Tunisia

There are no publications or fact sheets. Data disseminated is mostly limited to the official website of the institutions.

The national educational curricula do not include issues related to VAWG, gender equality, women rights.

There are no specific programs available for school teachers on gender equality and VAWG.

Some concerned ministries, especially the Ministry of Women, Family, Childhood and Elderly carry out awareness campaigns on specific occasions, as during the 16 Days Campaign to End Violence against Women, on 8 March or on the National Women’s Day on 13 August. They also carry out awareness campaigns in partnership with civil society and with the support of donors in the framework of implementing programs and special projects.

Special training of police officers has been organized by the CREDIF (Centre de Recherches, d’Etudes, de Documentation, et d’Information sur la Femme), and the Ministry of Women, Family, Childhood and Elderly, on the implementation of the law on combating VAWG.

The law on eliminating violence against women of 2017 stipulates that special curricula should be integrated in the programs for medical and nurse students. The Ministry of Health worked in partnership with the National Office for the Family and Human Urbanism to complete the training program for those involved in the health sector, especially those working in the emergency departments to enhance their capabilities in the field of detection and evaluation of all forms of violence against women as well as examination, treatment and follow-up of cases. It also organized awareness sessions on the law on eliminating violence against women, the mechanisms of providing care and coordination in various fields. 

National Board for Family and Human Urbanism managed to secure over 90 training sessions on violence against women and girls at the regional level, that benefited more than 2000 medical and paramedical personnel, and 6 workshops for over 165 emergency medical workers. Over 30 medical workers benefited from a Training of Trainers course on providing care for women victims of violence.

The Faculty of Medicine has incorporated a postgraduate degree in sexual and reproductive health, which includes a course on violence against women.

Articles 8, 9 and 10 of the law on eliminating violence against women 2017 states that the Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Health and Ministry of Social Affairs must ensure provision of trainings for staff on combating violence against women. The work on institutionalizing has started at the Ministry of Interior which conducts trainings to the judicial police on the skills and knowledge for dealing with women victims of VAWG

There is cooperation between police, hospitals, and ministries. Multi-sectorial protocols have been signed for protecting women victims of VAWG, including the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Social Affairs and Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Women, Family, Childhood and Elderly. These sectorial protocols include procedures for each sector in combating women victims of VAWG, as well as mechanisms for inter-sectorial coordination.

There is inter-ministerial coordination among Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Social Affairs, Ministry of Interior, and Ministry of Women, Family, Childhood and Elderly in the frame of the multi-sectoral protocols adopted in the implementation of the provisions of article 12 of the law on eliminating violence against women and article 8 of the Inter- Sectoral Agreement to Provide Care to Victims. Since May 2019, twenty-four coordinating bodies have been established on regional level that include representatives of the sectors: justice, interior, health, social affairs, women, family, children, and seniors, as well as competent civil society organizations active in the respective regions. A national coordination body has not been established yet

The Ministry of Women, Family, Childhood and the Elderly is responsible for coordination with various bodies and establishing partnership with civil society. 

The Ministry of Women, Family, Childhood and Elderly coordinates between the various actors and establish partnership, support, and coordination mechanisms with CSOs in implementation of the provisions of article 12 of the law on eliminating violence against women and article 8 of the Intersectoral Agreement to Provide Care to Victims.

There is no gender responsive budget adopted by government with specific lines allocated for addressing VAWG.