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The female workforce in Morocco is very interesting to me. One group and identity that we saw was women in Morocco that are educated but do not hold a job to stay home with their family and children.  World Bank Blogs stated, "For men, this decline is mostly present in youth mainly because of greater education enrollment, while for women this phenomenon touches all ages and is not necessarily correlated with education enrollment" (Lopez-Acevedo et al., 2024). This was consistent to what I heard the students at ENA university speak of during lunch as we toured their university. When I asked them what percentage of students make of female/male student population, their response was that their school was around 70% female and 30% male. This is a huge discrepancy, and one that is incredibly impactful to this country. The students from ENA went on to say that women stay at home upon completing their education and men find it hard to sacrifice work for school, so most of the school is women. This affects Morocco's workforce not only in numbers, but also quality of the workforce. The most educated people are not working while those with less education are. Below I have added a graph that shows the discrepancy between men and women in the workplace in Morocco from World Bank Blogs. The graph demonstrates an increase in this discrepancy with women's participation in the workforce trending down.


(Lopez-Acevedo et al., 2024)






Lopez-Acevedo, G., Devoto, F., Cerda, M. M., & Rodriguez, J. a. R. (2024, April 12). Morocco: Exploring women’s low labor force participation. Morocco: Exploring women’s low labor force participation. Retrieved June 9, 2024, from https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/developmenttalk/morocco-exploring-womens-low-labor-force-participation

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  1. Taira AkioluJune 11, 2024 at 7:11 AM

    I found it intriguing too that despite the majority of students being women at most of the universities we visited, many choose to stay at home and care for their children instead of entering the workforce. This contrasted with my understanding of the situation in America, where there's often a choice between being a stay-at-home parent or both partners working and utilizing childcare services.



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