Tawhida Ben Cheikh: Tunisia’s First Female Physician

Tawhida Ben Cheikh. Medical Doctor. Gynaecologist. Feminist. Editor

Google dedicates doodle to Tunisia’s first female physician

First/s:

  • First Female Tunisian to graduate from Secondary School in 1928
  • First Female Tunisian Physician. Graduated from Paris.
  • Founder and First editor of ‘Leila’. Tunisia’s first French language women’s magazine
  • World’s First-ever banknote to feature a female doctor ’10 Dinar note in 2020 – Dr Tawhida Ben Cheikh

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Tawhida Ben Cheikh was a pioneer in women’s medicine, in particular contraception and abortion access. Image Credit: Google doodle

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