Violence Against Women: EU Ambassador Welcomes Morocco's New Strategy

Ambassador of the European Union (EU) to Morocco Claudia Wiedey welcomed Monday the Kingdom’s new national strategy to combat violence against women.

“The commitments made by Morocco at the national and international levels to combat violence against women and girls are excellent,” she told the press on the sidelines of a meeting with Minister of Solidarity, Social Development, Equality and Family, Jamila El Moussali, dedicated to the presentation of the outlines of the national strategy to combat violence against women.

Expressing EU’s keenness to accompany the Kingdom in the implementation of this endeavor, Wiedey stressed that this meeting was an opportunity “to exchange and define ways to better work together in this area in the future.

In a similar statement, minister Moussali underlined that this meeting is part of the presentation of the strategy developed by her department in the field of combating violence against women based on a partnership approach and the involvement of all actors representing the ministerial departments and national institutions involved as well as civil society associations.

This includes presenting this strategy to European partners and emphasizing the importance of partnership with the various parties concerned, especially with regard to women’s issues and support for the government plan for equality “Ikram 1” and “Ikram 2”, she said.

This meeting, attended by Ambassador Marc Trenteseau of Belgium and Ambassador Nikolaj Harris of Denmark, is part of the broad consultations initiated by the Ministry on the draft national strategy 2020-2030 to combat violence against women and girls.