Looking back at the most important initiatives taken by the Kingdom in this field, Miriam Ragala, Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Morocco to the United Nations Office in Geneva, highlighted the New Development Model (NMD), which reflects the Kingdom's ambition to build a more inclusive and egalitarian society.

The NMD, which places women at the heart of national development, is based on the generalization of social protection and aims to increase the female employment rate to 45% by 2035, explained the diplomat, speaking at an annual high-level panel discussion on the "Thirtieth Anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action."

She also mentioned the National Integrated Program for Women's Economic Empowerment, which aims to facilitate women's access to the job market, support female entrepreneurship, and strengthen the role of rural women in the economy by 2030.

Furthermore, she added, the revision of the Family Code, launched in September 2023, reaffirms Morocco's determination to ensure more effective gender equality, in line with its national and international commitments to human rights.

Thanks to all the national efforts, "all of the twelve Moroccan regions have seen remarkable dynamism in terms of progress and concrete achievements," the diplomat stated, noting that this dynamic has improved economic and social inclusion, while meeting people's growing aspirations for equality and development.

On a multilateral level, Ragala noted that Morocco—alongside a cross-regional core group—will be introducing the only resolution on gender at this 58th session of the Human Rights Council: "Women, Diplomacy, and Human Rights."

This initiative reaffirms the priority given to women's empowerment, while calling for greater international cooperation to accelerate progress on women's rights.

The high-level panel brought together high-level representatives from UN agencies and funds, member and observer states, and other stakeholders. The event recalled the importance of the commitments made in the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, 30 years after the Fourth World Conference on Women and the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.

Panelists took stock of the progress made over the past 30 years towards its implementation in their areas of work and discussed the relevance of this visionary document in addressing current and emerging challenges and accelerating progress towards the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by all women and girls.

Chaired by Switzerland, current President of the HRC, the meeting was attended by the President of the UN General Assembly, the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and several heads of UN agencies and international organizations.