For example, while three Maghreb countries responded to the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings by enacting laws to increase women’s political representation, Tunisia has recently slipped back towards autocracy. In Algeria, women’s representation fell from 31 per cent in 2017 to 8 per cent in 2021. By contrast, women’s representation in Morocco’s parliament increased from 21 per cent in 2016 to 24.3 per cent in 2021. Likewise, in Morocco, the women’s movement has struggled to achieve political and financial autonomy vis-à-vis the government, political parties and other institutions. He is the editor, most recently, of “Minorities, Women, and the State in North Africa and Moroccan Feminisms”.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 11, 2023 02:04 UTC