a undp survey from found that per cent of tunisians were hostile to womens political participation of whom per cent felt that womens place was in the home one hundred women with leadership potential were selected to take part in a series of trainings to help develop their skills as political candidates including political theory communication and media relations in addition to the tangible effects of three newly elected women as a result of the programme the larger cohort of women has gained confidence and will be a remarkable resource for the future both as political candidates and as role models for tunisian women more broadly