Moroccan and French Lawyers to Debate Women’s Rights Progress in Nantes Conference

The meeting is being held on the initiative of the Cooperation for the Abolition of Patriarchy (CAP), a Nantes association that has been working since 2020 to abolish patriarchy in all its forms. It aims to confront the reality of the conditions of women in France and Morocco and to understand the origin of patriarchy in the two countries, explains Julien Record, a member of the CAP.

"I have heard a lot about Anne Bouillon and her commitment against violence against women. With us, inequalities are still in the law. In France, the law is already well-rooted but my colleague’s fight, particularly against femicides, shows that this is not enough," explains Ghizlane Mamouni to Ouest France.

On Monday, the Moroccan lawyer exchanged with the women of Nantes on the reform of the Family Code in Morocco, which punishes voluntary termination of pregnancy (abortion), discriminates against women in matters of inheritance and creates many inequalities between men and women. Ghizlane Mamouni remains hopeful that change will take place after the ten years of the Party of Justice and Development (PJD), an Islamist party, at the head of the government (2011-2021).

"We are coming out of ten years of governance with an Islamist party in power. Today we have a coalition of three more liberal parties, these are positive signals for us," assures Mamouni, who would have loved to meet the lawyer Gisèle Halimi during her lifetime.