{"id":416614,"date":"2011-05-03T19:45:53","date_gmt":"2011-05-03T19:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/03\/study-reveals-alarming-hike-in-unmarried-mothers-in-morocco\/"},"modified":"2011-05-03T19:45:53","modified_gmt":"2011-05-03T19:45:53","slug":"study-reveals-alarming-hike-in-unmarried-mothers-in-morocco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/03\/study-reveals-alarming-hike-in-unmarried-mothers-in-morocco\/","title":{"rendered":"Study reveals alarming hike in unmarried mothers in Morocco"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"85.5403704998\">\n<div readability=\"69.2818574514\">\n<div readability=\"8\">\n<p>Young mothers and pregnant women take refuge in a protection unit in Casablanca, Morocco.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>STORY HIGHLIGHTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A recent study says number of unwed mothers in Morocco rose dramatically from 2008 to 2009<\/li>\n<li>Study shows 60% of unwed mothers are younger than 26 and a third younger than 20<\/li>\n<li>Strong prejudice still remains against unwed mothers from most groups of society<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Casablanca, Morocco (CNN)<\/strong> &#8212; Single mothers in Morocco are breaking records.<\/p>\n<p>A recent study published by a Casablanca support group for single mothers says the number of Morocco&#8217;s unmarried mothers in 2009 is at least double those in 2008 &#8212; 27,200 compared with 11,016 the year before, according to the Institution Nationale de Solidarite Avec Les Femmes en Distresse.<\/p>\n<p>As in most Muslim countries, it is considered an intolerable shame on a family in Morocco if a daughter falls pregnant outside marriage. In many cases, families totally reject a daughter who becomes pregnant before marriage.<\/p>\n<p>Morocco&#8217;s unmarried mothers are mostly young, said Houda El Bourahi, the institute&#8217;s director. The study shows 60% are younger than 26 and a third younger than 20, she said.<\/p>\n<p>According to the 350-page report, the mothers are often in &#8220;vulnerable&#8221; professions, such as house servants, and the majority have a low level of schooling. Often, the women believe that their sexual partners will marry them, and so agree to their demands, according to the study.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Morocco being modern in so many respects, strong prejudice still remains against unwed mothers from most groups of society.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s time to put an end to prejudices held against these women though who are considered by (Moroccan) society as prostitutes,&#8221; El Bourahi said. &#8220;These women are rejected by their families and by society and are not protected by the law.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Since the end of last year, 7,000 women in Casablanca alone had been assisted at the organization&#8217;s Center of Listening on the outskirts of the city, the commercial capital of Morocco with a population of almost 4 million. Furthermore, 2,000 children have been accepted legally by the civil state and 540 have been recognized by their fathers.<\/p>\n<p>The women&#8217;s rights agenda has accelerated dramatically in recent years in Morocco largely following an initiative by King Mohammed VI to give women more equality, both at home and in the workplace. A new law adopted in 2004 gave women more rights as wives, for example.<\/p>\n<p>Still, few men accept unmarried mothers and their offspring despite less of a stigma these days toward women who take up jobs and consider virginity to be an outdated virtue. While many men consider single mothers to be prostitutes, sex workers reportedly represent a tiny percentage of Morocco&#8217;s unmarried mothers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Continue reading here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/rss.cnn.com\/~r\/rss\/edition_africa\/~3\/bXqkTbmITcU\/index.html\" title=\"Study reveals alarming hike in unmarried mothers in Morocco\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Study reveals alarming hike in unmarried mothers in Morocco<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Young mothers and pregnant women take refuge in a protection unit in Casablanca, Morocco. STORY HIGHLIGHTS A recent study says number of unwed mothers in Morocco rose dramatically from 2008 to 2009 Study shows 60% of unwed mothers are younger than 26 and a third younger than 20 Strong prejudice still remains against unwed mothers from most groups of society Casablanca, Morocco (CNN) &#8212; Single mothers in Morocco are breaking records. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":411278,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-416614","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Study reveals alarming hike in unmarried mothers in Morocco - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/03\/study-reveals-alarming-hike-in-unmarried-mothers-in-morocco\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Study reveals alarming hike in unmarried mothers in Morocco - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Young mothers and pregnant women take refuge in a protection unit in Casablanca, Morocco. 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