2. The actions of the Group planned
in Tunisia
Les actions du groupe prévues
en Tunisie
The TAWHIDA Ben Cheikh Group for Research
and Action on women’s health is a nongovernmental
association.
It is composed of scientists, experts and
activists who work on the promotion of medical,
epidemiological and socio-anthropological
research, on the advocacy against gender
discrimination including gender based violence,
and for the reduction of women’s morbidity
and mortality in Africa and the MENA region.
At present, the group’s actions are centered on
Tunisia.
OBJECTIVES
- Promoting, undertaking, and monitoring research
studies and actions on women’s health and rights.
- Promoting, setting and participating in scientific
events on various themes related to women’s
health and rights, and gender discrimination.
- Organizing, supervising or contributing to the
training of various key actors in domains related to
women’s health, gender discrimination including
gender based violence, and the reduction of
maternal mortality.
- Strengthening women’s awareness of their rights
in health, care, access for education and work.
- Contributing to the advocacy for women’s rights
including sexual and reproductive rights and to
the fight against gender discrimination.
- Contributing to the development of South -South
and North - South cooperation between NGO‘s in
the domains of health and women’s rights.
1. Exécution d’études et de recherches actions
en santé de la reproduction : étude auprès des
prestataires de services de SR sur la prise en
charge des femmes tout au long du cycle de vie
2.. Publication de travaux d’études et de
recherche sur la ménopause.
3... Formation en santé de la reproduction :
formation des prestataires de service de Santé de
la Reproduction en matière de clarification des
valeurs.
4.... Organisation de groupes de paroles
pour la prise de conscience des femmes sur leur
citoyenneté, à travers une conscientisation des
problèmes de santé spécifiques aux femmes,
leurs droits en santé, et leur participation à la vie
dans la cité…
5.....Organisationdeconférencesnationales,
régionale et internationales sur la santé et droits
des femmes : organisation d’une conférence
internationale sur le vécu les symptômes et les
représentations de la ménopause pour fin 2012.
1. Research in Reproductive health (RH) :
survey of RH providers on attitudes / beliefs
towards women’s health and management
throughout the lifecycle.
2.. Publication of medico-social research on
Menopause
3...Training sessions for Reproductive health
providers on abortion values clarification and
attitude transformation.
4.... Setting and monitoring women’s focus
groups in low income areas. The objective is
to strenghten citizenship awareness, through
a better awareness of their specific health
issues, their rights to health, and their effective
involvement in the community.
5.....Organizing an international conference
on symptoms, experience and representations of
menopause.