Yosra Frawes

Yosra Frawes, born in Djedeida, is a Tunisian business lawyer, human rights activist and feminist.[1]

Yosra Frawes
Frawes in 2021
International Federation for Human Rights - Tunisia
Personal details
BornDjedeida (Tunisia)
Political partyTunisian Association of Democratic Women
Tunisia
OccupationLawyer
ProfessionHuman right activist
Politician

Biography

On the initiative of her teacher of civic education, she attended 1995 a debate on the role of Tunisian women in popular soap operas She then joined the youth club of the Tunisian Association of Democratic Women while campaigning in the General Union of Tunisian Students. In 2000, she launched a petition calling for gender equality in inheritance.[2]

After the Tunisian revolution of 2011, Yosra joined the group of legal experts who verified the texts of the democratic transition within the Higher Authority for Realisation of the Objectives of the Revolution, Political Reform and Democratic Transition. Meanwhile, she devoted herself to denouncing human rights abuses and inequalities. She then worked on a bill of violence against women which was later adopted by the Assembly of the Representatives of the People in July 2017.[3]

Distinguished by her activism for the protection of human rights she participated in the release of Jabeur Mejri, accused of attacking morality, defamation and disturbance of public order for having published caricatures of Muhammad on social networks in 2012. In addition, she constantly denounced the draconian overruns and defended women victims of violence.[4] · [5]

She is a delegate of the International Federation for Human Rights in Tunisia and a Speaker in several conferences and seminars at the national, regional and international levels.[6] From 1999 she was a member of the Tunisian Association of Democratic Women which she became president in April 2018.[7] She joined the Association of Tunisian Women for development research (treasurer in 2002 where she took the position of training manager from 2005 to 2008.

Publications

Yosra Frawes is the author, or co-author, of guides, notes and reports such as:

  • Guide to 100 Steps to End Violence Against Women (co-author)[8]
  • Guaranteed human rights: from the Constitution to legislation (author)[9]

She is also notable for her writings and her poetic essays. she has published several poems and articles about women contribution in Arabic literature.[10]

References
  1. "Égalité dans l'héritage: Yosra Frawes évoque l'obstacle de "l'alliance sacrée de l'argent, de la religion et de la politique" | Al HuffPost Maghreb" [Equality in inheritance: Yosra Frawes evokes the obstacle of "the sacred alliance of money, religion and politics]. huffpostmaghreb.com. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  2. "Samsung double Apple pour le premier trimestre aux USA | Clickpresse.com | Actualité et Infos au Maroc et dans le monde" [Tunisia: who is Yosra Frawes, the new president of the Association of Democratic Women?]. clickpresse.com. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  3. "Tunisia passes historic law to end violence against women and girls | UN Women – Headquarters". unwomen.org. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  4. "Yosra Frawes - Expertes France". expertes.fr. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  5. "Education, the key to preventing and combating violent extremism". unesco.org. 9 March 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  6. "Yosra FRAWES - International Federation for Human Rights". fidh.org. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  7. Tunisia: who is Yosra Frawes, the new president of the Association of Democratic Women ?
  8. "Guide des 100 mesures pour l'éradication des violences à l'encontre des femmes". fidh.org (in French). 12 May 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  9. "Droits humains garantis : de la Constitution à la législation" (pdf). fidh.org (in French). Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  10. "Yosra Frawes". turess.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 22 April 2018.
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