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SUMMARY:From Visible to Invisible: Tunisia's Gendered Democracy Paradox - 
 Zoe Petkanas\, POLIS
DTSTART:20121105T130000Z
DTEND:20121105T140000Z
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CONTACT:Thomas J.W. Probert
DESCRIPTION:This paper will argue that secular Tunisian women faced a uniq
 ue set of challenges to accessing formal political power since 2011\, indi
 cating a disconnect between the dominant image of Tunisia and the reality 
 of the post-revolutionary state and society. It will examine secular women
 's invisibility in formal politics\, in sharp contrast to their visibility
  both historically and in the uprisings\, by deconstructing the nuanced wa
 ys in which access to full citizenship rights is differentiated by gender 
 and other identity markers. In doing so\, this paper will situate Tunisian
  secular women in the contemporary political scene\, revealing the ways in
  which power has reconsolidated in the vanguard state of the Arab Spring.\
 n\nThis paper is part of the *CGHR Research Group*\, a forum for graduate 
 students and early-career researchers from any department and disciplinary
  background researching issues of governance and human rights in the globa
 l\, regional\, and national contexts. ["more details":http://www.polis.cam
 .ac.uk/cghr/research_research_group.html]
LOCATION:Room 138\, Alison Richard Building\, Sidgwick Site\, 7 West Rd\, 
 CB3 9DT
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