Women's Rights Experienced Qualitative Leap During HM King Mohammed VI Reign (Official)

Women’s rights have experienced a qualitative leap during the reign of HM King Mohammed VI, said Monday, Morocco’s historiographer and spokesman of the Royal Palace, Abdelhak Lamrini.

Speaking at a virtual conference, organized by the deanship of the Faculty of Science of Tetouan, in partnership with Ribat Al Fath Association for Sustainable Development, Lamrini highlighted ”the period of the reign of HM King Mohammed VI, may God assist him, where women’s rights experience a qualitative leap  (…) as they occupied high ranking positions in different areas, including economic, social, educational and academic fields,” and their figure doubled in the legislative, judicial and executive institutions.

Lamrini recalled ”the enactment of new laws that grant women rights and privileges, particularly in the Family Code, these achievements have enshrined the place of women as one of society’s pillars.”

Since independence, successive Moroccan constitutions have addressed the question of gender equality and their articles stipulated that Moroccan women and men are equal in political, electoral, social, economic, judicial, administrative, and managerial rights, he noted.

“Progress can only be achieved through gender equality and equitable cooperation between men and women,” he added.

The historiographer underlined the efforts made by the late HM Mohammed V and the late HM Hassan II, before and after Independence, to reinforce Moroccan girls’ access to schools and universities and guarantee their legitimate rights to dignity.”

He also highlighted the remarkable participation of Moroccan women in the defense of the homeland for centuries and their great contribution to the Green March.

In a statement to MAP, Vice President of the Ribat Al-Fath Association for Sustainable Development, Mustapha El Jaouhari, stressed the importance of the conference organized under the theme “Moroccan women between the ancient and modern”, on the occasion of the celebration of International Women’s Day.

The Dean of the Faculty of Sciences of Tetouan, Abdellatif Moukrim said that the conference which is part of a series of lectures organized by the faculty, contribute to the cultural and scientific events of the city, and is an opportunity to focus on the achievements of Moroccan women and their contribution to the development of the Kingdom.