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As modern times are approaching more and more, women in Morocco are beginning to stand up for there rights. After years of violence, rape, inequality and family moral code times are changing. Organizations are emerging to stand behind women in the hope that laws will eventually start to change to protect these women's rights. However, even though laws might start to change the difficulty comes with enforcing them upon the male population and making sure women are not afraid to make this change as well. Politics have gotten more diverse with both genders, now being a law that 10% of seats in the lower house of the parliament be reserved for women. However, is that enough to change for equality? After years of protest politicians are trying to make a change as well by taking a stance on a more productive side of things.

One stance is the changes to Moudawana (the family code). The new laws that are being enforced is that males can only take a second wife if a judge allows it with justification, the first wife's consent and enough money and resources to support both families. The women now has the right to file for divorce if she feels the male has not fulfilled his obligations, violence or abandonment.

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Citations

Gunner, Emily (2016) "Women in Morocco: Gender Equality," International ResearchScape Journal: Vol. 2 , Article 9.

Available at: https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/irj/vol2/iss1/9

Morocco economy: Quick View - Gender equality remains a distant prospect. (2013). Economist Intelligence Unit: Country ViewsWire, p. Economist Intelligence Unit: Country ViewsWire, Nov 4, 2013.

"Morocco Economy: gender inequality"

This article talks about how the inequalities between men and women are setting the economy back. It discusses the background and history behind this and what people are doing to help the economy anyway. If this trend is going to continue or will Morocco become more modern.