At the call of a feminist collective, demonstrators are demanding a reform of the Moudawana and the Penal Code at the United Nations Square in Casablanca on June 25, 2023. (Credit: Milla Morisson/Hans Luca/AFP)
A widow expelled from her marital home after her husband’s death, removed by the deceased’s brothers who inherit everything in the absence of a male descendant. Another placed in a retirement home by her son, who wants to keep the family house for himself and his wife. These are the types of injustices — two of thousands in Morocco — that the latest revision of the Family Code aims to address, according to the monarchist media outlet Le360.Discussing the ongoing revisions to the Family Code, enacted at Morocco’s independence in 1958, the publication praised Mohammed VI's “just boldness. " Two years ago, the king surprised many when he announced plans to amend the text to reflect the country’s evolving social realities. Read more ‘Psychiatric clinics for women not wearing the hijab’ in Iran The proposed amendments were...
A widow expelled from her marital home after her husband’s death, removed by the deceased’s brothers who inherit everything in the absence of a male descendant. Another placed in a retirement home by her son, who wants to keep the family house for himself and his wife. These are the types of injustices — two of thousands in Morocco — that the latest revision of the Family Code aims to address, according to the monarchist media outlet Le360.Discussing the ongoing revisions to the Family Code, enacted at Morocco’s independence in 1958, the publication praised Mohammed VI's “just boldness. " Two years ago, the king surprised many when he announced plans to amend the text to reflect the country’s evolving social realities. Read more ‘Psychiatric clinics for women not wearing the hijab’ in Iran The proposed...
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