Tunisia's insurgency is seen by some as the main example of overcoming adversity of the Arab Spring. However, the BBC's Sally Nabil reports from the capital, Tunis, that five years on, life could be deteriorating for one gathering - ladies.
Parkway Habib Bourguiba, the principle shopping road in focal Tunis, is a significant mixed scene.
A few ladies are wearing small scale skirts and tight pants, while others are completely secured with headscarves and long dresses.
This differing qualities is seldom seen in different parts of the Arab world.
Despite the fact that Tunisia has the most dynamic laws on ladies' rights in the district and constantly set a case for other Arab nations, patriarchal values still persevere here.
The latest government study, from 2010, says that almost 50% of Tunisian ladies are subjected to different sorts of sex based viciousness, being either physically, sexually or verbally manhandled.
Five years after the Tunisian upheaval, human rights bunch Amnesty International says there are few signs to demonstrate that things have enhanced for ladies.
The Tunisian Association of Democratic Women let us know that about 70% of Tunisian ladies are casualties of misuse.
Abusive behavior at home is supposedly the most widely recognized type of misuse.
Yet, numerous ladies in this nation are hesitant to discuss their affliction since they feel embarrassed.
"Few are the individuals who are sufficiently gallant to look for medicinal help," said Hela Belhajyahia, a psychotherapist.
"Ladies are humiliated to talk up.
"They are normally perplexed of their families, their neighbors, their workmates."
One lady consented to be met on the condition that her personality was not uncovered.
She is a preservationist lady from a lower working class family whose spouse routinely beat her amid the most recent two years of their marriage.
Picture inscription When this lady declined to give her spouse's special lady a chance to move in, he hit her with a stick, punched her in the eye and broke her finger
Presently separated, she says she never needs to get hitched again.
"Regardless I recall the day when he returned home with his paramour and let me know she is going to live with us in the same house," she said.
"When I said no, he undermined to remove my two children from me.
"He then hit me with a stick, punched me in the eye, and broke my finger."
She said she never reported her spouse's misuse to the police since she would not like to bring on any inconvenience for her kids.
Her family attempted to persuade her to stay with him since she had no other type of backing however she declined and left him.
In 2014, Tunisia passed another constitution which ensured full sexual orientation balance. However, government authorities now concede that laws are insufficient.
"We are attempting to raise social mindfulness about the threats of this issue essentially on the grounds that it influences the entire family," clarified Reda al-Gataa, leader of the National Council for Family Affairs and Urban Development.
"However, we are battling against profoundly established social values, that don't completely perceive the idea of balance," he said.
"The genuine issue doesn't generally lie in the male attitude," said Rebh Cherif, a PR administrator in the National Council for Family Affairs and Urban Development.
"Sadly, numerous [women] are raised to trust that they are useless without a spouse or an accomplice. This is the reason they acknowledge to stay with a man who abuses them."
Breaking the cycle
Savagery against ladies in Tunisia is not limited to poor people.
It plays hooky and instructive levels.
Be that as it may, a few ladies have figured out how to break this consistent cycle of misuse and chose to turn their own tragedies to help other people in comparative circumstances.
In a little bistro in Tunis, two young ladies in their late twenties shared their stories as casualties of physical savagery.
Both were thumped first by their fathers and afterward by their sweethearts.
Picture inscription After they were thrashed by their sweethearts Amal Khleef and Amal Amrawy began an online gathering to urge ladies to leave savagery
To get over their difficulty, they began an online discussion called "Chaml" - which implies meeting up.
They said that sharing their agonizing encounters has urged other manhandled ladies to talk.
"Inspiring ladies to talk and communicate was a major test, not to mention making a move.
"Society chooses not to see to aggressive behavior at home and anticipates that a lady will live with it.
"Female misuse has turned into some kind of a way of life here," said Amal Khleef, a prime supporter of Chaml.
Leaving
Her associate Amal Amrawy said she feels thankful to Chaml.
"The young ladies in this gathering taught me to quit playing the casualty or discovering pardons for a man who abuses me," she said.
Ms Amrawy said she instructs casualties regarding roughness to leave quickly.
"Try not to say your abuser will change into a superior individual one day.
"This will never happen. The more you hold up, the more regrettable it will get."
Picture inscription The perspective on Avenue Habib Bourguiba of ladies wearing an assortment of styles is an uncommon sight in the Arab world
Almost 60 years back, the Personal Status Code conceded Tunisian ladies significantly a bigger number of rights than whatever other Arab ladies.
For instance, it banned polygamy, and set a base lawful marriage age.
Tunisia has been generally effective in its move to vote based system, at any rate when contrasted with different nations of the purported Arab Spring.
