Hillary Clinton lauds Morocco's achievements in women's rights

US Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton praised the new family code enacted in Morocco last year saying "Morocco recently instituted new family law that gives women equal rights to make decisions about marriage, divorce, custody and alimony" hailed.

Speaking at a public forum held in New York in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the UN Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, New York Democrat senator said freedom and prosperity of nations are closely linked to the "legal protections and rights for women," asserting, by the same token, that "a nation cannot advance into the 21st century, into the Information Age, without educated, literate women."