u0646\u0648\u0641\u0645\u0628\u0631 2021<\/p>\n                                <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"column is-12\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"title\">Tunisia &#8211; Personal Status Code of 1956<\/h1>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n\n                            \n                            \n                                <div class=\"columns\">\n                                    <div class=\"column is-9\">\n                                        <p class=\"time-to-read\">4 min read<\/p>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n\n                            \n                            \n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"column is-6-desktop is-hidden-touch\">\n                <div class=\"image-container\">\n\n                    \n                        <div class=\"image-overlay\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/placeholder.jpg');\"><\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n\n    \n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"full-width-content-block\">\n\n    \n        <div class=\"container\" data-aos=\"fade-up\">\n            <div class=\"columns\">\n                <div class=\"column\">\n\n                    <p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Section 103 of Tunisia\u2019s Personal Status Code limits daughters\u2019 inheritance rights and provides that any sons inherit twice as much as daughters.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Country:<\/strong>\u00a0Tunisia<\/li>\n<li><strong>Law status:\u00a0<\/strong>Discriminatory law in force<\/li>\n<li><strong>Law Type:\u00a0<\/strong>Inheritance and Property<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 103 of Tunisia\u2019s Personal Status Code limits daughters\u2019 inheritance rights and provides that any sons inherit twice as much as daughters.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sex discrimination in economic status laws restricts women from being economically independent, limiting access to inheritance and property ownership as well as to employment opportunities, thereby reinforcing gender stereotypes and roles.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Sex discrimination in inheritance laws threatens women and their families around the world. In Tunisia,\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2017-09-07\/women-inherit-less-under-islam-one-country-s-changing-the-rules\"><em>Halima struggles to feed her children and sick husband<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0while her brothers use her father\u2019s inheritance for vacations. Initially she\u2019d received half, but in a common practice, was pressured by her family to give up her smaller share entirely. As she told the press, \u201cI feel helpless and bitter. After receiving all our father\u2019s inheritance, my brothers only care about their own families. They travel. And they\u2019ve forgotten they have sisters.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 103.\u00a0<em>There are three cases that apply to immediate daughters:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><em>1. A sole\u00a0<strong>daughter inherits half<\/strong>\u00a0of the estate;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>2. Two or more\u00a0<strong>daughters<\/strong>\u00a0collectively\u00a0<strong>inherit two thirds<\/strong>\u00a0of the estate;<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0<strong>Where there are any sons, the male inherits twice as much as the female<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/learningpartnership.org\/resource\/personal-status-law-tunisia-document-french\">Explore Tunisia&#8217;s full law<\/a><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n    \n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"theme-container-block\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tunisian Inheritance Law: &#039;equality is a right, not a privilege&#039;\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F-ZV3UY2UME?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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