Ten Years After Morocco's Family Code Reforms : Are Gender Gaps Closing?

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dc.creatorPrettitore, Paul
dc.date2014-11-19T16:32:41Z
dc.date2014-11-19T16:32:41Z
dc.date2014-04
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T00:44:48Z
dc.descriptionIn 2004, the Government of Morocco (GoM) made major amendments to its family code, known as the Moudawana, which covers personal status issues such as marriage, divorce, alimony, child support, child custody, and inheritance. These reforms increased the rights of women within the family, and should boost women s agency beyond family matters, for example increasing control of economic assets. The revisions followed a process of relatively open public debate with much of the discussion driven by women s civil society organizations (CSOs). It does suggest that women have made gains in determining who to marry, and are more able to access to divorce without renouncing their financial assets. On many other key issues, such as the use of stipulations in marriage contracts to increase women's decision-making within marriage and control of economic assets, as well as the extent to which community property regimes have been adopted by married couples, the lack of data prevents effective measurement of progress. Plans of the Ministry of Justice and Liberty to measure implementation of the Moudawana linked with the charter for the reform of the judicial system will hopefully provide the GoM a useful tool in ensuring further narrowing of gender equality gaps.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/04/20144157/ten-years-after-moroccos-family-code-reforms-gender-gaps-closing
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/20550
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/20550
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/410323
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationMENA knowledge and learning quick notes series;no. 121
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectAGED
dc.subjectALIMONY
dc.subjectASSESSMENT OF GENDER
dc.subjectASSISTANCE TO WOMEN
dc.subjectCHILD CUSTODY
dc.subjectCIVIL SOCIETY
dc.subjectCOMPENSATION
dc.subjectCOUNTRY GENDER ASSESSMENT
dc.subjectCOURTS
dc.subjectDIVORCE
dc.subjectDOMESTIC VIOLENCE
dc.subjectDOWRIES
dc.subjectFAMILIES
dc.subjectFAMILY LAW
dc.subjectFAMILY LIFE
dc.subjectFATHERS
dc.subjectFEMALE
dc.subjectGENDER
dc.subjectGENDER EQUALITY
dc.subjectGENDER GAPS
dc.subjectGENDER PARITY
dc.subjectGIRLS
dc.subjectHEADS OF HOUSEHOLD
dc.subjectHUSBAND
dc.subjectHUSBANDS
dc.subjectINHERITANCE
dc.subjectJUDGE
dc.subjectJUDGES
dc.subjectJUSTICE
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
dc.subjectLIBERTY
dc.subjectMARITAL PROPERTY
dc.subjectMARRIAGES
dc.subjectMARRIED COUPLES
dc.subjectMARRIED WOMEN
dc.subjectMINIMUM AGE
dc.subjectMINIMUM AGE OF MARRIAGE
dc.subjectMINIMUM AGE OF MARRIAGE FOR GIRLS
dc.subjectNORMS
dc.subjectPARENTS
dc.subjectPARTICIPATION OF WOMEN
dc.subjectPERSONAL STATUS
dc.subjectPOLYGAMY
dc.subjectPOOR WOMEN
dc.subjectPOWER
dc.subjectPROTECTION FOR WOMEN
dc.subjectRIGHTS OF WOMEN
dc.subjectRURAL WOMEN
dc.subjectSOCIETY
dc.subjectSPOUSES
dc.subjectUNMARRIED WOMEN
dc.subjectWIFE
dc.subjectWILL
dc.subjectWIVES
dc.subjectWOMAN
dc.titleTen Years After Morocco's Family Code Reforms : Are Gender Gaps Closing?

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