SAMIA MELKI FESSI (Tunisia)

President of the association Kadirat pour la Parité et l’Égalité and member of the steering committee of the solidarity network of African women’s organizations.

Samia has been working for over thirty years to improve the condition of women by acting on discriminatory laws in Tunisia, Africa and the Arab region.

Topics: protection, parity, peace, successful democratic transition.

Objective: To fight for governments to harmonize their national laws with the provisions of regional and international conventions on women’s rights.