Tunisia's president, Kais Saied, has slowly chipped away at the country's democracy while using lip service for gender equality and women's right as a smokescreen

Tunisian President Kais Saied has steadily chipped away at a decade of democratic progress in the county since consolidating power in July 2021, and one of the rights most under threat is gender equality. Saied has used a variety of tools to give lip service to gender equality in Tunisia, while simultaneously undermining it.

A protest in Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini calling for regime collapse in Iran

Despite a remarkable nationwide uprising that shows no sign of abating, Iran has not put its external policies on hold. While some onlookers may hope that the internal unrest and growing international isolation will hinder Iran’s troubling policies outside the country, the opposite may unfortunately be more likely.