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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]

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]

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]