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U.N. Cites Arab World's 'Empty Gestures' on Women - washingtonpost.com
A United Nations report cites progress on women's rights in Morocco and a few other countries, but finds that the status of women continues to be below that of much of the rest of the world:
[Amat al-Alim Alsoswa, director of the U.N. Development Program's Arab bureau,] also said that although women's participation in politics has grown in such countries as Morocco, Bahrain and Iraq, it is "still below what it is outside the Arab world."
The report cites Morocco as not simply secularizing the laws related to women, but also creatively reinterpreting Islamic law to afford women more rights.
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Progress and equality do not happen overnight. Morocco seems to be on the right track...Thanks for sharing :)
Thank you for your comment. You are right about progress and equality: look how long it has taken the United States to come as far as we have! I hope that you are also right about Morocco, and that Morocco continues to make progress, too.
Time will tell. There needs to be a strong will to tackle issues such as corruption, nepotism, cronyism etc. and a strong leadership to execute plans lifting the largest number possible out of poverty by creating a sustainable and balanced economy.