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'''Wided Bouchamaoui''', also transcribed '''Ouided Bouchamaoui''', (born 1970) is a Tunisian businesswoman who since 2011 has been leader of the [[Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts]] (UTICA). As leader of the organization she took from 2013 part in [[Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet]] which led the latter organization to receive the [[2015 Nobel Peace Prize]].<ref name=Fouche>{{cite news|last1=Fouche|first1=Gwladys|last2=Amara|first2=Tarek|title=Tunisian mediator group wins Nobel Peace Prize for aiding move to democracy|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/us-nobel-prize-peace-idUSKCN0S30V320151009|accessdate=5 December 2015|work=Reuters|date=October 9, 2015}}</ref> The French news magazine ''[[Jeune Afrique]]'' has identified her as one of the Top 25 Business Women in Africa.<ref name=mounia/>
'''Wided Bouchamaoui''', also transcribed '''Ouided Bouchamaoui''', ({{lang-ar|وداد بوشماوي}}; born 1961) is a Tunisian businesswoman who since 2011 has been leader of the [[Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts]] (UTICA). As leader of the organization she took from 2013 part in [[Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet]] which led the latter organization to receive the [[2015 Nobel Peace Prize]].<ref name=Fouche>{{cite news|last1=Fouche|first1=Gwladys|last2=Amara|first2=Tarek|title=Tunisian mediator group wins Nobel Peace Prize for aiding move to democracy|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nobel-prize-peace-idUSKCN0S30V320151009|accessdate=5 December 2015|work=Reuters|date=October 9, 2015}}</ref> The French news magazine ''[[Jeune Afrique]]'' has identified her as one of the Top 25 Business Women in Africa.<ref name=mounia/> In 2014 she won the [[Business for Peace Foundation|Oslo Business for Peace]] Award for her work in UTICA.


== Career ==
== Career ==


Bouchamaoui was born into a wealthy business family. Her grandfather Ahmed started a civil engineering company. Her father took over part of the firm and made it into Hédi Bouchamaoui & Sons which specialized in oil, textile and other industry. After having obtained a DESS degree in international trade and marketing, Wided worked for a period in her father's firm before starting her own firm with about 200 employees, specializing in cotton.<ref name="mounia" /><ref name=frida>Frida Dahmani (28 May 2012) [http://www.jeuneafrique.com/28353/economie/tunisie-wided-bouchamaoui-forc-ment-candidate/ Tunisie : Wided Bouchamaoui, forcément candidate] {{fr icon}} [[Jeune Afrique]] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20151204213730/http://www.jeuneafrique.com/28353/economie/tunisie-wided-bouchamaoui-forc-ment-candidate/ Archive])</ref><ref name=Capman>{{cite news|last1=Capman|first1=Vincent|title=Wided Bouchamaoui, Prix Nobel de la Paix 2015 De l'importance de la voix des femmes|url=http://www.parismatch.com/Actu/International/Les-femmes-tunisiennes-doivent-etre-convaincues-de-leur-role-economique-846489|accessdate=5 December 2015|work=Paris Match|date=15 October 2015}}</ref>
Bouchamaoui was born into a wealthy business family. Her grandfather, Ahmed, started a civil engineering company. Her father took over part of the firm and made it into Hédi Bouchamaoui & Sons which specialized in oil, textile and other industry. After having obtained a DESS degree in international trade and marketing, Wided worked for a period in her father's firm before starting her own firm with about 200 employees, specializing in cotton.<ref name="mounia" /><ref name=frida>Frida Dahmani (28 May 2012) [http://www.jeuneafrique.com/28353/economie/tunisie-wided-bouchamaoui-forc-ment-candidate/ Tunisie : Wided Bouchamaoui, forcément candidate] {{in lang|fr}} [[Jeune Afrique]] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20151204213730/http://www.jeuneafrique.com/28353/economie/tunisie-wided-bouchamaoui-forc-ment-candidate/ Archive])</ref><ref name=Capman>{{cite news|last1=Capman|first1=Vincent|title=Wided Bouchamaoui, Prix Nobel de la Paix 2015 De l'importance de la voix des femmes|url=http://www.parismatch.com/Actu/International/Les-femmes-tunisiennes-doivent-etre-convaincues-de-leur-role-economique-846489|accessdate=5 December 2015|work=Paris Match|date=15 October 2015}}</ref>


