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now on bbc news, our world reports from tunisia where since the country's protests sparked the arab spring in 2011, it's been grappling with the issue of women's rights. but with fierce resistance from tunisia's conservative religious community, is it time for tunisia's women to get their fair share? eight years ago, public protests in tunisia sparked an uprising that spread across the arab world. in this film, i meet the people

fighting for an equal share for women, and those who believe that's a direct challenge to god's laws. in tunisia's eastern city of sousse, hedia is a single mother of four.

herfather died when she and her younger brother were still at school. when her mother also died, hedia and her brother inherited the family property. while she only got a third. hedia says her brother even altered the building so one of the shops couldn't be rented.

hedia's case is not an exception in tunisia. many women are denied grew up on this farm. this is the house that they grew up in, where they had all their childhood memories, and now it's pretty muchjust in ruins. after their parents died 12 years ago, some of the brothers took

control of the entire property and offered the sisters far less than the share they were due under sharia law. the bbc asked the brothers to respond to the sisters‘ claim that they were denied their share of the inheritance. there was no reply. in the countryside, many women are trapped by tradition. in the capital, however, a determined feminist movement is demanding change. bochra belhaj hmida is a member of parliament and a human rights lawyer. she was appointed by president essebsi to head the government's committee for individual freedoms and equality. amongst their targets for reform is the inheritance law. bochra is lecturing at the

university of the city of sousse. she's trying to allay fears that reforming the law is an attack on tradition. the other legal experts take a different view. emotions are running high.

many students support sharia rules for inheritance and oppose bochra's views. others are more appreciative. in kairouan, hedia has filed a case against her brother as he has still not passed on her share of the family property. she's meeting her lawyer for an update. hedia has won the first round of her legal battle but it's left her over $500 in debt, and she'll need to find more money for the next stage. her lawyer explains just how difficult it can be for women to get what they're owed. it's a situation asmahan

and her sisters know all too well. their niece believes things would be very different if they were men. supporters of sharia law say the problem isn't that males inherit twice as much as females, it's that some men don't follow the rules. at the great mosque in the holy city of kairouan, i meet an outspoken opponent of reform, imam taieb ghozzi. hedia is not giving up. she's taking me to see the family property. her brother is living

in the upstairs flat of the disputed building. while we were at the family property, hedia's brother appeared. i asked to speak to him, but he refused, and asked us to leave. it's a question tunisians are asking, as more and more women are in the workplace. nearly half of local government staff and more than 40% of students in higher education are female. many are looking for gender equality.

in downtown tunis, i am with a group of young people. i ask a question that immediately splits them along gender lines. there is not much chance of agreement, so i ask about the president's backing for equality. neither side concedes. debates around the role of religion in the tunisian state are not new. since its independence in the 1950s,

tunisia has always rejected aspects of islamic orthodoxy. i'm meeting president essebsi, who belongs to this modernising tradition. amal is a tunisian woman whose family supports this liberalising trend. for generations, they followed the french secular tradition of dividing inheritance equally. my grandfather had two daughters, here they are, and a son. and he really split the same for the three of them, and all of them do the same a generation after. she has been as groundbreaking as her grandfather. she defied tradition to marry a non—muslim, long before another of the president's reforms. are you one of the first individuals to have married a non—muslim? i think i am the first

who obtained the recognition of the tunisian state. but you couldn't get married in tunisia. i tried, no mayor dared. now, that has changed? it has started to. there are weddings between non—muslims and tunisian women. you know, it is really quite interesting to hear about how amal and her family have chosen to live their lives. of course, they are not the only ones who share such liberal values. but they still remain a minority in a wider conservative society. scholars of sharia believe the proposed reforms would be the beginning of the end. tunisia is forging a new identity, caught in a perpetual negotiation

between secularism and the country's islamic roots. a radio station is hosting a debate between a women's rights campaignerand an imam. it's about the proposed changes to the inheritance laws. in the media, as elsewhere, opinions are polarised. strong words, but the president has

