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With the advent of the 21st century, women in Morocco scored significant social, legal, and political gains. Armed with education, they did not only improve their socioeconomic and political status, but also their self-confidence in public spaces that have hitherto been constructed as “male.” As a result, new feminine roles emerged that deeply affected traditional gender-role assignment, family, and society at large. In other words, the spectacular entry of Moroccan women into the powerful spheres of decision-and policymaking is shattering the foundations of a centuries-old and pervasive space-based patriarchy and is feminizing authority, the instrument par excellence of this patriarchy.
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Sadiqi, F. (2016). The Feminization of Authority in Morocco. In: Vianello, M., Hawkesworth, M. (eds) Gender and Power. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137514165_17
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