Women in Moroccan local elected councils

When the law does not change society

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ID4447215
AuthorsAlice Haddad (0009-0002-3299-9309, Université Moulay Ismail de Meknes, corresponding author)
Year2025
Volume62
Issue2
Pagese94834
Publication date2025-06-26
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolítica y Sociedad (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1130-8001 • E-ISSN: 1988-3129
PublisherUniversidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5209/poso.94834
OpenAlexW4411696782
LanguageEN
References cited19

Morocco has adopted several legislative measures to strengthen the representation of women within elected local councils. Consequently, the number of women elected increased considerably. The legislature seems forcing the social change. However, the main results of this paper is that these measures failed to establish a local gender equality. Women remain under-represented compared to men on local elected councils. In addition to underrepresentation, women are generally excluded from senior positions within local council offices. The presidency of the councils suffers from a male monopoly. To analyze these findings, this paper uses a theoretical approach which examines the Moroccan case in the light of pioneering studies in the matter, and an empirical approach which refers to the results of both observation and official statistics

Political science · Gender Politics and Representation · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Law · Public Administration

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