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Morocco - Over 62% of
Moroccan Women Are Victims of Gender-Based Violence - Study
Rabat – Around 62.8%
of Moroccan women have suffered from gender violence, a new report has
revealed.
2 March 20`5 - A group of 38
women’s groups presented a report on violence against women in Morocco last
week in the capital Rabat.
The report, whose content
has been reported by news website Hespress, has found that 55% of these women
have suffered or are still suffering from domestic violence.
The report also addressed
the issue of education of young girls in rural areas. The document has found
that illiteracy is more widespread among girls than among young men in rural
areas, with 47.6% against 25.5%, according to 2012 figures quoted by the
collective.
In addition, the report
highlighted the economic situation of Moroccan women. According to the
document, women’s access rate to the labor market fell by 25 percent, while
unemployment affects 10.2% of women in urban areas against 8.4% of men.
The report also said that
few decision-making positions within the state are available to women, adding
that women are under-represented in the current cabinet.
The report acknowledged that
Morocco has introduced reforms to the situation of women such as the Family
Code (2004) and the ratification of the International Convention of the
Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
However, the report criticized the gaps in
the criminal code, which they said does not guarantee that women enjoy their
rights and freedoms, as well as the discrimination against women in the society
and certain gaps in the Nationality Law and the Code of the Family.