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programmes, the National Solidarity Fund (26-26) and the National
Employment Fund (21-21);
The integration of needy families in the economic system by means
of lucrative projects capable of contributing to the improvement of the
imcomes and living standards of these families, to help them
overcome poverty.
-The National Aid Programme for needy families
431. This programme consists of:
• The granting of permanent aid in the context of the national aid
programme for needy families. The number of beneficiaries of this
programme rose from 73,590 in 1987 to 114,544 in 2005 of whom
244 were site workers aged 65 years and more. The budget
allocated to this programme increased from 4.6 million Dinars (MD)
in 1987 to 55.9 MD in 2005;
• The granting of financial and material assistance, at the re-opening
of school and univeristy, to the pupils and students from needy
families for the 2004-2005 school year. This aid, totalling 12.4 MD,
affected 428,826 pupils and students.
• The granting of assistance in cash and in kind during religious
feasts. This assistance involved 365,000 individuals in 2004 for a
total amount of 11.9 MD. Moreover, exceptional assistance in cash
and in kind had been given to a certain number of persons and
families in difficulty. The amount of this assistance rose from 1.080
MD in 1996 to 5.1 MD in 2004.
II- Protection of Women
432. In Tunisia, the principle of equality between men and women in its different
aspects has a constitutional value. In effect, in its Article 6 the Constitution of the
Tunisian Republic stipulates that « all citizens have the same rights and the same
responsibilities. They are equal before the law ».
433. Similarly, Tunisia has ratified the « Convention on the Elimination of all forms
of Discrimination Against Women » under the terms of the law n° 85-68 of 12th
July 1985.
In June 2002, Tunisia presented its 3rd and 4th combined Reports to the
Committee monitoring the implementation of CEDAW. This Committee lauded the
efforts by Tunisia which ceaselessly promotes the rights of Women by placing the
country in a dynamic of modernism whilst remaining attached to its authenticity.
A)- Sanctioning Gender Equality in Law and in practice
434. The Personal Status Code (CSP), promulgated on the 13th August 1956,
constituted a normative and political vector for the emancipation of women and
opened the way for initiatives on the emancipation and promotion of women
confirming Tunisia’s attachment to all its commitments with regard to the
protection and consolidation of the rights of women.
435. This principle is also confirmed in the « National Pact », signed on the 8th
November 1988, by the representatives of the Political Parties, the Social and
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