Following the [[Tunisian revolution]] in 2011, she became leader of the [[Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts]] (UTICA), an employers union.<ref name=frida/> In September 2013 she, as leader of the organization, co-formed the [[Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet]], whose aim was to secure a transition to democracy.<ref name=Saliby/> The group included Wided Bouchamaoui as President of UTICA, [[Houcine Abassi]] as the Secretary General of the [[Tunisian General Labour Union]] (UGTT), [[Abdessattar ben Moussa]] as the President of the [[Tunisian Human Rights League]] (LTDH), and [[Mohamed Fadhel Mahmoud]] as the president of the [[Tunisian Order of Lawyers]].<ref name=Winch>{{cite news|last1=Winch|first1=Jessica|title=Nobel Peace Prize 2015 awarded to Tunisian mediator group|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/11921046/National-Dialogue-Quartet-wins-the-Nobel-Peace-Prize-live.html|accessdate=11 January 2016|work=The Telegraph|date=October 9, 2015}}</ref> The group was disestablished in December 2014 after the [[Tunisian parliamentary election, 2014|2014 Tunisian parliamentary election]] took place in October.<ref name=Saliby>Hoda Saliby (16 October 2015) [http://www.courrierinternational.com/article/nobel-de-la-paix-wided-bouchamaoui-lexperience-tunisienne-est-unique Wided Bouchamaoui : “L’expérience tunisienne est unique”] {{fr icon}} [[Courrier International]]</ref>
Following the [[Tunisian revolution]] in 2011, she became leader of the [[Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts]] (UTICA), an employers union.<ref name=frida/> In September 2013 she, as leader of the organization, co-formed the [[Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet]], whose aim was to secure a transition to democracy.<ref name=Saliby/> The group included Wided Bouchamaoui as President of UTICA, [[Houcine Abassi]] as the Secretary General of the [[Tunisian General Labour Union]] (UGTT), Abdessattar ben Moussa as the President of the [[Tunisian Human Rights League]] (LTDH), and Mohamed Fadhel Mahmoud as the president of the [[Tunisian Order of Lawyers]].<ref name=Winch>{{cite news|last1=Winch|first1=Jessica|title=Nobel Peace Prize 2015 awarded to Tunisian mediator group|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/11921046/National-Dialogue-Quartet-wins-the-Nobel-Peace-Prize-live.html|accessdate=11 January 2016|work=The Telegraph|date=October 9, 2015}}</ref> The group was disestablished in December 2014 after the [[Tunisian parliamentary election, 2014|2014 Tunisian parliamentary election]] took place in October.<ref name=Saliby>Hoda Saliby (16 October 2015) [http://www.courrierinternational.com/article/nobel-de-la-paix-wided-bouchamaoui-lexperience-tunisienne-est-unique Wided Bouchamaoui : “L’expérience tunisienne est unique”] {{in lang|fr}} [[Courrier International]]</ref>


