Moroccan-American scientist Moncef Slaoui was fired from a pharmaceutical giant board over sexual harassment claims. Slaoui served as chief scientist of the U.S. government’s Covid vaccine development effort Operation Warp Speed during the Trump administration.
Moroccan writer Fouad Laroui is at the heart of a sex scandal in the Netherlands. The University of Amsterdam has been criticized for its laxity when several students would have reportedly denounced sexual assaults by the professor.
Blocked a few weeks ago by the decision of a Huelva court on a complaint related to their working conditions, Moroccan seasonal workers in Spain were again faced with another failed attempt to bring their alleged sexual assaulters to court.
Last week, students from Marrakech French school Victor Hugo took to the streets to denounce a sexual harassment case. This week, the parent of a student filed a complaint against the school’s headmaster, who as soon as he got suspended left for France, sources told Yabiladi.
Moroccan women have taken their anger to social media to denounce sexual harassment. Creating their own hashtag, these women shared their experiences, and stories with harassers through Twitter and Facebook. For experts the campaign is a positive one that is slowly contributing to change.