Women, Gender, and Politics in Morocco

Moha Ennaji
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Moha Ennaji: International Institute for Languages and Cultures, University of Fès, B.P. 50, Fès 30 000, Morocco

Social Sciences, 2016, vol. 5, issue 4, 1-8

Abstract: This article analyzes the intersection of gender, women’s activism, and political participation in Morocco in a socio-political approach. The emergence of women’s activism is an answer to the gender-based discrimination in the country. Women’s non-government organizations (NGOs) struggle for women’s rights and participate actively in the feminization and democratization of the public sphere to ensure sustainable development. They create progressive social change through the mobilization and participation of women. The role of women’s NGO’s (liberal and Islamic alike) in the struggle against gender inequalities is remarkable in regard of their efforts to consolidate democracy and social justice and to challenge traditional thinking and inequitable, oppressive, undemocratic, sexist practices of governance. Despite the different approaches, they act together to achieve women’s rights in a variety of places.

Keywords: feminism; activism; Islam; politics; Muslim women; non-government organizations; democratization; gender inequality; oppression; women’s empowerment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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