Companies continue to suffer the impacts of the health crisis, with for each country, its support measures and results that have difficulty reassuring. According to a study by the International Monetary Fund, the insolvency of SMEs could lead to a drop of more than 2 percentage points in the core capital ratios of banks this year.
Several studies have drawn attention to the explosion of domestic violence during the lockdown. The latest is that of the Chaml network for family mediation, which indicated that 44% of women at home have suffered domestic violence.
In 2021, bankruptcy declarations in Morocco have risen compared to 2020 when these declarations had fallen by 21%. This year, 2,694 companies have already closed their doors, an increase of 15% compared to the same period last year.
Moroccans top the list of student visa applicants in France. They are followed by Algeria and Senegal.
The health crisis related to the coronavirus has affected 20% of Moroccans living abroad (MRE) . This is revealed by a study carried out by the Banque Centrale Populaire (BCP) in collaboration with Ipsos.
In Morocco , early marriages continue to jeopardize the future of children, especially in the rural world where this rate has reached 27.4% compared to 15.2% in urban areas. According to the National Observatory of Human Development (ONDH), among women aged 18 and over, 19.5% concluded their first marriage before the age of 18, compared to only 1.5% among men, or 13 times more.
Since the start of the vaccination campaign in several countries including Morocco , theses are piling up on the effectiveness of vaccines, especially on people infected. According to a study, a person cured of Covid-19 and then receiving a first dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine is as well, or even better protected than someone who has never caught the disease but has received the two vaccine doses.
As part of International Women’s Day celebrated on March 8th under the theme "Women’s Leadership: For an Equal Future in the World of Covid-19", the High Commission for Planning (HCP) published the results of a study on the situation of women in Morocco covering health, education-training, access to the labor market, time use, violence against women and standard of living. In this note made public, the HCP notes among other things that in 2020, several obstacles have marked the daily life of Moroccan women.
The worrying evolution of the informal sector in the Moroccan market is a concern for the High Commission for Planning (HCP), which presented on March 2 a study on the causes and consequences of this scourge plaguing the Moroccan economy. This survey by the institution reveals that the phenomenon is severely slowing down the country’s development.
After rejecting their asylum application, the Spanish authorities proceeded to deport two Rif Moroccans. They boarded a special flight to Laâyoune, with 18 other illegal immigrants also deported.
The health crisis related to the coronavirus could eliminate 700,000 jobs in Morocco . This is revealed by a study carried out by the American firm McKinsey Global Institute.
Several officials participated, on Thursday in Rabat, in a study day on the promotion of Kafala. The participants pleaded for the facilitation of adoption procedures for the best interests of abandoned children.