Within the framework of juvenile justice, associations and judges are unanimous on the need to educate and not to punish. Thus, a reform of the legal provisions regarding the detention of minors is mandatory, allowing for support adapted to each situation.
According to the "Out of the Shadows" index, in Morocco, the government, the private sector and civil society are not playing their role enough to put an end to violence against children.
According to a study conducted by the Dutch Foundation, KidsRights, in partnership with the Erasmus University of Rotterdam and the International Institute of Social Studies, Tunisia ranks 15th out of 181 countries in the world in terms of children’s rights, surpassing countries like Norway and Canada, while Morocco holds the red lantern in the Maghreb.
A homeless woman has just given birth in a public restroom, this in Agadir, and more precisely in a restroom on the promenade. The child and the mother were then taken to the hospital.
For the Ibn Sina University Hospital in Rabat, the recent deaths of newborns recorded in the hospital would in no way be attributable to the power cuts that occurred on the same day.
The latest figures just published by the High Commission for Planning (HCP) are worrying: Moroccan women are having fewer and fewer children and this trend is expected to continue in the coming years.
The facts occurred almost 7 years ago but they are still in the memory of the victim, 10 years old at the time, who suffered the fury of her stepmother without the father intervening to put an end to the abuse.
A newborn baby has just been found near a dumpster in Khouribga. This little girl would be barely a few days old...
1,879 babies were born in Morocco on January 1, 2018, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in a report on the number of births worldwide.