The Quartet was awarded the [[2015 Nobel Peace Prize]] "for its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of the [[Tunisian Revolution|Jasmine Revolution of 2011]]".<ref name="nobelp">{{cite web | url = http://nobelpeaceprize.org/en_GB/laureates/laureates-2015/announce-2015/ | title = Announcement – The Nobel Peace Prize for 2015 |date=9 October 2015}}</ref> Along with other leaders of the Quartet, Houcine Abassi, Mohammed Fadhel Mafoudh and Abdessatar Ben Moussa, Bouchamaoui traveled to Oslo to collect the Nobel Prize on December 10, 2015.<ref>{{cite news|last=Thiesing |first=Dorothee |url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/2f4ddfdbef2d4bf183512c67735f787c/tunisian-democracy-group-receives-2015-nobel-peace-prize |title=Tunisian democracy group collects 2015 Nobel Peace Prize |publisher=Bigstory.ap.org |date=2015-12-10 |accessdate=2015-12-28}}</ref><ref name=Thiesing>{{cite news|last1=Thiesing|first1=Dorothee|title=The National Dialogue Quartet, democracy group in Tunisia, collects Nobel Peace Prize|url=http://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2015/12/10/tunisian-democracy-group-receives-2015-nobel-peace-prize|accessdate=11 January 2016|work=U. S. News|date=December 10, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2015/tndq-photo.html |title=National Dialogue Quartet – Photo Gallery |publisher=Nobelprize.org |date=2015-12-10 |accessdate=2015-12-28}}</ref> Bouchamaoui emphasized the collaborative nature of the group's activities, and the importance of encouraging people: "We are here to give hope to young people in Tunisia, that if we believe in our country, we can succeed."<ref name=Chappell>{{cite news|last1=Chappell|first1=Bill|title='We Did It Together,' Says Tunisian Co-Winner Of 2015 Nobel Peace Prize|url=http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/10/09/447110303/2015-nobel-peace-prize-goes-to-tunisian-quartet-of-mediators|accessdate=11 January 2016|work=NPR|date=October 9, 2015}}</ref> The committee's decision has been described as "rewarding hope rather than a finished product".<ref name=Winch/>
The Quartet was awarded the [[2015 Nobel Peace Prize]] "for its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of the [[Tunisian Revolution|Jasmine Revolution of 2011]]".<ref name="nobelp">{{cite web | url = http://nobelpeaceprize.org/en_GB/laureates/laureates-2015/announce-2015/ | title = Announcement – The Nobel Peace Prize for 2015 | date = 9 October 2015 | access-date = 28 December 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151222204725/http://nobelpeaceprize.org/en_GB/laureates/laureates-2015/announce-2015/ | archive-date = 22 December 2015 | url-status=dead | df = dmy-all }}</ref> Along with other leaders of the Quartet, Houcine Abassi, Mohammed Fadhel Mafoudh and Abdessatar Ben Moussa, Bouchamaoui traveled to Oslo to collect the Nobel Prize on December 10, 2015.<ref>{{cite news|last=Thiesing |first=Dorothee |url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/2f4ddfdbef2d4bf183512c67735f787c/tunisian-democracy-group-receives-2015-nobel-peace-prize |title=Tunisian democracy group collects 2015 Nobel Peace Prize |publisher=Bigstory.ap.org |date=2015-12-10 |accessdate=2015-12-28}}</ref><ref name=Thiesing>{{cite news|last1=Thiesing|first1=Dorothee|title=The National Dialogue Quartet, democracy group in Tunisia, collects Nobel Peace Prize|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2015/12/10/tunisian-democracy-group-receives-2015-nobel-peace-prize|accessdate=11 January 2016|work=U. S. News|date=December 10, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2015/tndq-photo.html |title=National Dialogue Quartet – Photo Gallery |publisher=Nobelprize.org |date=2015-12-10 |accessdate=2015-12-28}}</ref> Bouchamaoui emphasized the collaborative nature of the group's activities, and the importance of encouraging people: "We are here to give hope to young people in Tunisia, that if we believe in our country, we can succeed."<ref name=Chappell>{{cite news|last1=Chappell|first1=Bill|title='We Did It Together,' Says Tunisian Co-Winner Of 2015 Nobel Peace Prize|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/10/09/447110303/2015-nobel-peace-prize-goes-to-tunisian-quartet-of-mediators|accessdate=11 January 2016|work=NPR|date=October 9, 2015}}</ref> The committee's decision has been described as "rewarding hope rather than a finished product".<ref name=Winch/>


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==


She is married and has two sons.<ref name=mounia/><ref name=frida/>
She has two sons.<ref name=mounia/><ref name=frida/>


