Women make 49% of registered electorate in Morocco
Morocco, Politics, 9/14/2002

Out of an overall 14,023,604 electors, women stand for 49% (6,877,000), Moroccan weekly "La Vie Economique" said, quoting the ministry of the interior.

Some 62% of the electors are unemployed, and 43% never went to school, the weekly added.

On the Moroccan electors age, the paper said more than half are under 40, while 3,575,881 are between 20 and 30 years old. Some 3,780,741 are aged between 31 and 40, 2,913,704 are 41-50 years old, and 3,753,278 are aged above 50.

The campaign will kick off Saturday at midnight to end on September 26 at the same hour.

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