Fouzia El Bayed

Fouzia El Bayed is a Moroccan women's rights advocate, a former member of the Parliament of Morocco belonging to the Constitutional Union party, a member of the Human Rights Committee of Liberal International, and the first president of the Morocco chapter of the International Network of Liberal Women. Quotes The role of women is strong…Morocco is moving forward on a liberal and democratic path…we are reforming the legal system and we can use the constitution to deepen our democracy. Fouzia El Bayed speaking on the issue of liberal democracy This is the expression that young people invented, who took to the streets, who protested — sometimes violently — to demand change for greater freedom, dignity, for work, and for the sharing of wealth This revolution took place without weapons, but under the auspices of the media with an expression that men “get lost” The protest movement spread and there were many victims, a civil war came about- in some places the situation degenerated, in other places the protest was peaceful The new constitution was done in a participatory manner; all the different voices participated and this was done after a period of discussion in an atmosphere of openness- there was no criticism, there were no critiques- and this took place nowhere else in this way except for Tunisia, which seems to have followed the Moroccan example The role of women is strong and we have addressed this quite often. We have a number of women in decision-making positions in the legislature, in the communities and in regions, and we have now acquired 30% representation by women After the Arab Spring with Fouzia Elbayed,Summit(s): 2015,Speaker: Fouzia Elbayed External links Category:Women's rights activists Category:Women politicians in Morocco Category:Living people Category:Women activists from Morocco