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=Moudawana = A Peaceful Revolution for Moroccan Women

Vision and Motivation
Women in Morocco are central to the family structure around which Moroccan society is based. Yet the Moudawana, the family code that governs areas of family law such as marriage, divorce, inheritance, and child custody, gave few rights to women when it was first adopted in 1958, reflecting centuries-old customs. Under the law, men could unilaterally divorce their wives while women's right to divorce was highly restricted; women could not marry without legal approval from a guardian or tutor; married women were obliged by law to obey their husbands; and men could marry multiple women without their wives' consent.

News and Analysis

 * 1) "Country Report: Morocco." Freedom House. 2009.
 * 2) Ghazalla, Iman. "Sculpting the Rock of Women's Rights: The Role of Women's Organizations in Promoting the National Plan of Action to Integrate Women in Development in Morocco." Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs. 2001. PDF.
 * 3) Levinson, Charles. "Progressive or Conservative, Women Influence Islam." Women's eNews. 9 Oct. 2005.
 * 4) Malchiodi, Beth. "Assessing the Impact of the 2004 Moudawana on Women's Rights in Morocco." Fulbright-Hays Summer Seminars Abroad. 2008.
 * 5) PDF

Books

 * Abiad, Nisrine. Sharia, Muslim States, and International Human Rights Treaty Obligations. London: British Institute of International and Comparative Law, 2008.
 * Bran, Laurie A. Women, the State, and Political Liberalization: Middle Eastern and North African Experiences. New York: Columbia University Press, 1998.
 * Charrad, Mounira M. States and Women's Rights: The Making of Postcolonial Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001.
 * Sater, James. Civil Society and Political Change in Morocco. Abingdon: Routledge, 2007.