received death threats. president essebsi is not the only reformer putting himself on the line. bochra belhaj hmida, the mp who proposed the reforms, has also received death threats. she is new accempaniedfl ' ~ ~ ,- '*' for these divorced single parents, getting their inheritance is a matter of survival. their low—paid jobs barely feed them and their families. hedia is also concerned

about her children. she wants to ensure that, for her daughters, the controversial inheritance bill has been approved by the tunisian cabinet, and will now go to a vote in parliament. but, with tunisia's economy in crisis, growing unemployment and radicalisation of young people, opponents believe there should be other priorities, including enforcing the current sharia law. for others, the law has a symbolism which is worth fighting for. but the proposed law reforms do

stand to alter tunisia. that's why there is such a fuss. they are part of the battle to decide what the tunisia of tomorrow will be. will women at last take an equal share, or will it be like the old days? hello. for many of us, the last few days has brought something a little milder. it was never going to last long. we open the doors once again to a north—north—westerly airflow behind saturday's low pressure system working its way out into the north sea through sunday and monday. by the time we get to monday, the winds won't be as strong but we stay in the cold air. you can see plenty more wintry showers waiting in the wings. we stay in the cold air really for much of the week ahead. a sign it may be slightly less cold by next weekend. we'll talk about that injust a moment. back to sunday in a bit more detail, still some outbreaks of rain to clear from east anglia

and central and south—east england. wintry showers feeding down across scotland, into parts of north—east england. some of them may get down to parts of wales as well through sunday afternoon. some sunshine in between but it will feel bitterly cold, given the strength of the winds. north or northwesterly winds. this is an idea of gusts through the day, quite widely a0 or 50 mph, some northern, western and eastern coasts could see gusts reaching 60 mph. temperatures on sunday much lower than they have been in the last few days. generally 4—8 celsius. add on the strength of the wind and particularly across northern ireland, scotland and northern england, it is going to feel sub zero, a bitterly cold day. as we go from sunday into monday, slowly, we start to lose the wintry showers from the east coast. the winds start to die down a little and we see increasingly clear skies as we go into monday morning. more cloud across northern ireland, still some wintry showers and more cloud in the far south—west of england. here, we should just about escape a frost but everywhere else,

it will be a cold, frosty, crisp start to monday, with slightly lighter winds. a good deal sunshine to start the day on monday but always more cloud across northern ireland, western scotland, wales, south—west england. some wintry showers particularly across north wales northwards. we could see a more persistent spell of snow for a time across southern scotland and north—west england on monday afternoon, something we will need to keep an eye on. temperatures again not much higher than 4—7 celsius for many but at least the winds will be slightly lighter. as we go from monday to tuesday, still the north westerly airflow, feeding plenty of wintry showers in across scotland and northern ireland, northern england. we will be keeping an eye on this system developing across the continent. that could bring some outbreaks of rain to channel coasts. but not far away from the cold air, so a chance we could see some snow almost anywhere on tuesday and some fairly frequent snow showers across northern and western scotland, northern ireland, north—west england, down into parts of wales, maybe even into the midlands and east anglia. again, it will be a cold day, with temperatures for some not much higher than three or four.

fewer showers for a time on wednesday but they will still be around, particularly across parts of wales, north—west england, and some more frequent showers arriving into northern and western scotland through wednesday afternoon. temperatures here not much higher than two or three celsius. even further south, looking generally at 3—5 so it stays very cold. we have got a very messy picture through thursday and friday. quite a complex area of low pressure working its way across the uk, giving us some difficulty as to where the air flow will be coming from. for some of us, we will still be in the cold air. others may start to draw in something a little bit milder. what we know in the week ahead, it is going to be a cold start, with some sunshine around but outbreaks of rain and also for some, some snow. a chance that towards next weekend, some of us could see something a little bit less cold but at the moment, winter is here to stay.