Tawhida Ben Cheikh
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Tawhida Ben Cheikh 🇹🇳

توحيدة بن الشيخ (Known as "Dr. Ben Cheikh")
First Modern Female Physician in the Arab World, Pediatrician, Gynecologist
Born Jan 02, 1909 🇹🇳 Tunis, Tunisia
Passed Away Dec 06, 2010 Tunis, Tunisia
Lifespan 101 years old
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"A woman's health is the foundation of a nation's freedom; when the mother is well, the future is secure."

Archival Overview

First modern female physician in Tunisia and the Arab world, pioneering pediatrician and gynecologist who championed women's reproductive healthcare, honored on the Tunisian 10-dinar banknote.

Biographical Record

Supported by her widowed mother and nationalist leader Tahar Haddad, Tawhida Ben Cheikh graduated as valedictorian from Lycée Armand Fallières in 1928 before traveling to Paris, graduating with her medical doctorate in 1936. Returning to Tunis, she opened a private pediatric clinic in the Medina.

She directed the maternity ward of Charles Nicolle Hospital and founded the first family planning and reproductive health clinic in the Arab world, training thousands of midwives. In 2020, the Central Bank of Tunisia honored her by placing her portrait on the national 10-dinar banknote, making her the first woman featured on a modern Arab currency banknote.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Djellaz Cemetery
Tunis, Tunisia
GPS: 36.7833, 10.1833
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