Fouzia El Bayed

Fouzia El Bayed is a Moroccan women's rights advocate, a former member of the Parliament of Morocco belonging to the Constitutional Union party, a member of the Human Rights Committee of Liberal International, and the first president of the Morocco chapter of the International Network of Liberal Women.

Quotes

• The role of women is strong…Morocco is moving forward on a liberal and democratic path…we are reforming the legal system and we can use the constitution to deepen our democracy.
  • Fouzia El Bayed speaking on the issue of liberal democracy
• This is the expression that young people invented, who took to the streets, who protested — sometimes violently — to demand change for greater freedom, dignity, for work, and for the sharing of wealth
• This revolution took place without weapons, but under the auspices of the media with an expression that men “get lost”
• The protest movement spread and there were many victims, a civil war came about- in some places the situation degenerated, in other places the protest was peaceful
• The new constitution was done in a participatory manner; all the different voices participated and this was done after a period of discussion in an atmosphere of openness- there was no criticism, there were no critiques- and this took place nowhere else in this way except for Tunisia, which seems to have followed the Moroccan example
• The role of women is strong and we have addressed this quite often. We have a number of women in decision-making positions in the legislature, in the communities and in regions, and we have now acquired 30% representation by women
  • After the Arab Spring with Fouzia Elbayed,Summit(s): 2015,Speaker: Fouzia Elbayed