The National Union of Tunisian Women (Arabic: الاتحاد الوطني للمراة التونسية; French: Union Nationale de la Femme Tunisienne, UNFT) is a non-governmental organization in

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founded in 1956. The current UNFT president is Radhia Jerbi. The National Union of Tunisian Women was founded in 1956 by President Habib Bourguiba through the merge of the two previous women's organizations, Tunisian Union of Muslim Women (UMFT) and Union of Tunisian Women (UFT). It was founded after the independence of Tunisia, which was followed by the introduction of

women's suffrage Women's suffrage is the right of women to vote in elections. Beginning in the start of the 18th century, some people sought to change voting laws to allow women to vote. Liberal political parties would go on to grant women the right to vot ...

and the secular Personal Status Code. The UNFT worked to inform women of the new Code of Personal Statue, which was a very radical reform in favor or women's rights, considered the most progressive family law in the Middle East after the Turkish Law of 1926. The UNFT was also significant in raising awareness of family planning.Masri, Safwan. ''Tunisia: An Arab Anomaly''. New York: Columbia University Press, 2017, 234.

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