Chis symposium, organized on the occasion of the International Day of the Girl Child, was an opportunity to examine the status of girls in the family code and to issue recommendations aimed at setting up a national campaign road to support women and girls in difficult situations.
Today’s meeting is part of the celebration of the International Day of the Girl Child, which corresponds to October 11 of each year, and which was established by the United Nations in 2012 with a view to highlighting the difficulties and discrimination faced by girls around the world, indicated on this occasion, the president of the OMDH, El Hassan Idrissi.
It also comes in the wake of the transformations that Moroccan society has experienced in recent decades, regarding demands for equality and social justice, he added.
For Mr. Idrissi, the promotion of the principle of equality is an important criterion for sustainable development, believing that despite the efforts made and the interest shown in issues relating to girls, this remains insufficient, pushing a large number of girls around the world to face challenges that affect their education and their physical and mental well-being.
The UN has testified to the considerable progress made by Morocco in consolidating women’s rights, he stressed, stressing the need to preserve these achievements by meeting the challenges posed.
For her part, the UNFPA representative in Morocco, Amal Idrissi assured that today’s theme coincides with the celebration of the International Day of the Girl Child, which aims to provide an international dimension to their issues and to improve their living conditions all over the world, noting, in this regard, UNFPA’s support for all advocacy initiatives in favor of the social, economic and political rights of all women and girls in vulnerable situations in Morocco.
Morocco is committed to international efforts by ratifying several international conventions relating to women’s rights, in particular the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination once morest Women (CEDAW), as well as the adoption of the 2011 constitution which enshrined the principle of gender equality, she then clarified.
As part of the empowerment of girls, the Ministry of National Education, Preschool and Sports has integrated a human rights and gender approach into various workshops related to the education and training system as part of the promotion of quality and equity, assured his side, the representative of the ministry, Abderrahim El Ayadi.
He added that the ministry is keen to guide educational support programs to support girls in the transition phase from primary to college in rural areas in order to ensure compulsory education for all girls and children.
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