| .: the Code
of Personal Status :. |
The principle of equality of men and women with respect
to citizenship and before the courts is expressly stipulated
in Tunisian legal texts.
As early as 1956, the Code
of Personal Status established a new organization of
the family based on equality of rights, through a series
of provisions that included :
 the abolition of polygamy;
the establishment of judicial
divorce proceedings, granting both spouses the
right to request divorce;
setting the minimum age for marriage
at 17 for girls, and providing that they must consent
to the marriage;
in the case of death of the child's
father, granting the mother the right of custody
of their minor children.
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