Moroccan women activists have high hopes for new reform to end gender-based injustices in marriage, divorce and inheritance laws - Though pictures of the male-dominated reform committee have hampered their enthusiasm.
On May 2, 2023, a group of women's associations in Casablanca, Morocco, launched a national campaign named "It's Time to Change the Law" under the hashtag #BghathaLwa9t advocating for new legislation guaranteeing gender equality. According to a video report[1] published by the YouTube channel of the Moroccan website Le12.ma, this campaign is supported by the United Nations
The recent death of a 14-year-old girl following a botched “back alley” abortion at the house of her abuser is the latest reminder of the need to better protect women’s reproductive rights in Morocco and should push Moroccan authorities to address the multi-faceted social, legal, and economic drivers behind unwanted pregnancies.
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.
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