Morocco is participating in the 70th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, taking place at UN Headquarters in New York from March 9 to 19, 2026, as the country reaffirms its alignment with international standards on gender equality and women’s empowerment.
The session — CSW70 — convenes immediately after International Women’s Day and centers on a priority theme of particular relevance to Morocco’s current domestic reform agenda: ensuring and strengthening access to justice for all women and girls, including through the promotion of inclusive legal systems, the elimination of discriminatory laws and practices, and the dismantling of structural barriers to equality.
Morocco’s Ministry of Solidarity, Social Integration and Family described the country’s participation as an expression of its “firm commitment to promoting women’s rights and enshrining the values of dignity, equality, and non-discrimination.” Ahead of the session, the Ministry convened a preparatory meeting on February 24, bringing together government representatives, legislators, and civil society actors to align positions and finalize the country’s delegation arrangements — ensuring, in the ministry’s words, that Morocco’s presence would be coherent, effective, and reflective of its national and international obligations.
Domestically, Morocco’s engagement at CSW70 is backed by a substantive reform record. The 2011 Constitution enshrines equality between men and women and prohibits discrimination as a foundational constitutional principle. Ongoing revisions to the Family Code — the Moudawana — are designed to strengthen equality within family law, addressing provisions that have long been identified as structurally limiting women’s rights. The National Committee for Gender Equality and the Advancement of Women provides institutional coordination, operating under the Government Plan for Equality covering 2023 to 2026.
Morocco has also formalized its international commitments through cooperation agreements with UN Women and the UN Population Fund, embedding gender equality objectives into public policy design and ensuring domestic legal frameworks remain aligned with international human rights standards. At CSW70, Morocco joins a global conversation at a moment when, as UN Secretary-General António Guterres observed, defending hard-won progress on women’s rights is itself an urgent form of action.
