Sihem Badi

Sihem Badi was born on 12 June 1967, in Degache.^[2] She received a PhD in Medical Studies from the University of Paris.^[2]

As of 2011^[update], Badi was a member of the Congress for the Republic political party.^[2] She was sentenced to two years in prison when she was a student activist at Faculty of Medicine of Tunis after she condemned former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, whereupon she went to France in exile between 1992 and 2008.^[3]

On 20 December 2011, she joined the Jebali Cabinet as Minister of Women's Affairs.^[2] She has said she would like to see more women in leadership positions.^[4]

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.^[5]