Morocco’s Secretariat of State for Social Inclusion launched the country’s second National Disability Awareness Campaign on 17 July under the slogan “Let’s Change Our Perspective… Toward an Inclusive Environment for Persons with Disabilities, Without Barriers.” The campaign, running through 27 July, is being carried out in partnership with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and […]
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Morocco launches initiative to create African Network for Social Inclusion, Solidarity & Disability
The creation, at Morocco’s initiative, of an African network on social inclusion, solidarity, and disability was announced Thursday in Berlin during a meeting of several African ministers, held on the sidelines of the 3rd Global Disability Summit (GDS). During this ministerial meeting, it was suggested to hold a regional conference in Morocco to mark the […]
Morocco moves to institute unemployment benefits
Moroccan authorities, the employers’ association, CGEM, trade unions and the social security fund, CNSS, have finally agreed to institute unemployment benefits to ease the strain of the global financial crisis that is sparing no country. The project to set up such an allowance was first tabled some 12 years ago but several obstacles have so […]


