Morocco is reforming its family code, the Moudawana, after twenty years. Reform comes as calls for gender equality grow louder and Islamist influence wanes.
![Morocco's prime minister-designate Aziz Akhannouch (C), Abdellatif Ouahbi (L), president of Morocco's Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) and Nizar Baraka (R), president of the Istiqlal Party, gather after Akhannouch announced a coalition of RNI, PAM and Istiqlal, on September 22 , 2021 in Rabat [Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/2021-09/GettyImages-1235418983.jpg?h=881fb769&itok=cFYqRWle)
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