Morocco: POSITIVE STEP FOR WOMEN'S POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
The Moroccan government has proposed to parliament an amendment to the electoral code whereby 10 percent of parliamentary seats at the national level would be reserved for women candidates. Currently only 0.5 percent of the members of parliament are women. In another move to promote gender equality, the six parties of the ruling coalition committed to a 20 percent quota of female candidates to run for the September 2002 parliamentary elections. Over the past two years, UNIFEM has supported the coalition of women's groups who have lobbied for these changes.
POSITIVE STEP FOR WOMEN'S POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN MOROCCO
The Moroccan government has proposed to parliament an amendment to the electoral code whereby 10% of parliamentary seats at the national level would be reserved for women candidates. Currently only 0.5 percent of the members of parliament are women. In another move to promote gender equality, the six parties of the ruling coalition committed to a 20 percent quota of female candidates to run for the September 2002 parliamentary elections. Over the past two years, UNIFEM has supported the coalition of women's groups who have lobbied for these changes.
For more information, contact Zineb Touimi-Benjelloun, UNIFEM Gender Advisor for Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, at [email protected].