== Awards ==
== Awards ==


* Nobel Peace Prize 2015<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/tunisian-national-dialogue-quartet-wins-the-2015-nobel-peace-prize/2015/10/09/b85871ae-6e1a-11e5-aa5b-f78a98956699_story.html|title=Tunisian group wins Nobel Peace Prize|date=2015-10-09}}</ref>
* G8 Deauville Partnership Women in Business Award (2013)<ref name=mounia>Mounia El-Arfaoui (28 August 2013) [http://www.correspondents.org/node/3562 Iron Lady of Tunisia] Correspondents.Org</ref>
* G8 Deauville Partnership Women in Business Award (2013)<ref name="mounia">Mounia El-Arfaoui (28 August 2013) [http://www.correspondents.org/node/3562 Iron Lady of Tunisia] Correspondents.Org</ref>
* [[Business for Peace Foundation|Business for Peace Award]] (2014)<ref name=BPF>{{cite web|title=2014 Honourees|url=http://businessforpeace.no/award/previous-hounorees/2014-honourees/|website=Business for Peace Foundation|accessdate=5 December 2015}}</ref>
* [[Business for Peace Foundation|Oslo Business for Peace Award]] (2014)<ref name=BPF>{{cite web|title=2014 Honourees|url=http://businessforpeace.no/award/previous-hounorees/2014-honourees/|website=Business for Peace Foundation|accessdate=5 December 2015}}</ref>
* Ordre de la République tunisienne (2015)<ref>[http://www.businessnews.com.tn/tunisie-beji-caid-essebsi-decore-le-quartet-et-les-martyrs-belaid-brahmi-et-naguedh,520,52775,3 Béji Caïd Essebsi décore le quartet et les martyrs Belaïd, Brahmi et Naguedh] Business News, 14 January 2015</ref>
* Golden Aegis of the Arab Organization of Civil Liberty (2015)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://kapitalis.com/tunisie/2015/10/14/wided-bouchamaoui-recoit-legide-dor-de-la-responsabilite-civile/|title= Wided Bouchamaoui reçoit l'Égide d'Or de la responsabilité civile|date=2015-10-14}}</ref>
* Grand Officer of the [[Order of the Republic (Tunisia)|Order of the Republic]] of Tunisia (2015)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.legislation.tn/sites/default/files/fraction-journal-officiel/2015/2015F/009/Tf20150193.pdf|title=Décret présidentiel|date=2015-01-27}}</ref>
* Commander of the [[Legion of Honour]] of [[France]] (2015)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.webdo.tn/2015/12/08/les-membres-du-quartet-commandeurs-de-la-legion-dhonneur/|title=Les membres du Quartet, commandeurs de la Légion d'Honneur|date=2015-12-08}}</ref>
* Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Award (2016)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wdn.org/news-events-press-center/news/honoring-wided-bouchamaoui-2016-jeane-j-kirkpatrick-award/|title=Honoring Wided Bouchamaoui with the 2016 Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Award|date=2016-03-04}}</ref>
* [[Honorary Degree]] from [[Paris Dauphine University]] (2017)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://directinfo.webmanagercenter.com/2017/11/15/luniversite-paris-dauphine-remettra-le-titre-de-docteur-honoris-causa-au-quartet-tunisien/|title=L'Université Paris Dauphine remettra le titre de Docteur Honoris Causa au Quartet tunisien|date=2017-11-15}}</ref>
* International Award of Excellence "Farmasi" (2018)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.leaders.com.tn/article/26032-wided-bouchamaoui-laureate-du-prix-international-d-excellence-farmasi|title=Wided Bouchamaoui lauréate du Prix International d’Excellence Farmasi|date=2018-12-01}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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Latest revision as of 20:21, 5 October 2023

Wided Bouchamaoui
Wided Bouchamaoui in 2016
Born1961 (age 62–63)
NationalityTunisian
OccupationBusinesswoman
ParentHédi Bouchamaoui
RelativesTarek Bouchamaoui (brother)

Wided Bouchamaoui, also transcribed Ouided Bouchamaoui, (Arabic: وداد بوشماوي; born 1961) is a Tunisian businesswoman who since 2011 has been leader of the Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts (UTICA). As leader of the organization she took from 2013 part in Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet which led the latter organization to receive the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize.[1] The French news magazine Jeune Afrique has identified her as one of the Top 25 Business Women in Africa.[2] In 2014 she won the Oslo Business for Peace Award for her work in UTICA.

