CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2021
| Author | Elkamash, Rola |
|---|---|
| Title | Gender Sensitivity in Truth Commissions: Women and Inclusive "Truths" in Tunisia's Truth and Dignity Commission |
| Summary | This thesis aims at assessing the role played by women in advocating for a gender-sensitive approach in Tunisia’s Truth and Dignity Commission (TDC) and critically examining the implications of such an approach on the involved women’s political empowerment. It attempts to answer the following main research question: why is the gender sensitive approach implemented in Tunisia’s Truth and Dignity considered to be a crucial stepping stone for the involved Women’s Political Empowerment? The thesis is mainly based on the analyzed data collected from twelve in-depth interviews with three groups of women who were involved with the TDC: commissioners in the TDC, members of civil society and international organizations in Tunisia, and victims and victim leaders. This research borrows the main themes of V-Dem’s Women’s Political Empowerment Index: choice, agency and participation. The indicators are used to analyze the interviews in order explore the implications of the TDC’s gender-sensitive approach on the involved women’s political empowerment. The study´s main conclusions are that: 1) gender sensitization measures in the TDC set the stage for involved women’s political empowerment as women’s particularities were woven into the newly drafted Transitional Justice Law and reflected in special accessibility and confidentiality procedures that were made by women for women; 2) women from the three groups played key roles in the realization of gender-sensitivity in the commission despite the limitations they faced within the TDC and from the political system; 3) the gender-sensitive approach advocated by women in Tunisia’s TDC had positive implications on Women’s Political Empowerment on the short-run, which was reflected in the information collected from the interviews. |
| Supervisor | Donoso, Gina |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2021/elkamash_rola.pdf |
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