Ten Years After Morocco's Family Code Reforms : Are Gender Gaps Closing?
In 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 increase...
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okr-10986-205502021-04-23T14:03:56Z Ten Years After Morocco's Family Code Reforms : Are Gender Gaps Closing? Prettitore, Paul AGED ALIMONY ASSESSMENT OF GENDER ASSISTANCE TO WOMEN CHILD CUSTODY CIVIL SOCIETY COMPENSATION COUNTRY GENDER ASSESSMENT COURTS DIVORCE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DOWRIES FAMILIES FAMILY LAW FAMILY LIFE FATHERS FEMALE GENDER GENDER EQUALITY GENDER GAPS GENDER PARITY GIRLS HEADS OF HOUSEHOLD HUSBAND HUSBANDS INHERITANCE JUDGE JUDGES JUSTICE LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LIBERTY MARITAL PROPERTY MARRIAGES MARRIED COUPLES MARRIED WOMEN MINIMUM AGE MINIMUM AGE OF MARRIAGE MINIMUM AGE OF MARRIAGE FOR GIRLS NORMS PARENTS PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN PERSONAL STATUS POLYGAMY POOR WOMEN POWER PROTECTION FOR WOMEN RIGHTS OF WOMEN RURAL WOMEN SOCIETY SPOUSES UNMARRIED WOMEN WIFE WILL WIVES WOMAN In 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. 2014-11-19T16:32:41Z 2014-11-19T16:32:41Z 2014-04 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/04/20144157/ten-years-after-moroccos-family-code-reforms-gender-gaps-closing http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20550 English en_US MENA knowledge and learning quick notes series;no. 121 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Middle East and North Africa Morocco |
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AGED ALIMONY ASSESSMENT OF GENDER ASSISTANCE TO WOMEN CHILD CUSTODY CIVIL SOCIETY COMPENSATION COUNTRY GENDER ASSESSMENT COURTS DIVORCE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DOWRIES FAMILIES FAMILY LAW FAMILY LIFE FATHERS FEMALE GENDER GENDER EQUALITY GENDER GAPS GENDER PARITY GIRLS HEADS OF HOUSEHOLD HUSBAND HUSBANDS INHERITANCE JUDGE JUDGES JUSTICE LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LIBERTY MARITAL PROPERTY MARRIAGES MARRIED COUPLES MARRIED WOMEN MINIMUM AGE MINIMUM AGE OF MARRIAGE MINIMUM AGE OF MARRIAGE FOR GIRLS NORMS PARENTS PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN PERSONAL STATUS POLYGAMY POOR WOMEN POWER PROTECTION FOR WOMEN RIGHTS OF WOMEN RURAL WOMEN SOCIETY SPOUSES UNMARRIED WOMEN WIFE WILL WIVES WOMAN |
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AGED ALIMONY ASSESSMENT OF GENDER ASSISTANCE TO WOMEN CHILD CUSTODY CIVIL SOCIETY COMPENSATION COUNTRY GENDER ASSESSMENT COURTS DIVORCE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DOWRIES FAMILIES FAMILY LAW FAMILY LIFE FATHERS FEMALE GENDER GENDER EQUALITY GENDER GAPS GENDER PARITY GIRLS HEADS OF HOUSEHOLD HUSBAND HUSBANDS INHERITANCE JUDGE JUDGES JUSTICE LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LIBERTY MARITAL PROPERTY MARRIAGES MARRIED COUPLES MARRIED WOMEN MINIMUM AGE MINIMUM AGE OF MARRIAGE MINIMUM AGE OF MARRIAGE FOR GIRLS NORMS PARENTS PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN PERSONAL STATUS POLYGAMY POOR WOMEN POWER PROTECTION FOR WOMEN RIGHTS OF WOMEN RURAL WOMEN SOCIETY SPOUSES UNMARRIED WOMEN WIFE WILL WIVES WOMAN Prettitore, Paul Ten Years After Morocco's Family Code Reforms : Are Gender Gaps Closing? |
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In 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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Prettitore, Paul |
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Prettitore, Paul |
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Prettitore, Paul |
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Ten Years After Morocco's Family Code Reforms : Are Gender Gaps Closing? |
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Ten Years After Morocco's Family Code Reforms : Are Gender Gaps Closing? |
| title_full |
Ten Years After Morocco's Family Code Reforms : Are Gender Gaps Closing? |
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Ten Years After Morocco's Family Code Reforms : Are Gender Gaps Closing? |
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Ten Years After Morocco's Family Code Reforms : Are Gender Gaps Closing? |
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ten years after morocco's family code reforms : are gender gaps closing? |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/04/20144157/ten-years-after-moroccos-family-code-reforms-gender-gaps-closing http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20550 |
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