Moroccan political parties are being urged to offer marriage grants, forgive state-backed loans as couples have children and double maternity leave to six months, placing the cost of forming and sustaining families into the debate over their programs for the 2026 legislative elections.
The proposals from the Azzahrae Forum for Moroccan Women come as Morocco confronts two trends that existing family policy has struggled to reverse: fertility has fallen below the population-replacement level, while women’s participation in the labour market remains among the lowest in the region.
Morocco’s fertility rate dropped to 1.97 children per woman in 2024, below the replacement threshold of 2.1, according to the High Commission…