The Deutsch-Marokkanische Liga (DML) is launching a new project to increase the capacity of Moroccan women’s civil society organizations to effectively and efficiently promote women’s rights and women’s empowerment thanks to grants from the Open Society Institute and the German Technical Cooperation GTZ.

The Deutsch-Marokkanische Liga (DML) is launching a new initiative promoting the peaceful co-existence of Moroccans both at home and abroad thanks to a grant from the Anna Lindh Foundation.

Long years of conflict in the Western Sahara region have produced feelings of intolerance, hostility and antagonism, not only between members of the rebel Polisario Front and the Moroccan government, but also between the Sahrawi community and their counterparts. Though they may share the same religion, language and some common customs and traditions, these groups remain politically divided.

We've all heard phrases such as "Gender Equality" and "Equal Rights for Women" but what does it all mean and why is equality so important in society?

What is Gender Equality?

Hundreds of years of societal value systems, traditions and religious beliefs have resulted in women being suppressed, undervalued and discriminated against. Stereotyping has had the effect of severely limiting women's potential in society, creating unnecessary hardship, and perpetuating an inaccurate belief that women are of less value in society than men. It is precisely this stereotyping that various organizations, activists, human rights groups, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), governments and legislative bodies have been working tirelessly for years to overcome.

In the wake of the previous project and its level of sustainability the partner organisation, the Palestinian Future Society for Development and Democracy (Almustaqbal), based in Palestine, intends to initiate the establishment of the Palestinian Youth Government in the West Bank southern governorates with the participation of youth activists and leaders of both sexes. Youth groups who benefited from training in the previous project and contributed to its success will assist them. This project will adopt a principle of election that moves away from language of selection based on national, ethnic or partisan background, while also rejecting the system of inductions.