In Morocco, single mothers continue to be victims of prejudice and discrimination. As proof, Moroccan law does not allow these women to request DNA tests to establish the paternity of their child.
Moroccan singer Bassma Boussil is facing fierce criticism from Egyptian netizens after revealing the reasons for her separation from her ex-husband, Egyptian singer Tamer Hosny.
A 24-year-old Spaniard residing in Melilla accepted, for a payment of more than 1,000 euros, to recognize the paternity of the baby of a Moroccan woman who gave birth at the regional hospital of the autonomous city. The young man was arrested by the Unit for the Fight against Illegal Immigration Networks and Forged Documents (UCRIF).
The trial of Ali Khouch, a 39-year-old Moroccan, accused of killing his pregnant wife and their 7-year-old son in Sa Pobla (Majorca) in May 2021, continued this Monday, January 27 before the provincial court of the Balearic Islands. The defendant confessed to his crime. He faces life imprisonment.
We know a little more about the death of three pregnant women in a private clinic in Casablanca during their Caesarean deliveries on January 8, 2025.
In Morocco, cinema mistreats women. This is the finding of a study entitled "Gender-based violence in the film industry" presented in Rabat.
In Guelmim, a single mother sentenced at first instance to ten years in prison for having let her daughter die has just benefited from a reduced sentence.
The Tangier Court of Appeal acquitted on Friday a woman sentenced in the first instance to two months in prison with a suspended sentence for having kissed her partner, ruling that a kiss does not constitute an act of debauchery. The man had been sentenced to three months in prison with a suspended sentence.
Consumer rights associations denounce the promotion on social media of abortion pills after the ban on their sale in pharmacies, saying this practice constitutes a "serious attack on the lives" of Moroccan women.
The reality TV show "Love is Blind, Habibi" on Netflix is facing a wave of criticism following comments made by an Iraqi candidate, Khatab, against Moroccan women. During a radio interview, he made mocking and offensive remarks, going so far as to describe the Moroccan candidate Hajar as "non-Moroccan".
The court has just overturned the decision of the Tangier Court of Appeal which had for the first time in 2019 sentenced a man to two years in prison for marital rape. Feminists denounce what they consider to be a challenge to jurisprudence.
The Court of Cassation recently overturned a decision by the Tangier Court of Appeal that had convicted a man for the rape of his wife.