NEILA CHAABANE (Tunisia)

Professor of public law.

Tunisian Secretary of State for Women’s, Children’s and Family Affairs (2014-2015).

Responsible for implementing State policy on the promotion of equal rights, economic empowerment of women, the fight against violence, the protection of the most vulnerable, the fight against school drop-out and the promotion of women in rural areas. She was a member of the National Commission for the Investigation of Corruption and Embezzlement (2011-2012).

She is an alternate member for Tunisia at the European Commission for Democracy through Law, the Venice Commission.

Education: Law. Several university positions, including Dean of the Faculty of Legal, Political and Social Sciences, University of Carthage.