The Tunisian transitional period following the 2010–2011 uprisings has given birth to numerous initiatives to place women in high positions. Examples include: a law imposing a quota for women in the Constitutional Assembly; 1 the appointment of a woman as vice-president of this same Assembly, 2 and of three female ministers in the first democratic government; 3 and a change to the constitution allowing a woman to be elected President of the Republic. 4 Individuals and institutions in Tunisia have welcomed these steps for a variety of reasons: they serve gender equality at the level of employment, they influence patriarchal mentalities, and women are said to secure the interests of other women. 5 This hope or expectation of female solidarity is widespread in the current context of political transition. In fact, in the specific socio-political context of present-day Tunisia, where the rise to power of an Islamist party (Ennahda) provoked a general fear of a reversal of women’s rights (Voorhoeve 2015), it is thought that the appointment of women to powerful positions will counterbalance the possibility of such a reversal. This chapter aims to test the hypothesis of female solidarity, which is defined as women securing the interests of other women, be they financial, social or other. The chapter uses the judiciary as a case study. The case of female judges is useful because, in contrast to other positions of authority, women have