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Moroccan
Women Contribute 34.5 % To National GDP: Survey
October 30, 2014 -
Rabat - Moroccan women’s contribution to national wealth
creation nears 21 %, and they spend an amount of time equivalent to 34.5 % of
GDP in work and housework, said the High Commissioner for Planning Ahmed
Lahlimi Alami.
“Women have significantly
increased their presence in the workplace and reduced their household
activities. The combination of these two activities reveals interesting
results,” Lahlimi told the Moroccan daily L’Economiste.
The national survey on
time use has provided information on unquantifiable activities which are not
included in GDP calculation, the Moroccan official said, referring notably to
domestic work, often carried out by women who ensure 92 % of household tasks.
“Men hardly contribute to these tasks. They
are much present in the workplace, as they devote to work four times as much
time”, he concluded.
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