Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Morocco: Women as local governors

For the first time in the history of Morocco, women become local governor or the so-called Caid, who are the representatives of the ministry of interior at the local level.

This year’s cohort of the Royal Institute of Territorial Administration was marked by the graduation of 19 women local governors that will be appointed in different regions of Morocco at a later stage.

Chakib Ben Moussa, minister of interior who presided the graduation ceremony said that “Morocco is determined to ensure professionalism and good quality of services in the territorial administration by the integration of women in the authority sphere.”

---Aujord'hui le Maroc (article in French)

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