Female inmates are in prison for various reasons, including theft, drugs and prostitution. Sometimes they have their new-born, or slightly older babies, with them. Some children do not have the financial means to visit their imprisoned mothers.
When these women leave prison, they are marginalized and stigmatized by society and often by their family as well. They have difficulties finding a job and a place to live, suffering loneliness and a lack of self-confidence. More than half of them end up back in prison shortly after they have been released, due to a lack of support.
The project contributes to a healthier social-economic and equal society, based on fundamental Human Rights for marginalized people in Tunisia. More specifically, the project aims to increase the quality of life and dignity for women that are or have been in the prison of Sfax, El Kef and Jendouba and give them better opportunities to reintegrate into society.
