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• Morocco Ranks 88th in Global Gender Equality Index, Falling Short of UN Goals
  7 June 2019, by Bladi.net

  Despite Morocco’s promises to work for gender equality, the facts have once again disavowed the battery of measures taken in this direction. Indeed, in the global ranking of gender equality, Equal Measures 2030, the kingdom has just found itself in 88th place, far from the much-desired ideal.
  Morocco is far from realizing the cherished wish of gender equality. On this, Driss Jettou, the first president of the Court of Auditors, who boasted last month of Morocco’s good level in achieving (…)

• BBC Documentary Exposes Harsh Realities of Women’s Prisons in Morocco
  13 June 2019, by Kamal

  "The Silence of the Cells", a 54-minute documentary, traces the journey of women incarcerated in Moroccan prisons, and especially their sometimes very difficult detention conditions.
  Directed by the German-Moroccan Mohamed Nabil, the film will be screened on the British television channel BBC, starting this month. Assisted by a team of German professionals, the director sought to let the image speak instead of the silence, which does not allow to describe the many alterations that the (…)

• Moroccan Study: Parents Prioritize Girls’ Education, Aspire for Doctoral Degrees
  25 June 2019, by Bladi.net

  Moroccan parents are more inclined to closely follow the education of their daughters than that of their sons. These are the conclusions of a recent study carried out by the Higher Council for Education, Training and Scientific Research (CSEFRS) on households’ perception of education in Morocco.
  The study reveals that, out of 42.4% of the 3,000 households surveyed, many parents dream of seeing their daughters obtain a Doctorate. Conversely, 41.4% have this ambition for boys. In urban (…)

• Marrakech Woman Arrested for Secretly Photographing Bathers in Traditional Hammam
  19 March 2020, by Bladi.net

  A woman was apprehended on Monday for photographing bathers in a hammam in Marrakech.
  What an odd photographer in a hammam! According to witnesses on the spot, the person in question was caught in the act, while she was taking photos of the women in this traditional bath in Diour Lmasakine, in the city of Marrakech.
  Arrested, her smartphone was confiscated by the customers of the Hammam.
  For the needs of the investigation, the suspect was placed in police custody by the elements of (…)

• Morocco Arrests 10 Women in Illegal Public Bath Amid COVID Restrictions
  14 April 2020, by Kamal

  Owned by a well-known caterer in the city, the premises have been definitively sealed by the judicial authorities and the operating permit has been withdrawn indefinitely by the Oujda police services.
  Questioned by the police brigade, the owner, who claims not to have been informed, denounced the irresponsible act of her son, whom she accuses of being behind the opening of the popular bath.
  Since the declaration of the state of health emergency by the [Ministry of the Interior], a total (…)

• Egyptian Couple Arrested for Alleged Torture of 10-Year-Old Moroccan Maid
  24 August 2020, by Kamal

  In his statement, the father of the young maid accuses the Moroccan employer and her police officer husband, who has been relieved of his duties, of inflicting physical abuse on his daughter, burning several parts of her body.
  Confronted with the testimony of his maid, the main suspect had first accused her of self-mutilation, before attacking her father. The latter, it seems, had physically assaulted him.
  On the orders of the Public Prosecutor’s Office, the couple was placed in (…)

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  3 October 2020, by Jérôme
• Morocco Approves Over 18,000 Child Marriage Requests in 2018, Report Shows
  12 July 2019, by Bladi.net

  According to the figures in the Annual Report on the Implementation of the Criminal Policy of the Public Prosecutor’s Office, for the year 2018 alone, 18,422 requests for child marriage were accepted, out of a total of 33,686 requests filed that same year.
  More and more in Morocco, child marriage is taking on growing proportions, despite all the measures taken by the public authorities to curb the phenomenon.
  The media, Aujourd’hui le Maroc, which relies on the Annual Report on the (…)

• Moroccan Parliament Debates Shocking Report on Abuse of "Mule Women" at Ceuta Border
  16 July 2019, by Bladi.net

  The miserable life of the "mule women" has prompted a temporary exploratory mission at the Ceuta border crossing. The report of this mission exceeds understanding: insults, moral and physical harassment, and all forms of violence are the daily lot of these women who fight for survival.
  At the initiative of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, National Defense, Islamic Affairs and Moroccans Residing Abroad, within the House of Representatives, a temporary exploratory mission to the Ceuta (…)

• Moroccan Entrepreneur Wins UK’s Top Business Award for Women in SMEs
  4 November 2020, by Jérôme