The United Nations Population Fund in Tunisia, in partnership with the Observatory for Prevention of Violence Against Women, carried out a study on the determinants of domestic violence, published on March 25, 2022.

This study aims to better understand the structural dimension of domestic violence, its dynamics, and the life trajectory of the couple responsible for / victim of domestic violence, in order to improve their care, and to better target prevention actions.

This study is part of a global context that says that domestic violence and particularly violence between spouses / intimate partners is gradual and insidious. It develops through cycles which intensity and frequency increase over time, following the stages of inexorable escalation. A significant percentage of intimate partner violence cases are still invisible today.

Intimate partner violence is no longer considered a private matter that concerns or affects the couple only, but it is the societal public order that is affected. This is why the status of the intimate partner (spouse, ex-spouse, fiancé or ex-fiancé) is an aggravating circumstance in the majority of violent offences within the meaning of Law 2017-58 and the withdrawal of the complaint no longer stops the prosecution in certain offences. While the pervasiveness of domestic violence against

women is poorly documented, specific risk factors are not well understood and those that may be affected by policies are not well understood.

The Center for Research, Studies, Documentation and Information on Women (CREDIF) in partnership with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has developed, as part of the program " Strengthening social protection system for vulnerable and marginalized segments of the population as a response to COVID-19", supported by the Government of Japan, an awareness campaign on ordinary gender-based violence against women and girls, launched and disseminated in October 2021 on social networks and in urban signage.

The campaign aimed to contribute to the elimination of gender-based violence against women and girls and was structured around posters and videos aimed at raising awareness among men and boys about the normalized forms of gender-based violence.

Three awareness-raising videos were developed and disseminated on social networks. They dealt with three forms of ordinary violence relating to inequalities between men and women in private spaces, women's access to certain sports and the persistence of discriminatory images and stereotypes in school textbooks.

In this context, 3 screening and debate sessions were organized during the month of March 2022, and conducted in collaboration with local associative and/or government structures in order to create the debate around the themes addressed in these videos.

This tour was organized in the youth center in Hay Ezzouhour on March 18, 2022, at the library of Jbel El Ouest on March 25, 2022, and in Ettadhamen on March 30, 2022 in collaboration with the association "Ettadhamen for sport and leisure". The tour sessions were led by a gender-expert psychologist and saw the participation of more than 50 participants of different age groups.

The Center for Research, Studies, Documentation and Information on Women (CREDIF) in partnership with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) within the framework of the program " Strengthening social protection system for vulnerable and marginalized segments of the population as a response to COVID-19" supported by the Government of Japan, organized on October 13, 2021 a focus group with professionals working in reception centers, listening, guidance and accommodation for women victims of violence.

This activity was implemented to carry out a diagnosis of the capacity-building needs in terms of psychosocial care for women victims of cyberviolence.

At the end of this focus group and following the exchanges that took place between the speakers who took part in the workshop, areas of intervention were identified, and several areas of capacity building in terms of care for women victims of cybernetic violence were defined.

In this context, a workshop to present the capacity building plan for psychosocial care for women victims of cyberviolence was organized online on March 11, 2022. This workshop benefited governmental and non-governmental workers responsible for listening, welcoming, guiding and sheltering women victims of violence.