Tunisia

Through its groundbreaking Inform Women, Transform Lives campaign, The Carter Center partners with city leaders worldwide to raise awareness about women’s right to access information and to help cities reach women with valuable information and essential municipal services.  

Access to this information empowers women with a stronger voice, enabling them to participate in public life, utilize public services, and make more informed decisions for themselves, their families, and their communities. In Tunisia, the project has partnered with the city of Tunis. 

The Center first got involved with Tunisia when it was invited to observe the 2011 election of the Constituent Assembly, which was established to draft the country’s new constitution after the fall of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s autocratic regime. Since then, we’ve returned to observe additional elections in 2014, 2019, and 2022.  

We’ve deployed teams of various sizes over the years to help Tunisia develop as a democracy, meet international obligations for civil and political rights, support civil society organizations, weather volatile periods, and improve people’s lives.  

More information about all of these elections is available in our publications section.