The hidden scandal of Tunisia's female farm workers killed on the roads
A number of fatal road accidents in April 2019 highlighted the plight of many female agricultural workers in the North African country. These women, who have long been regarded as a source of cheap exploitable labour and many of whom live in poverty, are effectively forced to take perilous journeys in the backs of pick-ups and lorries to their place of work. They are now hoping for changes in their work and living conditions. Lilia Blaise reports.
“A“A television channel came came to see me two years ago, I showed them where I live, like I'm doing now … but not much has changed.” Mouna Amri does not know how old she is, she simply knows that she started working to help her parents when she was a teenager. She has not been back to school since.
