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Tunisia

Tunisia has an employment rate that is higher than that found in many developing countries, yet securing employment in formal jobs is difficult for uneducated people who typically live in the poorer suburbs. In the country:

  • There is an unemployment rate of 14.2 percent
  • 7.4 percent of Tunisians live below the poverty line

Flag of Tunisia
 Photo credit CIA Factbook
Increasing numbers of women have discovered that self-employment through microenterprise enables them to earn a reasonable living, even without having the advantage of formal schooling. Many of the women work out of their homes as it allows them to give their children the education that they were denied.

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