Socio-Economic Development and Violent Extremism in Morocco. Morocco's Regional Policy, Migration and (De-)Radicalization - Policy Briefs from the Region and Europe

Clarisse Anceau (1) , Tachfine Baida , Hamdi Echkaou (2) , Meriem El Haitami (3) , Abdelouahed Eloufir , Ingrid Heidlmayr-Chegdaly , Salim Hmimnat (4) , Zilvinas Svedkauskas (5) , Lisa Watanabe

1 Sciences Po - Sciences Po
2 Indiana University of Pennsylvania
3 UIR - Université Internationale de Rabat
4 Mohammed V University
5 Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen = Eberhard Karls University of Tuebingen

Policy- and decision-makers striving to prevent and counter violent extremism (P/CVE) in Morocco have recently started to engage women in their programs. Considering women as a means to enter the private sphere, policymakers have often reduced women’s role to their influence within the family. However, women have also played crucial roles beyond the scope of the household, taking the fight against violent extremism as an opportunity to transform gender norms and access the political sphere. In their efforts to include women in P/CVE programs, policymakers should give women a leading role in order to increase the efficiency of their actions as well as to promote women’s agency.

Mots clés: Morocco; Extremism; Gender

Domaines: Sciences de l'Homme et Société

Clarisse Anceau, Tachfine Baida, Hamdi Echkaou, Meriem El Haitami, Abdelouahed Eloufir, et al.. Socio-Economic Development and Violent Extremism in Morocco. Morocco's Regional Policy, Migration and (De-)Radicalization - Policy Briefs from the Region and Europe. 4, German Council on Foreign Relations. 2020. ⟨hal-03938109⟩