Morocco

Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:

Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :Official National Statistics Not Available

Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 14.2 % ⁽¹⁾

Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence : Official National Statistics Not Available

Child Marriage :13.7 % ⁽²⁾

Reports submitted by UN Human Rights Bodies:

Concluding observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR)

Gender Equality Indexes:

Gender Inequality Index Rank :104 ⁽³⁾

Global Gender Gap Index Rank :136 ⁽⁴⁾

Morocco Search Data

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Enquête Nationale sur la Violence à l’Encontre des Femmes et des Hommes 2019

Morocco | 2019

Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Dedicated violence against women survey

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Law on Combating Violence Against Women 2018

Morocco | 2018

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

Form of Violence : Child, early and forced marriage, Violence against women and girls

National Survey on the Proliferation of Violence Against Women

Morocco | 2017

Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Dedicated violence against women survey

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

ICRAM 2 Governmental Plan for Equality 2017-2021

Morocco | 2017 | 2021

Type of Measure : Policies > Inclusion of violence against women in other national plan/strategy

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Awareness Campaigns to Stop Violence Against Women

Morocco | 2016 | 2017

Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

National Observatory on Violence against Women

Morocco | 2015 | 2018

Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Abrogation of the Second Paragraph of Article 475 of the Penal Code (Prevent Child Marriage)

Morocco | 2014

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

Form of Violence : Child, early and forced marriage

Article 22 of the Constitution

Morocco | 2011

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Constitutional provision

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

National Human Rights Council

Morocco | 2011

Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms

Form of Violence : Trafficking, Violence against women and girls

AGENDA GOUVERNEMENTAL POUR L'ÉGALITÉ DES SEXES

Morocco | 2011 | 2015

Type of Measure : Policies > Inclusion of violence against women in other national plan/strategy

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

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⁽¹⁾ Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 15–74 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months. Source: Haut-Commissariat au Plan. 2019. Rapport sur les violences faites aux femmes et aux filles, Enquête Nationale sur la Violence à l’Encontre des Femmes et des Hommes.

⁽²⁾ Percentage of women aged 20 to 24 years who were first married or in union before age 18. Source: UNICEF global databases, 2021, based on DHS, MICS and other nationally representative surveys.

⁽³⁾ The Gender Inequality Index is a composite measure reflecting inequality between women and men in three different dimensions: reproductive health (maternal mortality ratio and adolescent birth rate), empowerment (share of parliamentary seats held by women and share of population with at least some secondary education), and labour market participation (labour force participation rate). Source: United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Report 2021/2022.

⁽⁴⁾ The Global Gender Gap Index benchmarks national gender gaps on economic, political, education and health criteria. Source: World Economic Forum, the Global Gender Gap Report 2022.