Deputies hail rise in women's parliamentary representation

Moroccan deputies hailed over the weekend in Kenitra, 50 km north of Rabat, the increase in the rate of women representation in parliament that went up from 0,6 per cent in the previous legislative term to 10,6 per cent in the current one.

The evolution is the result of the fight of the Moroccan feminist movement, the dynamism of the civil society and the determination of different political actors, said the deputies at a roundtable on women parliamentary action.

Thirty-five (35) women currently sit in the 325-seat House of Representatives, lower chamber of parliament.

Several university professors and researchers, who took part in the debate, underlined that the rise in women representation is a breakthrough in the Moroccan political life.

This meeting was part of preparations for an international symposium on "women and the legislative power," to be organized next December in Morocco at the initiative of UNESCO.