In its compilation entitled "The Moroccan Woman in Figures 2023", the High Commission for Planning (HCP) reveals statistics on the status of Moroccan women, noting among other things that 52% of Moroccan women continue to be victims of domestic violence.
The relatives of Hanane, the 35-year-old Moroccan woman found dead in Cieza (Murcia), are asking for help to repatriate her body to Morocco where she will be buried.
Zahra Bensaid is a Moroccan living in Palencia (Castilla y León) for three years. Deeply affected by the earthquake that hit Morocco and in which she lost her mother and 32 relatives, she calls for participation in the solidarity collection launched by the Islamic Center of the city to help the victims of the tragedy.
The Civil Guard found the lifeless body of Hanane, a 34-year-old Moroccan woman living in Cieza (Murcia), who had been missing since Wednesday.
The Minister of Justice, Abdellatif Ouahbi, announced that a bill aimed at naturalizing foreigners married to Moroccan women has been presented to the government, which is examining it with a view to its possible approval.
Lekbira El Lhimer, a 46-year-old Moroccan, is a taxi driver in Kenitra. A man’s job that she has chosen, despite the prejudices in a deeply conservative Moroccan society still very attached to traditions.
Targeted by calls for a boycott, the concert by French rapper Rohff scheduled for September 9 in Morocco risks being canceled. He is accused of having made remarks considered insulting towards Moroccan women.
Nadine Benaboud, 22, was elected Miss Midi-Pyrénées 2023 on Saturday. The young woman of Moroccan origin will be among the candidates for the Miss France 2024 crown in December.
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 father, to also be granted to women in case of divorce.
Morocco is one of the countries in the Middle East and North Africa region that is working to end restrictions on women’s mobility, but some discriminatory practices against women are still deeply rooted. This is the finding of a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report.
A Moroccan man slit his wife’s throat, also of Moroccan origin, on Monday in the Pescadería neighborhood of Almería, in front of their children aged 9 and 8. The minors called on neighbors for help to alert the police.
Former Ciudadanos president Albert Rivera has recently been seen in the company of Catalan actress of Moroccan origin Aysha Daraaui, suggesting the two are in a romantic relationship.