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[[File:UNFTunisie.JPG|thumb|right|UNFT headquarters in Tunis]]
The '''National Union of Tunisian Women''' ({{Langx|ar|الاتحاد الوطني للمراة التونسية|translit=al-Ittiḥād al-Waṭanī lil-Marʼah al-Tūnisīyah}}; {{Langx|fr|Union Nationale de la Femme Tunisienne}}, '''UNFT''') is a non-governmental organization in [[Tunisia]] founded in 1956.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-10-06|title=National Union of Tunisian Women|url=https://archive.unescwa.org/national-union-tunisian-women|access-date=2021-10-05|website=United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=UNHCR Tunisia Operational Update - 31 March 2021 - Tunisia|url=https://reliefweb.int/report/tunisia/unhcr-tunisia-operational-update-31-march-2021|access-date=2021-10-05|website=ReliefWeb|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=HÉBERGEMENT GRATUIT EN FOYER DES FEMMES VICTIMES DE VIOLENCE - UNION NATIONALE DE LA FEMME TUNISIENNE|url=https://evaw-global-database.unwomen.org/fr/countries/africa/tunisia/2008/hebergement-gratuit-en-foyer-des-femmes-victimes-de-violence|access-date=2021-10-05|website=evaw-global-database.unwomen.org}}</ref> The current UNFT president is [[Radhia Jerbi]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-01-26|title=Tunisia women call for polygamy|url=https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20190126-tunisia-women-call-for-polygamy/|access-date=2021-10-05|website=Middle East Monitor|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Jebli|first=Hanen|date=8 July 2021|title=Tunisians outraged after female parliamentarian slapped by Islamist colleague|url=https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2021/07/tunisians-outraged-after-female-parliamentarian-slapped-islamist-colleague|access-date=2021-10-05|website=Al-Monitor|language=en}}</ref>
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).<ref>Jane D Tchaïcha, Khedija Arfaoui: ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=kAkqDwAAQBAJ&dq=National+Union+of+Tunisian+Women&pg=PA49  The Tunisian Women’s Rights Movement: From Nascent Activism to Influential ...]''</ref>  It was founded after the independence of Tunisia, which was followed by the introduction of [[women's suffrage]] and the secular [[Code of Personal Status in Tunisia|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.<ref>Jane D Tchaïcha, Khedija Arfaoui: ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=kAkqDwAAQBAJ&dq=National+Union+of+Tunisian+Women&pg=PA49 The Tunisian Women’s Rights Movement: From Nascent Activism to Influential ...]''</ref>
The UNFT was also significant in raising awareness of [[family planning]].<ref>Masri, Safwan. ''Tunisia: An Arab Anomaly''. New York: Columbia University Press, 2017, 234. </ref>
== See also ==
* [[Tunisian Association of Democratic Women]]
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