To understand the Moroccan women's emancipation process we need to follow the evolution of their rights since Independence. The 2004 crucial reformation of the Moudawana (Civil Code) is the consequence of the effective and efficient mobilization of all agents involved in it: the King, the Government and the Civil society. As a modernist and democratic solution, the new Family Code is inspired by the Sharia (Islamic law) and by Human Rights values.
Women's Rights; Islam; Family Code