Le Figaro Madame: Morocco could become women rights model among Muslim countries, academic

"Morocco could become a model for Muslim countries in the field of women's rights," said law professor Fatima Belqadi, the first woman appointed at Morocco's Advisory Council of Human Rights (CCDH).

In an interview published Saturday by French magazine "Le Figaro Madame," Belqadi said "since the beginning of his reign, HM King Mohammed VI voiced support for women's rights. Today, she went on, His Majesty has launched a deep-rooted reform. And it takes courage to deal with such a hot issue in Muslim countries."

For the professor, it is a reform that draws both on the principles of the universal declaration of human rights and Islamic teachings.

"This reform is part of the country's evolution, but it is also a social revolution," she said.

Belqadi had recently been elected administrator of the French Rene Cassin International Institute of Human Rights.