Reflexions on the Role of New Media in the Prevention of Violence against Women

AbstractAfter a brief overview of Morocco’s international obligations, I look at the political, legal, economic, and social status of women in Morocco before examining violence against them in the private space and violence perpetrated by the State from both a de jure and de facto perspective. I argue that the new media can improve women’s lives and gender relations, promote social change at the individual, institutional, country, and broader social levels. The internet is an effective tool to attract young people to think about social change. Today, according to research, more girls use the internet than their mothers, and they use it differently from boys: they do not zap from one website to another, they spend more time on one website, and they return emails more than boys. Today, preventing violence against women and increasing women’s access to justice is a primary concern of the Moroccan civil society. Using modern technologies to debate violence against women and to exchange experiences is necessary to sensitive men and women to the dangerous consequences of violence and to adopt efficient strategies and methods to prevent it.Keywords: Gender, women, violence, rights, state, civil society, new media, Interne

Multiculturalism, citizenship, and education in Morocco

Morocco has a long history of multiculturalism and language contact; however, this characteristic has become more prominent as a consequence of the expansion of education after independence. This paper investigates how multiculturalism and citizenship in Moroccan society impact on the system of education. It provides a framework that enriches the discussion of multiculturalism and citizenship by highlighting the role that education plays in the development and management of multiculturalism and citizenship. The paper discusses the interlocked phenomena of multiculturalism, citizenship, and education from an interdisciplinary standpoint, analysing and explaining the synchronic relationships between them. The educational system must address the linguistic and cultural diversity inherent in multicultural Morocco, from the human rights and intercultural learning perspectives. Its purpose is not to teach the role of multiculturalism in official curricula, but to construct an approach to intercultural learning that promotes citizenship, dialogue, mutual understanding, and living together. Such an approach differs from the monocultural approach still existent in many North African and Middle Eastern curricula.peer-reviewe

The aesthetics and politics of ‘reading together’ Moroccan novels in Arabic and French

This paper attempts to break down the common practices of reading multilingual Moroccan novels, particularly Moroccan postcolonial novels in Arabic and French. I argue that dominant reading practices are based on binary oppositions marked by a reductionist understanding of language and cultural politics in Morocco. They place the Moroccan novel in Arabic and French in independent traditions with the presupposition that they have no impact on each other, thereby reifying each tradition. They also ignore the similar historical, social and cultural context from which these novels emerge, and tend to reinforce the marginalisation of the Moroccan novel within hegemonic single-language literary systems such as the Francophone or Arabic literary traditions. I advocate ‘reading together’ – or an entangled comparative reading of – postcolonial Moroccan novels in Arabic and French, a reading that privileges the specificity of the literary traditions in Morocco rather than language categorisation, and that considers their mutual historical, cultural, geographical, political, and aesthetic interweaving and implications

The construct state in Berber

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Women, Gender, and Politics in Morocco

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

The Impact of Male Migration from Morocco to Europe on Women: A Gender Approach

This paper offers a gender approach to the impact of male migrationfrom Morocco to Europe on women left behind. The pertinence of the topic stems from the fact that very few studies have been conducted on the subject. It is believed that such studies will help in the understanding of the the phenomenon of migration and help to find solutions for some of the problems it poses. More and more Moroccan women suffer as a result of the migration of their husbands, sons,fathers, etc. Their suffering is not only due to separation from the loved ones but also to the dire economic and social conditions that a heavily patriarchal context does not help to alleviate