Asma Belkhodja-Uqda
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Asma Belkhodja-Uqda 🇹🇳

أسماء بلخوجة (Known as "Asma Belkhodja")
Pioneering Feminist, National Liberation Militant, Co-founder of UNFT
Born 1930 AD 🇹🇳 Tunis, Tunisia
Passed Away Sep 01, 2011 Tunis, Tunisia
Lifespan 81 years old
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"Fearless pioneer of women's liberation and national sovereignty."

Archival Overview

Pioneering nationalist militant arrested for leading women's anti-colonial demonstrations in 1952, who co-founded the National Union of Tunisian Women (UNFT).

Biographical Record

Asma Belkhodja came from an elite Tunis family and defied patriarchal constraints to join the vanguard of the independence struggle. In January 1952, following the arrest of nationalist leadership, she led historic women's demonstrations in Tunis and was arrested and tried by French military tribunals.

Following independence in 1956, she co-founded the National Union of Tunisian Women (UNFT), playing a crucial role in mobilizing women across rural and urban Tunisia to embrace the newly enacted Personal Status Code and universal education for girls.

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Final Resting Place

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Sidi Abdelaziz Cemetery
La Marsa, Tunisia
GPS: 36.8833, 10.3333
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