Keywords: Gender Equality


Only one in five Moroccan women participates in the labor market

Only about one in five Moroccan women participates in the labor market, highlighting a persistent gap between the country’s institutional progress on gender equality and women’s economic participation, according to World Bank data. The World Bank’s Gender Data Portal puts Morocco’s......

Morocco ranks 118th globally in educational attainment and 133rd in health and survival

Morocco continues to face significant disparities across several indicators related to education, health and political participation, according to data highlighted in the World Economic Forum’s latest Global Gender Gap assessment. The figures place the country at different positions across the......

Obama says women could improve global leadership outcomes

ormer US President Barack Obama said women could bring significant improvements to global leadership, arguing that many of the world's problems are linked to older leaders who remain in positions of power for too long. Speaking at a private leadership event in Singapore in December 2019, Obama was......

UN report highlights the power of women’s leadership despite persistent inequality

Women’s leadership can strengthen societies and economies, yet women remain significantly underrepresented in positions of political, economic and institutional power, according to a new United Nations report. The report, published by UN Women and the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs......

EU launches initiative to boost women’s employment across the Middle East and North Africa

The European Commission has launched a new regional initiative aimed at increasing women’s participation in the labour market across the Middle East and North Africa, as the European Union seeks to translate its Mediterranean partnership into concrete economic opportunities. The initiative, known......

Women take on a growing role in Morocco’s election administration

The presence of women in Morocco’s electoral administration is showing signs of progress, according to observations by Gender Concerns International during the country’s legislative elections on September 23, 2026. Sabra Bano, a representative of the organisation’s Gender Election......

Morocco falls to 139th in 2026 global gender gap ranking

Morocco has slipped to 139th place out of 145 economies in the World Economic Forum’s 2026 Global Gender Gap Index, highlighting persistent disparities between women and men despite a marginal improvement in the country’s overall parity score. The Kingdom recorded a score of 0.632, compared......

Yvette Roudy, a historical figure in women's rights, has died at 97

Yvette Roudy, France's first minister specifically in charge of Women's Rights, passed away on Tuesday, August 18, at the age of 97 in Cabestany, in the Pyrénées-Orientales. The announcement of her passing was made by her nephew, Jean-Pierre Saldou. Appointed in 1981 within François Mitterrand's government,......

South African women still face gaps in constitutional rights, Amnesty International says

More than three decades after the end of apartheid, millions of women and girls in South Africa are still unable to fully enjoy the rights guaranteed by the country’s Constitution, according to Amnesty International. The organization says women continue to face serious challenges involving safety,......