Be that as it may, it may take years before it succeeds in changing the mindset of a male-overwhelmed society.
Parkway Habib Bourguiba, the principle shopping road in focal Tunis, is a significant mixed scene.
A few ladies are wearing small scale skirts and tight pants, while others are completely secured with headscarves and long dresses.
This differing qualities is seldom seen in different parts of the Arab world.
Despite the fact that Tunisia has the most dynamic laws on ladies' rights in the district and constantly set a case for other Arab nations, patriarchal values still persevere here.
The latest government study, from 2010, says that almost 50% of Tunisian ladies are subjected to different sorts of sex based viciousness, being either physically, sexually or verbally manhandled.
Five years after the Tunisian upheaval, human rights bunch Amnesty International says there are few signs to demonstrate that things have enhanced for ladies.
The Tunisian Association of Democratic Women let us know that about 70% of Tunisian ladies are casualties of misuse.
Abusive behavior at home is supposedly the most widely recognized type of misuse.
Yet, numerous ladies in this nation are hesitant to discuss their affliction since they feel embarrassed.
"Few are the individuals who are sufficiently gallant to look for medicinal help," said Hela Belhajyahia, a psychotherapist.
"Ladies are humiliated to talk up.
"They are normally perplexed of their families, their neighbors, their workmates."
One lady consented to be met on the condition that her personality was not uncovered.
She is a preservationist lady from a lower working class family whose spouse routinely beat her amid the most recent two years of their marriage.
Picture inscription When this lady declined to give her spouse's special lady a chance to move in, he hit her with a stick, punched her in the eye and broke her finger
Presently separated, she says she never needs to get hitched again.
"Regardless I recall the day when he returned home with his paramour and let me know she is going to live with us in the same house," she said.
"When I said no, he undermined to remove my two children from me.
"He then hit me with a stick, punched me in the eye, and broke my finger."
She said she never reported her spouse's misuse to the police since she would not like to bring on any inconvenience for her kids.
Her family attempted to persuade her to stay with him since she had no other type of backing however she declined and left him.
In 2014, Tunisia passed another constitution which ensured full sexual orientation balance. However, government authorities now concede that laws are insufficient.
"We are attempting to raise social mindfulness about the threats of this issue essentially on the grounds that it influences the entire family," clarified Reda al-Gataa, leader of the National Council for Family Affairs and Urban Development.
"However, we are battling against profoundly established social values, that don't completely perceive the idea of balance," he said.
"The genuine issue doesn't generally lie in the male attitude," said Rebh Cherif, a PR administrator in the National Council for Family Affairs and Urban Development.
"Sadly, numerous [women] are raised to trust that they are useless without a spouse or an accomplice. This is the reason they acknowledge to stay with a man who abuses them."
Breaking the cycle
Savagery against ladies in Tunisia is not limited to poor people.
It plays hooky and instructive levels.
Be that as it may, a few ladies have figured out how to break this consistent cycle of misuse and chose to turn their own tragedies to help other people in comparative circumstances.
In a little bistro in Tunis, two young ladies in their late twenties shared their stories as casualties of physical savagery.
Both were thumped first by their fathers and afterward by their sweethearts.
Picture inscription After they were thrashed by their sweethearts Amal Khleef and Amal Amrawy began an online gathering to urge ladies to leave savagery
To get over their difficulty, they began an online discussion called "Chaml" - which implies meeting up.
They said that sharing their agonizing encounters has urged other manhandled ladies to talk.
"Inspiring ladies to talk and communicate was a major test, not to mention making a move.
"Society chooses not to see to aggressive behavior at home and anticipates that a lady will live with it.
"Female misuse has turned into some kind of a way of life here," said Amal Khleef, a prime supporter of Chaml.
Leaving
Her associate Amal Amrawy said she feels thankful to Chaml.
"The young ladies in this gathering taught me to quit playing the casualty or discovering pardons for a man who abuses me," she said.
Ms Amrawy said she instructs casualties regarding roughness to leave quickly.
"Try not to say your abuser will change into a superior individual one day.
"This will never happen. The more you hold up, the more regrettable it will get."
Picture inscription The perspective on Avenue Habib Bourguiba of ladies wearing an assortment of styles is an uncommon sight in the Arab world
Almost 60 years back, the Personal Status Code conceded Tunisian ladies significantly a bigger number of rights than whatever other Arab ladies.
For instance, it banned polygamy, and set a base lawful marriage age.
Tunisia has been generally effective in its move to vote based system, at any rate when contrasted with different nations of the purported Arab Spring.
Be that as it may, it may take years before it succeeds in changing the mindset of a male-overwhelmed society.
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