Female Passport Photos in Tunisia
The Ministry of the Interior in Tunisia has passed a bill that will allow women to wear headscarves in their identity card and passport photos. At recent protests in the country, women held up placards demanding that they be allowed to wear the veil in identity documents. A draft will amend Decree No. 717 of 1993 that changes the material and technical standards of national identity card development.
The text of the new decree will be adopted in Article 6 in the coming days, requiring women to show only their face and eyes in their passport photos. This measure is in keeping with reforms to establish the principles and values of the revolution in Tunisia and to guarantee the observance of public and individual freedoms. The Interior Ministry has also authorized the issuance of national identity card and passport photos of bearded men in February.