Page 39 Ending Sex Discrimination in the Law EQUALITY NOW – BEIJING+25 TUNISIA Personal Status Code of 1956: Section 103. There are three cases that apply to immediate daughters: 1. A sole daughter inherits half of the estate; 2. Two or more daughters collectively inherit two thirds of the estate; 3. Where there are any sons, the male inherits twice as much as the female. Note: Former President Beij Caid Essensi and the Council of Ministers approved a bill on 23 November 2018 which would amend section 103 to provide equal inheritance rights to men and women. The bill is still pending in Parliament. Take Action – Tunisia Prime Minister Youssef Chahed Place du Gouvernement - La Kasbah Tunis 1030 TUNISIA Email: boc@pm.gov.tn; youssefchahed. officiel@gmail.com tunisnyc@nyc.rr.com (Mission to the UN in New York) Speaker of the Assembly of Representatives Mr. Mohamed Ennaceur Bardo 2000 Republic of TUNISIA Email: arp@arp.tn Twitter: @MohamedEnnaceur Article 21 of the Constitution of Tunisia: Male and female citizens are equal in rights and duties. They are equal before the law without any discrimination. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Federal Law No. 28 of 2005 of the UAE Personal Affairs Law: Article 334. 1. Where there is a combination of male and female heirs: (a) When the deceased has one or more daughters and one or more sons; (b) When the deceased has one or more granddaughters and one or more grandsons who are of the same degree of descent or lower, if needed to ward off her exclusion; a male of higher ascendancy, however, would exclude her; Take Action – United Arab Emirates President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Abu Dhabi UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Email Portal: https://government.ae/en/ help/contact-us/this-portal Email: info@pmo.gov.ae Twitter: @HHShkMohd (c) When the deceased has one or more sibling sisters and one or more sibling brothers; and (d) When the deceased has one or more half sisters and one or more half brothers. 2. In such cases, the male inherits twice as much as the female. Note: Article 25 of the Constitution of the United Arab Emirates: All persons are equal before the law.