27 September 2023
King Mohammed VI has made the promotion of women’s and family issues his priority. In this regard, he has addressed a letter to Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch regarding the (…)
29 August 2023
In Morocco, calls for reform of the Family Code (Moudawana) continue. An association is campaigning for legal custody of children, which currently belongs by right to the (…)
1 August 2023
The Moroccan government is considering lifting the ban on unmarried couples sharing a hotel room.
23 July 2023
In Morocco, the divorced mother, who generally obtains custody of the child, does not have guardianship, which by right reverts to the father. Defenders of women’s rights are (…)
17 July 2023
Child marriage is a persistent phenomenon in Morocco due to the power of exemption granted to judges. The Minister of Justice, Abdellatif Ouahbi, strongly opposed to this (…)
15 July 2023
Mohamed Abdelouahab Rafiqui has been an advisor to the Minister of Justice, Abdellatif Ouahbi, since July 7. The former Salafist, now a defender of "values of tolerance and the (…)
13 June 2023
In Morocco, "men dominate financial decisions related to the management of the family institution," reveals among other things a survey conducted by the Afrobarometer network, (…)
12 June 2023
While the government is working on a reform of the Family Code, the Supreme Council of the Judiciary has just published its report on polygamy in which we learn that some (…)
23 May 2023
Before establishing any administrative document for their children, including the national identity card, divorced women in Morocco must have the father’s authorization. They (…)
21 May 2023
The number of divorces is approaching 800 per day in Morocco. More than the majority of divorce proceedings are by mutual consent compared to contentious proceedings.