Much has been said about the new violence against women law, recently adopted by the Moroccan House of Representatives. Human Rights Watch was there to examine the bill, asking the Kingdom to address the gaps.
Morocco is ranked 136th by the recently issued World Economic Forum report, the Global Gender Gap. Although the kingdom managed to better its positioning and score compared to last year, it remains one of the least performing countries in the world.
Soukaina Boutiyeb is a Casablanca native. When she was 14, she left the Kingdom with her family to settle down in Canada. She is currently the Executive Director of Alliance des Femmes Francophonie Canadienne, an organization that aims at protecting the contribution of Francophone women in their communities and preserving their right to live and fully flourish in French.