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• Morocco’s Fertility Rate Plummets: Urban Areas Near Critical Threshold
  20 March 2019, by Said

  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 concern is all the more acute as this decline in fertility also affects both urban and rural areas. Thus, the number of children per woman has dropped from 7.2 in 1960, shortly after independence, to 2.47 children per woman in 2004 before falling to 2.20 children in 2014. But in detail, (…)

• EBRD and Moroccan Bank Launch €15 Million Program to Boost Women Entrepreneurs
  18 December 2019, by Bladi.net

  The Moroccan Bank for Commerce and Industry (BMCI) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) are joining hands to promote female entrepreneurship.
  The "Women in business" program, initiated for the cause, has been launched by the two banking institutions. It is endowed with a line of 15 million euros. According to La vie éco, this initiative aims to provide financial support to women entrepreneurs.
  The financing granted is accompanied by technical assistance (…)

• Moroccan Woman, 22, First to Enlist for Military Service, Leaving Hospital Job
  14 April 2019, by Amine

  You have to see it to believe it! A 22-year-old Moroccan woman practically rushed to do her military service, even though she already had a job at the Marrakech University Hospital. Her name is Hasnaa Belaziz. And by all accounts, she was just waiting for this.
  After the launch of the census operation related to military service, which took place on April 9, a 22-year-old Moroccan woman practically threw herself at the "opportunity". Leaving aside in the process her position at the (…)

• Morocco Tightens Reimbursement Rules for Non-Essential C-Sections
  18 April 2019, by Kamal

  Any caesarean section not medically justified will be reimbursed on the basis of the flat-rate for vaginal delivery, the CNOPS announced in a press release on Wednesday, April 17.
  From May 1st, healthcare facilities will be required to submit, together with the billing file, a detailed report on each caesarean section operation.
  This new procedure is part of the management of expenditures allocated to caesarean deliveries, which have increased from 13 million dirhams to 130 million (…)

• Moroccan Woman’s Military Service Bid Sparks Controversy and Debate
  19 April 2019, by Amine

  Makeup and weapons... After creating a buzz by rushing to volunteer for military service, Hassnaâ Bellaziz would have been harshly criticized. But this does not discourage her at all. She was interviewed by Telquel and some of her remarks are absolutely worth a detour.
  She is 22 years old, she works at the Marrakech University Hospital, and she volunteered for military service just after the census operation launched on April 9 by the Ministry of the Interior. It should be noted that (…)

• Turkish Marriage Scam Targets 600 Moroccan Women, Exploits Minors
  20 January 2020, by Kamal

  Under the cover of a marriage agency, the individual and his criminal gang invited Moroccan candidates to an arranged marriage with Turkish citizens, in exchange for large sums of money.
  The man, whose real name is Mustapha Chichek, had admitted to practicing this profession for 3 years, mainly targeting young minors wishing to marry a Turkish national.
  According to the statements of the victims present during the program, the agent demanded the sum of 50,000 dirhams in exchange for the (…)

• Tragedy in Morocco: Woman Gives Birth on Street, Baby Dies; Health Ministry Launches Investigation
  19 April 2019, by Said

  The Minister of Health was forced to open an investigation following information published by many media outlets that a woman gave birth in the street, near a health center in Meknes. The baby died.
  In a statement, the ministry indicates that it has ordered the opening of an investigation following "this painful incident", which will aim to elucidate the circumstances of the childbirth of this woman who gave birth to a stillborn child at the entrance to the Ain Jemaa center.
  An autopsy (…)

• Morocco’s Gender Gap in Banking: Only 37% of Women Have Bank Accounts, World Bank Reports
  26 April 2019, by Kamal

  While the average in developing countries is a 9-point gap between the sexes, only 1.5 women out of 4 men have a bank account in Morocco, according to the World Bank’s Findex survey. The reasons for this disparity are linked to the lack of financial autonomy of women and financial support for project creation.
  The National Council for Financial Inclusion (CNIF), which has been assigned the mission of reducing social and economic disparities, focused on four main development axes during its (…)

• Moroccan Entrepreneur Wins Prestigious Cartier Women’s Initiative Award for Mobility-Assist Startup
  8 May 2019, by Kamal

  Zineb Agoumi, founder of the start-up Ezygain, was among the seven winners of the Cartier Women’s Initiative 2019, during a ceremony held on May 2 in San Francisco under the theme "The ripple effect".
  Proud to be among the seven selected candidates out of a total of 2900, the Moroccan based in France was behind an innovative project specializing in assisting people with reduced mobility. Ezygain, her start-up based in France, has developed a treadmill equipped with sensors ensuring the (…)

• Spanish Court Reopens Case of Exploited Moroccan Farmworkers During Ramadan
  24 May 2019, by Kamal

  The case of Moroccan workers in the strawberry fields in Spain will be brought back to court. The lawyer for the plaintiffs has appealed, after the latter filed a complaint with the Spanish National Police.
  The investigating judge at the court of appeal has decided to reopen the case of the strawberry field workers, and to listen to their grievances about their exploitation by Spanish employers. This decision comes at a time when a Spanish report is highlighting the inhumane working (…)