May Day celebrations in Casablanca on Thursday saw a strong turnout of human rights advocates, rallying for greater recognition of the domestic labor performed by women within households.
Dozens of activists, including prominent human rights figure Bachir Znaki, marched from the headquarters of the Democratic Confederation of Labor. Draped in kitchen aprons, they made a bold statement: the invisible, unpaid labor carried out by women must no longer be ignored.
The march, organized by the Challenge for Equality and Citizenship Association under the banner “Housework is not humiliation,” aimed to elevate the status of unpaid domestic work. Mehdi Lemina, a member of the organizing body, explained to Hespress that the event sought to raise awareness among young people, challenging the stigma surrounding domestic work. “Working in homes is not shameful,” he emphasized. “It’s unpaid labor that demands recognition and value in society.”
Lemina further stressed that the time has come to legislate the fair division of accumulated assets following the end of marital relationships.
Participants highlighted that women’s domestic work—cooking, caregiving, cleaning—saves families significant financial costs yet receives no compensation. They underlined that this labor is a critical, though unacknowledged, pillar of household well-being.
In its official statement, the association described the initiative as more than awareness-raising; it is a call for collective consciousness. Domestic labor, they argued, is a structural driver of gender inequality. “It is time to name it, recognize it, and distribute it more equitably.”
The group stressed that the campaign’s goal extends beyond education. It seeks a fundamental shift in how domestic work is perceived and shared between men and women. “We must stop framing household tasks as ‘occasional help.’ Instead, they should be acknowledged as essential components of daily life, worthy of respect and fair distribution.”
The man works outside the home to provide for his family, and the woman inside the home. What these mercenary associations are demanding is nothing but the implementation of an external agenda aimed at changing the conservative society.
This is an example of ignorant women following blindly the western paradigm of feminism. Even trying to surpass it. As someone who has lived in north America for the past 25 years i can tell you feminism is a failed experiment. But humans only learn from mistake so ladies go ahead, but don’t be surprised when men start requiring to pay for rent, food and other utilities, if you want to paid for taking care of the children, then men might want to get paid for their sperm.