Morocco

There are no publications or fact sheets. Data disseminated is mostly limited to the official website of the institutions as the Presidency of the Prosecutor’s Office and the Ministry of Solidarity, Social Development, Equality and Family, and institutions specialized in statistics as the Higher Planning Commission.

The national educational curricula do not include issues related to VAWG, gender equality, women rights. However, some improvements have been reported. A family education course and a class on equality was added to the preparatory level curriculum and a civic education to the primary and preparatory levels. Ministry of Solidarity, Social Development, Equality and Family that hosts the National Observatory of Violence against Women reported that in 2014, 147 school books were reviewed and stripped of contents and images violating the values of equality and tolerance. Educational curricula relating to illiteracy programs in mosques have been reviewed, adding topics promoting women’s rights. The Ministry of National Education, Vocational Training, Higher Education and Scientific Research committed to combating violence against women through the Marrakesh Declaration 2020, by committing to invest in curricula, programs, school books and mechanisms to promote women right to equality, and combating VAWG.

¹¹_{The 2020 Marrakech Declaration on Women’s Rights was announced during a ceremony celebrating International Women’s Day held in Marrakech under the chairmanship of Princess Lalla Meryem. The declaration focuses on the issue of violence against women, providing care for women victims of violence, and promoting the culture of non-violence through all levels of schooling. Seven departments signed the declaration, which are: education & higher education; health; culture; social development, equality & Family; President of the Public Prosecutor’s Office; and President of the High Authority for Audiovisual Communication}

There are no specific programs available for school teachers on gender equality and VAWG. The Ministry of National Education is implementing during the period 2018-2022 a training program in partnership with the Muhammadiyah Association of Scholars and UNDP aimed at activating educational clubs, in particular those related to citizenship and human rights. The training targets around 3000 educational institutions across all regional academies, on the secondary and post-secondary levels.

The Ministry of Solidarity, Social Development, Equality and Family launches a 16 days campaign to eliminate violence against women. The Ministry of National Education oversees the organisation of awareness campaigns by using the activities of the listening and mediation cells, the educational clubs and regional and local media and by disseminating publications and posters on VAWG.

There are institutionalized trainings for the policemen and court staff provided by the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Justice.

No specific training is provided by the Ministry of Health for nurses or doctors who respond to victims of VAWG. The Ministry of Health has conducted training courses in partnership with UNFPA for over 200 persons during 2020 to build the capacities of health professionals to provide quality support to victims in compliance with international standards.

There is no training programme on VAWG that is being institutionalized within the ministries and government’s institutions.

There are cooperation mechanisms between police, hospitals, and ministries. The government established a protocol for the cooperation between police, shelters, hospitals, courts/ judiciaries, ministries, and civil society. The institutional information system on violence against women was created to consolidate all data related to women and girls who are victims of VAWG. A protocol on exchange of information on cases of violence against women was signed in 2014 by different governmental institutions. There is also a guide that has been prepared for the institutional cells providing support to women victims of violence. It facilitates communication between relevant partners.

There is an inter-ministerial coordination on VAWG. Ministry of Solidarity, Social Development, Equality and Family supervises the coordination directly and through the Directorate of Women and the National Observatory of Violence against Women.

The Ministry of Solidarity, Social Development, Equality and Family oversees the coordination and support for VAWG policies. The Ministry hosts also the National Observatory for Violence against Women which contributes to the coordination for VAWG policies.

There is no gender responsive budget adopted by government with specific lines allocated for addressing VAWG. However, the government adopted a budget for gender mainstreaming funded by the European Union under the Government Plan for Equality.