Professor Tchaïcha was recognized for her body of scholarly engagement over a period of five plus years in collaboration with Tunisian colleague and feminist researcher, Khedija Arfaoui, Ph.D. Together, they have investigated the changing status of Tunisian women in the decade immediately preceding the Jasmine Revolution, and the three years since the ouster of President Ben Ali in January 2011. Women’s beliefs, actions, and achievements as the country transitioned from authoritarian to democratic governance were the foci the two papers so honored: “Tunisian Women in the twenty-first century: past achievements and present uncertainties in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution” (Journal of North African Studies, 2012) and “Governance, Women, and the New Tunisia” (Journal of Politics and Religion, 2014). The importance of this research centered on identifying the challenges and failures facing women in regions of political instability and the possible strategies that they adopted to confront them.
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