Career[edit]

Bouchamaoui was born into a wealthy business family. Her grandfather, Ahmed, started a civil engineering company. Her father took over part of the firm and made it into Hédi Bouchamaoui & Sons which specialized in oil, textile and other industry. After having obtained a DESS degree in international trade and marketing, Wided worked for a period in her father's firm before starting her own firm with about 200 employees, specializing in cotton.[2][3][4]

Following the Tunisian revolution in 2011, she became leader of the Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts (UTICA), an employers union.[3] In September 2013 she, as leader of the organization, co-formed the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet, whose aim was to secure a transition to democracy.[5] The group included Wided Bouchamaoui as President of UTICA, Houcine Abassi as the Secretary General of the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT), Abdessattar ben Moussa as the President of the Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH), and Mohamed Fadhel Mahmoud as the president of the Tunisian Order of Lawyers.[6] The group was disestablished in December 2014 after the 2014 Tunisian parliamentary election took place in October.[5]

The Quartet was awarded the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize "for its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution of 2011".[7] Along with other leaders of the Quartet, Houcine Abassi, Mohammed Fadhel Mafoudh and Abdessatar Ben Moussa, Bouchamaoui traveled to Oslo to collect the Nobel Prize on December 10, 2015.[8][9][10] Bouchamaoui emphasized the collaborative nature of the group's activities, and the importance of encouraging people: "We are here to give hope to young people in Tunisia, that if we believe in our country, we can succeed."[11] The committee's decision has been described as "rewarding hope rather than a finished product".[6]

Personal life[edit]

She has two sons.[2][3]

Awards[edit]

References[edit]

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  1. ^ Fouche, Gwladys; Amara, Tarek (October 9, 2015). "Tunisian mediator group wins Nobel Peace Prize for aiding move to democracy". Reuters. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d Mounia El-Arfaoui (28 August 2013) Iron Lady of Tunisia Correspondents.Org
  3. ^ a b c Frida Dahmani (28 May 2012) Tunisie : Wided Bouchamaoui, forcément candidate (in French) Jeune Afrique (Archive)
  4. ^ Capman, Vincent (15 October 2015). "Wided Bouchamaoui, Prix Nobel de la Paix 2015 De l'importance de la voix des femmes". Paris Match. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  5. ^ a b Hoda Saliby (16 October 2015) Wided Bouchamaoui : “L’expérience tunisienne est unique” (in French) Courrier International
  6. ^ a b Winch, Jessica (October 9, 2015). "Nobel Peace Prize 2015 awarded to Tunisian mediator group". The Telegraph. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  7. ^ "Announcement – The Nobel Peace Prize for 2015". 9 October 2015. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  8. ^ Thiesing, Dorothee (2015-12-10). "Tunisian democracy group collects 2015 Nobel Peace Prize". Bigstory.ap.org. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
  9. ^ Thiesing, Dorothee (December 10, 2015). "The National Dialogue Quartet, democracy group in Tunisia, collects Nobel Peace Prize". U. S. News. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  10. ^ "National Dialogue Quartet – Photo Gallery". Nobelprize.org. 2015-12-10. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
  11. ^ Chappell, Bill (October 9, 2015). "'We Did It Together,' Says Tunisian Co-Winner Of 2015 Nobel Peace Prize". NPR. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  12. ^ "Tunisian group wins Nobel Peace Prize". 2015-10-09.
  13. ^ "2014 Honourees". Business for Peace Foundation. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  14. ^ "Wided Bouchamaoui reçoit l'Égide d'Or de la responsabilité civile". 2015-10-14.
  15. ^ "Décret présidentiel" (PDF). 2015-01-27.
  16. ^ "Les membres du Quartet, commandeurs de la Légion d'Honneur". 2015-12-08.
  17. ^ "Honoring Wided Bouchamaoui with the 2016 Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Award". 2016-03-04.
  18. ^ "L'Université Paris Dauphine remettra le titre de Docteur Honoris Causa au Quartet tunisien". 2017-11-15.
  19. ^ "Wided Bouchamaoui lauréate du Prix International d'Excellence Farmasi". 2018-12-01.
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