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.
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.
Deeply shocked by its content, Internet users have circulated on the social network Facebook the video of a woman victim of domestic violence, in an attempt to alert the Royal Gendarmerie services to the seriousness of the act.
A 24-year-old Moroccan woman, Feryal Ziyari , distinguished herself at the "World next top model", an event organized in Beirut on Friday, June 28, 2019. She was crowned "Miss Arab" at the end of this show broadcast on the Lebanese channel, MTV Lebanon.
This Thursday, June 27, 2019, the opening of the 3rd annual "Women In Africa" (WIA) summit brought together nearly 500 people in Marrakech , including economic, governmental and cultural leaders from several nationalities. This meeting included several delegations of women from the Middle East, the United States and Asia, as well as 54 participants from the African continent.
In Morocco, terminations of pregnancy are punishable by imprisonment. As proof, six people are currently on trial in Marrakech for clandestine abortions.
"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.
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.
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 Minister of Solidarity, Women, Family and Social Development, Bassima Hakkaoui, presented this week in Rabat the results of the 2nd national survey on the prevalence of violence against women carried out by her department. It emerges that 13.4% of women in Morocco report having been victims of electronic violence.
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".
This is not the news of the century but men monopolize Moroccan prisons. The number of detainees in Moroccan prisons would be around 1900 women. 42 times less than the men who are 81,000 in number. On the other hand, a comparison with France is in order.