Personal Status Code – August 13, 1956

Date
Category
1945 - 1956, The Supreme Combatant
Tags
Divorce, independence, Mariage, Personal Status Code, Rights, Tunisia, Women

Promulgation of the personal status code. Through this act, Bourguiba grants women her fundamental rights as a Tunisian woman. Among its measures: the abolition of polygamy, divorce proceedings, spouses consent to marriage.