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Even though girls and women make up increasing proportions of the international migrant population of North Africa, and despite the prevalence of studies on migration in, through, and to North Africa, there is limited research focusing specifically on the experiences of women and girls. Girls who migrate face exposure to intersecting risks that can interfere with their ability to realise their human rights and fulfil their potential as individuals. Restrictive gender norms and gender inequalities affect critical aspects of girls’ migration journeys, influencing their motivations and decisions…
This research report, developed by the IPC-IG and the UNICEF MENA Regional Office for Middle East and North Africa, presents five case studies that demonstrate how integrated social protection and child protection systems enhance efficiency, especially of the social service workforce, and improve socio-economic and child outcomes: Tunisia, Morocco, Iraq, Egypt, and Brazil.
The Multi-Country Review of the State of the Social Service Workforce in the Middle East and Africa Region Report shows that gaps in workforce support and funding negatively affect the quality and effectiveness of social services, leading to missed opportunities for protecting children and improving the well-being of the region’s most vulnerable populations. The report is a review of the social service workforce in eight countries: Djibouti, Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Sudan and Tunisia.
Highlights from the report include:
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This country care review includes the care-related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child and the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The Committees' recommendations on the issues relevant to children's care are highlighted, as well as other care-related concluding observations, ratification dates, and links to the Universal Periodic Review and Hague Intercountry Adoption Country Profile.
Organisée par le Bureau Permanent de la Haye, une formation internationale a eu lieu les 8 et 9 Décembre 2015 en Jordanie.
45 Experts de Bahreïn, Jordanie, Maroc et Tunisie ainsi que d'Allemagne, du Canada et de l'Angleterre y compris des membres du Bureau Permanent ont échangé à propos de la pertinence d'un certain nombre de conventions de la Haye concernant la région du Moyen-Orient Afrique du Nord. Peu de temps après, une formation a été donnée pour les juges en Albanie au sujet des conflits familiaux transfrontaliers.
Près de 24 nouveaux-nés sont abandonnés quotidiennement au Maroc, selon la dernière enquête menée par l’association marocaine Insaf. Aujourd’hui, ils seraient plus de 8.760 enfants en attente d’une kafala. Ce constat, pour le moins troublant, a été soulevé lors des débats programmés par le Salon de la petite enfance et de la kafala.
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Le projet Tamkine Migrants, financé par l’Union européenne pour 80% et par l’ONG Terre des hommes pour 20%, est mis en œuvre par Terre des Hommes Espagne, en partenariat avec les associations marocaines Oum El Banine, et GADEM et France Volontaires. Il a duré trois ans, du 15 mai 2011 au 15 mai 2014. Terre des hommes Lausanne a pris en charge une continuation des activités médico-sociales jusqu’en décembre 2014, afin d’assurer une transition vers d’autres acteurs.
Le projet visait à diminuer les effets de la vulnérabilité des migrantes subsahariennes et de leurs enfants en bas-…
TAMARWOUTE, Maroc: Kaouthar Oudrhiri Nadia was just 16 when she was married off to a violent husband old enough to be her father — an ordeal thousands of Moroccan girls face every year due to a legal loophole.
"I went through hell. But the nightmare is behind me now," she said.
Nadia, from a remote part of the North African kingdom's Anti-Atlas mountains, managed to win a divorce after a year of marriage.
"The Moroccan Ministry of Solidarity, Social Development, Equality, and Family has launched an action plan to protect children in vulnerable situations, in light of the special circumstances of the novel coronavirus crisis," says this article from Morocco World News. "The plan targets Moroccan children who reside in social welfare centers and homeless children, the ministry declared in a press release."
Germany is considering plans to open two reception centers in Morocco for repatriated children.