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Our Partner
Association Démocratique des Femmes du Maroc (ADFM) is an autonomous, non-profit feminist NGO, which aims to promote women's rights in order to increase women's power and influence in the juridical, political, economic and social spheres to build an egalitarian society based on democracy and sustainable development.
Objectives:
- Strengthening women's autonomy and skills in public and private spheres.
- Promoting a gender approach as a planning tool for policy to be used by all decision-makers, political, economical and socio-cultural actors.
- Reforming laws to eliminate all forms of discrimination toward women, such as the legal status of women, labor, and penal and electoral codes.
- Fighting violence against women and promoting implementation of protective mechanisms for women victims of violence.
- Promoting women's access to political, economical, social and cultural decision-making arenas.
- Promoting an equality-based culture as a behavioral practice.
- Promoting a positive image of women's role and place within the Moroccan society.
ADFM uses four main strategies to achieve its objectives:
- Advocacy
- Public awareness
- Education for equality
- Training and legal advice
Against All Odds: Women Partnering for Change in a Time of Crisis
An alliance of women's rights and human rights groups campaigned to amend Morocco's family law to ensure gender equality between men and women. Fundamentalists who initially claimed these initiatives were against Islam, in the end were discredited and ended up supporting the reforms, says Amina Lemrini, a Founder and Executive Committee Member of Association Démocratique des Femmes du Maroc.
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Stories and Reports
Maghreb Region: Model Family Law
One Hundred Measures and Provisions for an Egalitarian Codification of the Personal Status Codes
Source: Collectif 95 Maghreb-Egalité. 2005. Guide to Equality in the Family in the Maghreb. Bethesda, MD: Women's Learning Partnership, pp. 169-203.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1: Personal status and family relationships shall be governed by the provisions of this Code.
Article 2: A family shall be made up of persons united by marriage, blood ties or through a court order.
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Morocco | National Law )
Partnership Update: Six Countries Convene to Co-Create Culturally-Adaptable Strategic Planning and Capacity Building Curriculum
From August 30th to September 4th, WLP’s partners from Afghanistan, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Nigeria, and Palestine gathered in Potomac, Maryland, for a Strategic Planning and Capacity Building Institute. This six-day program provided opportunities for a rich dialogue addressing partners’ expectations and experiences in implementing WLP’s participatory leadership methodology through trainings, advocacy, and organizational development. During the Institute, participants co-created a draft curriculum for organizational strategic planning and capacity building, developed a timetable for carrying out this strategic planning process with individual partner organizations, and undertook an intensive review of WLP's Leading to Choices curriculum and trainings after eight years of its implementation.
( categories:
Afghanistan | Jordan | Lebanon | Morocco | Nigeria | Palestine | Organizational Capacity Building | Issue 21 (Fall 2008) | Workshops )
WLP Convenes First Regional Institute in Central America
Women's Learning Partnership (WLP) and Fondo para el Desarollo de la Mujer (FODEM) convened the first Central America Regional Training of Trainers Institute for Women's Leadership from January 28th-February 1st in Managua, Nicaragua. The Institute brought together twenty-four participants from seven countries in the region: Brazil, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and El Salvador. Facilitators included Malena de Montis, founder and current Board member of FODEM; Sonia Morin and Luz Veronica Flores, members of FODEM’s training team; and Amina Lemrini of Association Démocratique des Femmes du Maroc (ADFM), WLP’s partner in Morocco.
FODEM held a book launch event on the first day to introduce Liderazgo Para La Toma De Decisiones, the spanish version of Leading to Choices: A Leadership Training Handbook for Women. Leading to Choices outlines WLP’s leadership concept which is participatory, horizontal, and dialogue-based, and is the foundation for workshops and Institutes.
Youth Leadership Institute Held in Morocco
January 2007: WLP Morocco/Association Démocratique des Femmes du Maroc (ADFM) held a Youth Leadership Institute for seventeen young human rights leaders. Young people make up over 30% of Morocco’s population, making their involvement in civil society critical.
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Morocco )
WLP Publication Highlight: French Multimedia Leadership Curriculum Published
WLP, in cooperation with WLP partner in Morocco, Association Démocratique des Femmes du Maroc, published the French edition of Leading to Choices: A Multimedia Curriculum for Leadership Learning. It is the second culture-specific adaptation of WLP's innovative multimedia training package. The English and Persian editions are available online at: http://www.learningpartnership.org/publications/multimedia. The French edition is tailored for human rights and democracy activists, educators, women leaders, and facilitators working with francophone communities in Africa. The curriculum is based on a concept of participatory leadership that enables women and men to develop skills to prevent conflict, share power, and build coalitions to promote human rights, social justice, and peace. The package provides three guides and three videos on Developing Effective Advocacy Campaigns, Communicating for Change, and Learning to Facilitate Interactively. The curriculum is used in training of trainers programs and focuses on developing persuasive and compelling media messages and coalition building strategies for advocacy campaigns on women's rights. The French edition will be available online in October 2007.
Moroccan women seek increased representation in legislative elections
By Sarah Touahri
Magharebia
April 8, 2007
Because many Moroccans continue to put their faith in male political leadership, the country's women’s associations are calling upon female voters to elect more women to parliament.
As Morocco prepares to create candidate lists for September's legislative elections, women are stepping up efforts to increase their representation both on party lists and in parliament itself.
( categories:
Morocco | Press Corner )
Arabic eCourse: Prototype with Participants from Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, and Palestine
From September 5 to October 21, 2005, a group of 14 experienced leadership trainers from Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Palestine participated in a five-week prototype Arabic eCourse to test and adapt the Arabic curriculum in preparation for a full eCourse in 2006.
WLP trained partners from Morocco and Lebanon to act as facilitators for the upcoming course, focusing on use of the course technology and the interactive, problem-solving methodology that guides the course.
Morocco Adopts Landmark Family Law Supporting Women’s Equality
February 24, 2004
Women’s Learning Partnership (WLP) and our partner organization l’Association Démocratique des Femmes du Maroc (ADFM) are pleased to report that on January 25, 2004, the government of Morocco adopted a new landmark Family Law supporting women’s equality and granting them new rights in marriage and divorce, among others.
( categories:
Morocco | Human Rights Alerts )
Women in Morocco Work Together Against Violence
WLP partner Association Démocratique des Femmes du Maroc (ADFM) coordinates a much-needed national network of violence against women centers in Morocco called ANARUZ. The centers provide legal services to women victims of violence, gather data about the problem of violence against women in Morocco, raise awareness of gender-based violence, and advocate for policy and legal reforms to protect women and reduce violence.
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Morocco | News Articles )
