18th National Awareness Campaign for Eliminating Violence against Women Kicks Off

The 18th national awareness campaign for the elimination of violence against women was launched Tuesday in Rabat, at the initiative of the ministry of Solidarity, Social Development, equality and the family.

Organized this year under the theme “Supporting women victims of violence”, this campaign aims to publicize the institutional services provided to women and girls victims of violence, while promoting the efforts of the various stakeholders in supporting women victims of violence.

The event will run until December 10.

On this occasion, minister of Solidarity, Social Development, Equality and the Family, Jamila El Moussali, stressed that the launch of this national campaign will strengthen the institutionalization of the elimination of  violence against women as well as national involvement for a better empowerment of women in all areas, affirming that such initiatives reflect the Kingdom’s determination to increase awareness of this phenomenon.

The choice of the theme of support for women victims of violence highlights the importance given to this issue and the desire to mobilize all national and territorial stakeholders in the protection of women’s rights and the elimination of violence against them, she pointed out.

For his part, the resident representative of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Luis Mora, noted that this national campaign is a call to express “our solidarity with all women and girls in the world who suffer from the painful psychological and physical effects of gender-based violence”.

“Today, the devastating impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic have contributed to the disproportionate increase in violence in various forms,” he said, while calling for urgent action in this regard as well as digital solutions to end the suffering generated by violence against women in all its forms.

In his turn, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium to Morocco, Marc Trenteseau, highlighted the institutional support project to strengthen the fight against violence on women, which is the result of cooperation between Morocco and Belgium, which has made it possible to publicize the provisions of the law on violence against women, to build capacities in this area and to sensitize young people and society to the dangers of violence against women.

After stressing that violence against women concerns everyone, men and women, the diplomat underscored the influence and the role that the media and institutions can play to “modify in a lasting way the disrespectful conceptions of women and thus contribute to putting an end to a form of violence which endangers the image of our mothers, wives and daughters”.