Najwa Koukouss explores action plans with UN Women
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on MAP
Morocco’s Family Minister Najwa Koukouss discussed new joint action plans on equality and women’s economic empowerment with UN Women. The talks also covered the care economy and efforts to combat violence against women and girls, according to the minister quoted by MAP.
Morocco’s Minister of Family, Social Development and Equality, Najwa Koukouss, held talks on Wednesday in Rabat with Moez Doraid, UN Women’s Regional Director for Arab States, and Myriem Ouchen Noussairi, UN Women’s Representative in Morocco, on new joint action plans. The discussions focused on strengthening the institutional partnership and supporting equality policies between women and men, according to MAP.
The talks notably covered women’s economic empowerment, development of the care economy and the fight against violence against women and girls, MAP reports. Koukouss presented women’s economic empowerment as a major strategic priority of the Moroccan government programme.
Moez Doraid praised Morocco’s progress in women’s empowerment, the promotion of their rights and gender equality. He said UN Women draws on Moroccan experiences to advance women’s empowerment in Arab countries and beyond, according to MAP.
The meeting comes after Ecuador praised Morocco’s reforms on 10 November during talks in Rabat, but it specifically concerned cooperation between the Moroccan ministry and UN Women.
