In 2004, the implementation of the Moudawana, or Family Code, altered women’s rights in Morocco significantly by providing them with an easier means for divorce, a minimum marriage age of 18, and the ability to pass on citizenship, among other things. But the Moudawana still faces opposition, both from those who disagree with the new rights afforded to women and by those who feel that the law doesn’t provide enough rights.
But divorce, marriage, and citizenship are not the only struggles facing women in Morocco.
As the world celebrates International Women’s Day on March 8, 2010, we’re asking: What do women in Morocco really need?
3:15 am
they (the whole society ) need a complete overhaul of that familly code. The moudawana of 2004 is more prehistoric of the first one: it give equal patronnage of the familly to the woman and divorce right but does not oblige the woman to material contribution to the familly expenses. That by itself is a complete non sense (when the work force of Morocco is constituted of women). This moudawana is just a play with words made in order to hide the non sens of outdated islamic rules.
3:18 am
they (the whole society ) need a complete overhaul of that familly code. The moudawana of 2004 is more prehistoric than the first one: it gives equal patronnage (of the familly) to the woman and givess divorce right to women but does not oblige the women to material contribution to familly expenses. That by itself is a complete non-sense (when the work force of Morocco is constituted of women). This moudawana is just a play with words made in order to hide the non sens of outdated islamic rules.
this code has shown that women are stille deeply considered as sex and procreation objects.
6:32 am
The changes brought by this code are just for the facade. The organized momentum is just for politics showing that we are open minded and still following religion, in other words: mission impossible. The impact of this code is negative because is full of contradictions and double standards. Most of the contradiction would not have been made by a young child.