Women's Rights Fighting violence with education

[LalaMimi]

Good education of children is an efficient way to eliminate violence against women and prevent future generations from suffering from it, said participants in a Study Day on Violence against Women Jan. 8 in Rabat.

A lack of education inside as well as outside children's homes, and bad examples given by certain parents to their children can lead to the transmission of violent behaviour from one generation to another, agreed the participants convened by the Association of Women Jurists (AFJ).


They also insisted on the need to use a language more accessible to Morocco's illiterate population during awareness campaigns, adding that mosques and universities can play an important role by transmitting messages condemning violence against women, said MAP.


“This meeting was organized by AFJ. This association gives great importance to training and awareness in the area of women's and children's rights, and seeks to reinforce the links with those civil society partners which are in direct contact with the population”, said Nadia Oulehri, the President of AFJ.


AFJ, which was created in May 2004, aims at keeping an eye on the application of current legal texts relative to women and children's rights; advising and assisting women with small and medium projects; providing women in difficulty with legal assistance; and participating in the education of women at the legal, economic and citizenship levels.

[LDNgirl]

Salam sis,

Lack of education is the key feature in Morocco when considering the treatment of women in Morocco. However I generally believe, especially in small towns or villages, that any form of education of women is non-existent. Thus creating this feeling of helplessness and victimisation by the dominant males in their lives.

I think that the new family laws may do something to alieviate this phenomenon that is so prevalent back home. Women from small towns think that it is 3ayb (shamefull) to attend classes or even the mosque, believing that their duties are best served at home. Their husbands for sure do not want their wives learning new things, as they believe that their women may get ideas. It's a sad circle of events, that I hope the new generation of females in Morocco can wipe out.

Below is the Freedom House Report into womens issues in Morocco. Some of it is out of date, but the issues are still very real and it is a good read.



http://www.freedomhouse.org/research...s/morfocus.pdf

[Lala_Sarah]

Excellant topic as this is not really discussed and it should be.

We can not deny the fact that a womans main responsibility and duty is that to her home and family and this does include husbands. However a lot of ignorant men think that this includes depriving her of her right to decide in the day to day aspects of the marriage or home. Our deen sets out rules and regulations in relation to the rights of a woman and this includes deciding to have children, education, emoployment and driving believe it or not. Clealy the rules also include negotiating and discussing but education shoudl not be prevented and any one who does in my opinion is threatened or is unabel to face the prospects of his wife knowing more than he does.

Any ways wicked thread and must dash.

[MellieC]

HI,
I am new to the morocco.com forum, and am reading through it slowly!

I found this thread of particular interest, unfortunately the link appears to no longer exist, and nothing comes up in google for the women jurtists, so I guess I had better dig deeper to find more info.

the very issues that you discuss here, are, unfortunately not exclusive to morocco, but are much more widespread, in my experience.

It is also my experience that just because a govt introduces "family laws" it doen'st mean they will be effective, particularly in outlying areas.

If either of you have any more info on this subject I would certainly like to discuss it with you, or anyone!

thanks

MellieC