Morocco: call to strengthen marriage and reduce divorces

Aziz Rabbah, as part of discussions relating to the reform of the Family Code (Moudawana), called for the implementation of measures to promote marriage and reduce cases of divorce.

The head of the association invited the authorities to investigate the causes of reluctance to marry, to train future brides and grooms and to put in place financial and tax incentives for the first years of the first marriage. Rabbah also called for measures to be introduced to reduce cases of divorce, to better regulate amicable divorce to avoid abuse, and to guarantee the rights of both parties after divorce, in particular alimony, custody of children as well as their protection against any form of violence or exploitation in the event of the remarriage of one of the parents.