Sihem Badi is a Tunisian politician. She served as the Minister of Women's Affairs under Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali. [1] [2] [3]
Sihem Badi is a Tunisian politician. She served as the Minister of Women's Affairs under Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali. [1] [2] [3]
Sihem Badi was born on June 12, 1967 in Tozeur. [2] She received a PhD in Medical Studies from the University of Paris. [2]
As of 2011 [update] , she was a member of the Congress for the Republic political party. [2] In 1992, she was sentenced to two years in prison after she condemned former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, and she went to France in exile. [3]
On December 20, 2011, she joined the Jebali Cabinet as Minister of Women's Affairs. [2] She has said she would like to see more women in leadership positions. [4]
On 25 March 2013, protesters congregated to demand Badi's resignation after she blamed a nursery caretaker's rape of a three-year-old girl on the girl's family. [5]
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