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
