Housekeeper Accused of $215,000 Jewelry Theft from Mallorca Villa
30 December 2020
A Moroccan woman managed to deprive her owners of precious goods worth more than 200,000 euros in the villa where she worked in Platja de Palma (Palma de Mallorca).
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Moroccan-Born Pharmacist Gains French Citizenship Under COVID-19 Hero Fast-Track Program
30 December 2020
The French Minister of Citizenship, Marlène Schiappa, had announced last September her wish to facilitate naturalization for all foreign workers who remained on the front line (…)
EU-Backed Program Empowers 3,000 Single Mothers in Morocco with Job Training and Support
20 December 2020
Rejected by society, single mothers mostly live in precariousness. Supported by the European Union, the National Institute of Solidarity with Women in Distress (Insaf) is (…)
Forbes’ 100 Most Powerful Women List Lacks Moroccan Representation
15 December 2020
No Moroccan woman is featured in the latest Forbes magazine ranking of the world’s most powerful women in 2020.
Mother Arrested for Exhuming Child’s Remains in Fertility Ritual Attempt
10 December 2020
A rather strange scene at the Jorf El Melha cemetery, near Sidi Kacem, where three women were caught in the act of exhuming the body of a child. Among them, the child’s mother.
Survey: Physical and Sexual Violence Costs Moroccan Families $285 Million Annually
8 December 2020
2.85 billion dirhams (MMDH), this is what physical and sexual violence costs Moroccan households. This is the result of a survey by the High Commission for Planning (HCP).
Moroccan AI Expert Wins Global Women in Tech Award
7 December 2020
The 1st prize in the "Global AI Inclusion Award" category was awarded to the Moroccan Hajar Mousannif, an AI expert professor at the Cadi Ayyad University (UCA) in Marrakech. (…)
Tragic Accident: Teen’s Video Game Dispute with Mother Turns Fatal in Moroccan City
5 December 2020
A woman was accidentally killed in Sefrou, following a fight that broke out due to the online game "Free Fire". The victim refused to give 5 dirhams to her son to allow him to (…)
Morocco Forms Parliamentary Mission to Address Citizens Detained in Syria and Iraq
4 December 2020
The House of Representatives has decided to set up a parliamentary mission to examine the situation of Moroccan women and their children detained in Syria and Iraq.
Morocco’s Human Rights Council Launches Campaign to Combat Violence Against Women and Girls
27 November 2020
As part of the "Global 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence" campaign, the National Human Rights Council (CNDH) in Morocco launched on Wednesday, November 25 a (…)