Background
Sihem Badi was born on June 12, 1967 in Tozeur.
Sihem Badi was born on June 12, 1967 in Tozeur.
She received a Doctor of Philosophy in Medical Studies from the University of Paris.
She serves as the Minister of Women"s Affairs under Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali. Politics
In 1992, she was sentenced to two years in prison after she condemned former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, and she went to France in exile. On December 20, 2011, she joined the Jebali Cabinet as Minister of Women"s Affairs.
She has said she would like to see more women in leadership positions.
On 25 March 2013, protesters congregated to demand Badi"s resignation after she blamed a nursery caretaker"s rape of a three-year-old girl on the girl"s family.
She is a member of the Congress for the Republic political party.