A woman walking the central streets of Marrakech. Behind her, a graffi: of red roses painted on an old building.
A woman walking the central streets of Marrakech. Behind her, a graffi: of red roses painted on an old building.
Jemaa el Fna. A man and a woman in a common meeting place of Marrakech, where every day several vendors sell goods of all
kinds.
A woman entering into the association “El Amane pour le femme et l’enfant”. Established in the early twenty-first century, this
non-governmental organization organizes work, study and leisure for the social development of women.
On the streets of Marrakech, a young woman on a scooter. The possibility for women to drive a private vehicle it’s not allowed in
all Islamic countries.
Two women outside Medina’s walls.
The liKle girl with pink veil holding the hand of his younger brother. The grandmother looks at them from the bench. The birth rate in Morocco is 22.7%, the infant mortality rate to 6.3%. The annual growth rate of the population over the last five years is stable at 1.4%.
A view of Marrakech from one of the many red bricks terraces that characterize the city.
Two women and a child walk away after doing some shopping at the Marrakesh market.
A road made busy by the many scooters that roam around the city. Many citizen choose these vehicles to move around the city. Scooters are used even to accompany children to school. Education is compulsory between 7 and 13 years of age.
Some children coming back home from a school in Medina. Very often, women in Morocco walk in pairs or in groups, sharing together the various daily activities to be carried out in the city.
A woman covered by a burqa walks on a street in Marrakech. In Morocco, the population is predominantly Muslim (Sunni 97%, Sciiti 2%).
A woman asks for directions from a man on the roadside.
A sign in French advertises a Marrakech beauty center for the care of female beauty.
In the garden of the Royal Palace in Marrakech, a soldier reads his book sitting in a fountain without water. The emancipation of women is a process that cannot fail to be accompanied by a greater awareness and sensitization of men.
Halima Oulami, the director of the center “El Amane pour le femme et l’enfant.”
Sewing machines in the room where a sewing class is held for aspiring seamstresses at the association “El Amane pour le femme et l’enfant.”
A pair of women browse magazines from a kiosk in the city. Although recent years has increased the literacy rate, there are however disadvantages for women in education, social participation and in the life of the couple.
A poster on violence against women hanging at the Association “El Amane pour le femme et l’enfant”.
A woman waiting at a gas station.
Policewoman directing traffic at an intersection of Marrakech. Various public and social responsibility positions in the country have seen a rise in women’s participation. Although there has been an increase in this direction, it remains high youth unemployment (9.9%, of which 27.2% women) in Morocco, especially among the higher educated young people.
Oumaima Mhijir, head of communications at the Amal restaurant. The Amal Women’s Training Center & Moroccan Restaurant, is a real company in Morocco. The activity is the brainchild of Nora Fitzgerald, to teach disadvantaged women a trade that gives them social and human redemption. Amal, many women learn to cook, to handle restaurant rooms and customers and to be an active part of society.
A French lesson in one of the rooms used as a class in Amal restaurant.
A woman walks among the many markets in the city.
A woman waiting on the street corner in a busy intersection in Marrakech.
Two friends in the reading room of the Association “El Amane pour le femme et l’enfant”.
Shadows and lights in a street of Marrakesh. Two women pass next to a seller of scarves and veils.
A girl walking alone among the shops open late in the evening. Among the products on sale, many products are western import. Foreign trade is particularly active with Spain, followed by France, Brazil and Italy.
The evening meeting in the Jemaa el Fna.
Graffiti of a woman’s face with a chador, on a wall hidden by lanterns and trees in a small square in Marrakech.
Marrakech- La storia delle donne del Marocco racchiude realtà figlie della partecipazione e dell’inclusione femminile nei processi sociali ed economici, sostenuti dalla politica del giovane Re Mohammed VI.
Indipendente dal 1956, il Marocco è stato terra di forti cambiamenti interni espressi, principalmente, nelle cosiddette “Primavere Arabe” del 2011.
Nonostante la parità dei sessi sia ancora lontana, l’universo femminile ha consolidato la sua ascesa nella vita pubblica e politica del paese. Nel 2004, con la modifica della Mudawana (il codice per il diritto di famiglia), l’ex protettorato francese, ha compiuto un passo fondamentale verso una maggiore espressione della donna nella società marocchina.
Questo processo socio/culturale, ha avuto inizio con l’aumento dell’età minima per il matrimonio a diciotto anni, l’abolizione dell’obbligo della potestà maritale ed il diritto ad avere patrimonio distinto per i coniugi.
Le nuove disposizioni istituzionali e giuridiche, inoltre, hanno come intento promuovere la condizione delle donne, permettendo loro di essere maggiormente presenti nell’istituzione parlamentare attraverso la possibilità di candidarsi ad elezioni municipali e legislative.
Marrakech, una delle città più grandi del paese, conserva ancora sacche di povertà e radicata prostituzione. Questa condizione, convive con l’emancipazione sostenuta da quelle donne che partecipano attivamente a questo progresso. Numerose associazioni presenti sul territorio garantiscono spazi ed attività culturali per far coltivare idee e consapevolezza dell’essere donna.
Le fotografie sono state scattate a Marrakech, nel maggio del 2016 da Michele Cirillo e Martina Martelloni
Nato nel 1988, Michele Cirillo è un fotoreporter e docente di fotografia di Roma interessato all’utilizzo della fotografia come strumento per raccontare storie da tutto il mondo. Ha viaggiato in paesi come Messico, Ecuador, Tanzania, Kurdistan, Turchia, Bosnia e Palestina per documentare le diverse realtà culturali, etniche, e geopolitiche.
Sito web: michelecirillo.com
