Activists seek equality in inheritance, child custody, and a total ban on child marriage – none of which they say are guaranteed under the current family code.
RABAT: Two decades after a landmark but limited revision of Morocco’s family law marked a breakthrough for women, activists hope new reforms will defy Islamist objections and provide greater.
Despite King Mohammed VI's reform of gender equality laws early in his reign, exploitative loopholes remain. This has allowed dogmatists to argue that archaic elements of the inheritance law, the Taasib, are both the rule of the people and Islam.