Demonstrators tell Global News Insight the revolution’s promises 10 years ago have not translated into a just society.
![In Ettadhamen, an area long overlooked by the government, the COVID-19 lockdown has hit people hard [File: Zoubeir Souissi/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2021-01-18T204253Z_1872448675_RC2KAL92VFDQ_RTRMADP_3_TUNISIA-PROTESTS.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
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After securing historic gains, the political engagement and representation of Tunisian women is now waning alarmingly.
![Many Tunisian women dreamed of greater gender equality after autocratic leader Ben Ali was toppled by protests in January 2011 [Constantin Gouvy/Global News Insight]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Street-Art-by-feminist-NGO-Aswat-Nissa-in-Tunis.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Euphoria of revolution’s early days has simmered with officials cracking down on freedom of expression.
![Tunisian protesters demonstrate beneath a poster of Mohamed Bouazizi, a street vendor who set himself on fire to protest against social conditions, starting the Arab Spring in late 2010 [File: Salah Habibi/AP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/AP_110128121974-e1608200818567.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
