Rabat - The Ministry of Solidarity, Women, Family and Social Development, and UN Women signed, Wednesday in Rabat, a partnership agreement to promote the institutionalization of the principles of gender equality in the public policy making process in Morocco.
Rabat – The Ministry of Solidarity, Women, Family and Social Development, and UN Women signed, Wednesday in Rabat, a partnership agreement to promote the institutionalization of the principles of gender equality in the public policy making process in Morocco.
Launched by Minister of Solidarity, Women, Family and Social Development, Bassima Hakkaoui, and representative of UN Women-Maghreb Leila Rhioui, the agreement aims to contribute to the implementation of the government strategy on equality, the strategy of the social division, and the strategy of UN-women/ Morocco in terms of gender equality.
The agreement also provides for the institutionalization and the promotion of the principles of equality in the public policy making process in Morocco, through capacity building of the Ministry in terms of inter-sectoral coordination, improved access to information, and the acquisition of tools of detection, assessment and awareness raising.
Under this agreement, the Ministry and the UN-Women will work together to support the Social Development Agency and the National Institute of Social Action in Tangier, in order to enhance coordination between the various stakeholders in this field in Morocco.
