Bochra Belhaj Hmida Explained

Native Name:بشرى بلحاج حميدة
Native Name Lang:ar

Bochra Belhaj Hmida (ar|بشرى بلحاج حميدة), is a Tunisian lawyer, politician and activist from Zaghouan.[1]

Biography

Belhaj Hmida became interested in activism during her childhood, and experienced political upheaval during the authoritarian presidency of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.[2]

Bochra Belhaj Hmida has a Law graduate degree. In 1989, she co-created the Democrat Tunisian Women Association (Association Tunisienne des Femmes Démocrates – ATFD)[3] and was the president of the organization from 1994 to 1998.[4]

In 2012, she represented a young woman who survived being raped by police officers.[5] According to her, the Ennahda Government was responsible morally and politically.

She joined the Democratic Forum for Labour and Liberties in 2011. She then ran for the constituent assembly election as the leader of the Zaghouan constituency list, but she was not elected.[6]

In September 2012, she was made a member of the executive committee of the movement Nidaa Tounes. During the legislative elections of October 2014, she was elected at the People Representative Assembly as a representative of the second constituency of Tunis. In her second term she continued to call for an evolution of women's rights in Tunisia.[7]

Bochra Belhaj Hmida is also president of the Individual Freedom and Equality Commission (COLIBE), initiated by the Tunisian president Béji Caïd Essebsi on August 13, 2017. It aims to build a report concerning legislative reforms for individual freedom and equality, as required by the 2014 Constitution and by human rights international norms.[8] As a president, Bochra Belhaj Hmida has led a proposed reform of inheritance laws between men and women.[9]

In 2023, the Tunisian government accused Belhaj Hmida of "conspiracy", in a move criticized by Amnesty International.[10]

Honors

On 13 August 2018, National Women's Day, Bochra Belhaj Hmida was given the insignia of Commander of the Order of Tunisian Republic by the Tunisian President.[11] On September 27 2018, she received an award from the foundation Global Hope Coalition.[12] She was named politician of the year in 2018 by the Tunisian press.[13] In 2019, she was awarded the Fatima al-Fihriya Prize in recognition of her involvement in the process of individual freedoms and equality in Tunisia.[14]

References

  1. Web site: 2014 . Bochra Belhaj Hamida . 2019-03-22 . Marsad Majles . fr.
  2. Web site: HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS 2021 (EN) - Bochra Belhaj Hmida, Tunisia . 2024-11-14 . en-humanrightsdefenders.freiheit.org . en.
  3. News: 2012-11-23 . Difficile et lente transition vers la démocratie . 2019-03-22 . Le Temps . fr . 1423-3967.
  4. News: 2018-12-23 . Bochra Belhaj Hmida, militante de la Tunisie 'universelle' . 2019-03-22 . Le Monde . fr.
  5. News: 2012-09-27 . Femme violée en Tunisie : pour l'avocate, le gouvernement est responsable . 2019-03-22 . Le Monde . fr.
  6. Web site: La tunisie se prépare pour des élections historiques. 17 October 2011. L'express. 22 March 2019.
  7. Web site: 2017-07-27 . La Tunisie adopte une nouvelle loi contre les violences faites aux femmes . 2019-03-22 . La Croix . fr.
  8. Web site: Qui sont les membres de la commission des libertés individuelles et de l'égalité créée par Béji Caid Essebsi?. https://web.archive.org/web/20170816132812/http://www.huffpostmaghreb.com/2017/08/13/beji-caid-essebsi-commiss_n_17744400.html. usurped. August 16, 2017. 2017-08-13. Al HuffPost Maghreb. fr. 2019-03-22.
  9. News: 2018-12-03 . Etre une femme en Afrique : " On doit toujours prouver qu’on est capables " . 2019-03-22 . Le Monde . fr.
  10. Web site: 2023-05-09 . Tunisian authorities add human rights lawyers to trumped-up conspiracy case . 2024-11-14 . Amnesty International . en.
  11. Web site: Pourquoi les auteurs du Rapport sur les libertés et les droits (COLIBE) ont-ils été décorés. Leaders. fr. 2019-03-22.
  12. Web site: Bochra Bel Haj Hmida primé aux Etats-Unis pour sa lutte contre l'extrémisme et l'intolérance. https://web.archive.org/web/20180928132908/https://www.huffpostmaghreb.com/entry/bochra-bel-haj-hmida-prime-aux-etats-unis-pour-sa-lutte-contre-lextremisme-et-lintolerance_mg_5bae02a2e4b0b4d308d202bd. usurped. September 28, 2018. 2018-09-28. Al HuffPost Maghreb. fr. 2019-03-22.
  13. Web site: Pour vous, c'est la personnalité politique de l'année 2018 – Bochra Bel Haj Hmida: Le parcours, les combats (INTERVIEW). https://web.archive.org/web/20190102162801/https://www.huffpostmaghreb.com/entry/pour-vous-cest-la-personnalite-politique-de-lannee-2018-bochra-bel-haj-hmida-le-parcours-les-combats-interview_mg_5c2ba850e4b08aaf7a938402. usurped. January 2, 2019. 2019-01-02. Al HuffPost Maghreb. fr. 2019-03-22.
  14. Web site: 2019-12-04 . Bochra Belhaj Hamida reçoit le prix Fatima al-Fihri . 2019-12-04 . leconomistemaghrebin.com.

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