The January 14, 2011 revolution constitutes a historical turning point in Tunisia, particularly with the emergence of youth as vital actors in the political sphere. We witnessed an incredible shift from the disaffection of youth with politics before the revolution to their potential for change, which has become an obvious truth. The situation's drastic change raises questions about the role that may have been played by young women in the revolutionary process as well as transformations at the level of forms and modalities of their political participation.

1. Project Brief:
Young women and political participation: institutional and
informal mobilisation paving the way to future actions
Donor Partners
Total
Project
Budget
CAWTAR’s
portion Period
Countries
covered
Language
International
Development
Research
Center
Youth National
Observatory
$ 109 575 TBD 2011-
July 2013
Tunisia French
Arabic
English
Justification
The January 14, 2011 revolution constitutes a historical turning point in Tunisia,
particularly with the emergence of youth as vital actors in the political sphere. We
witnessed an incredible shift from the disaffection of youth with politics before the
revolution to their potential for change, which has become an obvious truth. The
situation’s drastic change raises questions about the role that may have been played
by young women in the revolutionary process as well as transformations at the level
of forms and modalities of their political participation.
The promotion of young women’s political participation in Tunisia appears then to be
an action priority during the democratic transition phase.
Outcome
Young Women's Leadership and Participation in Politics and Decision-making better
analysed and
Outputs
1. Knowledge : produced and shared knowledge about young women’s
participation in political life in Tunisia (1 policy brief oriented to action + 4
video portraits of politician women)
2. Participation/Appropriation: Encourage responsibilities and active
participation of various stakeholders contributing to the promotion of
young women’s political participation in Tunisia (improved relationships
between senior and junior women activists in political parties)
3. Action: provide strategic inputs for immediate actions targeted towards
the future in order to promote participation of young women in Tunisia’s
political life (1 policy brief oriented to action)

2. Target group
Young women politician, NGOs, civil society or university associations, mayors,
political party candidates and members, communications professionals and
representatives of gender institutions in Tunisia.