Morocco: In Focus

Following the input received from women’s advocates in the Indicator Working Group Meeting held in Beirut, Lebanon in May 2009 and the subsequent NGO workshop held in Rabat also in May 2009, IFES and its partner organization, the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR), finalized the Morocco questionnaire. IFES contracted the local survey firm LMS-CSA to carry out the survey. LMS concluded field work in Morocco in January 2010, marking the successful completion of the second survey for the SWMENA project.

Status of Women in the Middle East and North Africa

IFES and the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) have united their years of experience in research and capacity building to enhance the status of women in the Middle East and North Africa. Through comparative and country‐specific surveys, the project measures how women in Lebanon, Morocco and Yemen see themselves as members of society, the economy and the polity. Using the information obtained from the surveys, the project seeks to build capacity of local NGOs seeking to improve women’s well‐being by providing them with tools to develop policy recommendations and skills for working on advocacy campaigns.

Focus on Lebanon | Control of Financial Assets Topic Brief

This topic brief presents key findings about asset control based on data from the 2009 SWMENA survey in Lebanon. It includes an analysis of women’s control over assets, focusing on how earnings are spent, financial decision making and control over personal property and financial savings.

Gender Issues, Public Funding, Political Finance, Financial Disclosure