The number of femicides recorded in Tunisia has quadrupled in five years, going from 6 in 2018 to 23 in 2023, indicating a monitoring report on the social and economic characteristics of female victims of homicide.
This report, published by the Ministry of Women and Family and Seniors on the eve of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, is based on a sample of 69 homicides recorded in 19 governorates of the country between January 1, 2018, and June 30, 2023.
The report indicates that 52.17% of victims are married women and femicide by their spouse represents 71% of recorded cases. It also reveals that 51% of female victims of homicide are not economically independent.
“All age groups can be the subject of femicide and the level of education does not represent an obstacle for this type of delinquency”, underlines the Ministry of Women and Family, adding that “this report reflects the desire of the Tunisian State to develop an integrated and multidimensional strategy to address and combat the phenomenon of the murder of women, investigate its causes, monitor its effects on children, families and society in general and suggest the best paths to treat it.
To shed light on this social scourge, the Tunisian Association of Democratic Women (ATFD) is organizing Saturday, November 25, and Sunday, November 26, 2023, at the Palais des Congrès in Tunis an event entitled “Fictitious tribunal on femicides: Femicides in front of the assizes ”, organized as part of the international campaign “16 days of activism against violence against women” and in tribute to all the women murdered by machismo and misogyny and to their grieving families.
In this fictional court, a prosecutor, lawyers, judges, and a popular jury handle the cases of women who died of femicide.
The intention, explain the organizers of the original initiative, is to take stock of the judicial treatment of these women, to restore their humanity and dignity, to honor their memory, and to denounce the failures of the State and the judicial system in the management of domestic violence and femicide cases.
Beyond femicides, it is violence against women, in its various manifestations, that the organizers want to denounce through this fictitious court.
At the opening of the event, there was a reference to Palestinian women and children, the main victims of the war in Gaza.
