FEMMEDINA: Inclusive City Programme In Tunis
In Partnership With:
USAID
Cities Alliance
UNOPS
Municipality Of Tunis
Bluefish
2021
FEMMEDINA
INCLUSIVE CITY PROGRAMME IN TUNIS
An Assessment Of Women’s Participation In The Medina Of Tunis
The report aims to assess the economic, political-institutional, social, and cultural aspects of women’s participation in the Medina of Tunis, particularly in the districts of Medina Centrale, Bab Souika, Bab Bhar, and Sidi el Bechir.
The key outcome of this report is to:
Understand the key hindrances and enablers of women’s participation in the Medina and their underlying causes pertaining to national and city-level policies, as well as local cultural and communal factors.
Propose policy and city planning recommendations that can contribute to overcoming the key challenges faced by women in the Medina.
Identify and propose spatial interventions dedicated to women in selected public spaces in the Medina of Tunis in addition to specific programmatic interventions to activate these spaces to be more inclusive and conducive of women use.
In order to achieve these objectives, the research team adopted a participatory research process engaging women of different demographic and socioeconomic backgrounds through a mixed method approach for data collection including survey, key-informant interviews, life history interviews, interactive workshops, and co-design sessions.