TEDxCarthageWomen celebrates Tunisian women's past, present, and potential

Fresh off the success of its September installment, TEDxCarthage held its latest edition, TEDxCarthageWomen on December 8^th, 2013 at the famed Palais des Congres in Tunis. Not only did the conference put a spotlight on the achievements, struggles, and potential of women in this country, but also began a broader conversation about innovation, risk taking, and what is possible in Tunisia.

Entrepreneur and project management specialist Houssem Aoudi brought TEDx to Tunisia in 2010, taking an idea that sparked during a dinner conversation with friends to a major national event in just three years. The September edition of TEDxCarthage, with the theme of Trust as a New Currency, sold all 1,500 tickets in ten minutes. TEDxCarthageWomen ticket sales were even more impressive: all 1,000 tickets were claimed within the first four minutes. (Full disclosure: I helped in the organization of this event.)

Spark

With its December 8^th edition, TEDxCarthage took the global TEDxWomen theme and crafted a message of citizen accountability, creativity, grassroots solutions and innovation. The Spark theme developed based on a conversation about the role women have played throughout Tunisian history, from Queen Elissa who founded Carthage, to Thewid Ben Echeickh, the first female doctor in the Arab world.

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TEDxCarthageWomen celebrates Tunisian women’s past, present, and potential