Gender equality and taxation in Morocco

Morocco has taken significant steps in the past 15 years towards achieving greater gender equality. It ratified CEDAW in 1993 and in December 2008 announced the forthcoming withdrawal of its reservations.1 The government is also committed to achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), including Goal 3 – to promote gender equality and empower women (see High Commission for Planning, 2005, 2007). The new Family Code, adopted in 2004, and the Nationality Code of 2007 should also be considered major gender equality reforms. Among other things, these reforms give women greater autonomy with regard to divorce and citizenship rights.