Soumaya Naamane Guessous

Soumaya Naamane Guessous is a Moroccan sociologist, champion of women's rights, and columnist.

Quotes

• We know very well that pensions are ridiculous and that not all the population has pension rights and medical coverage
• What has been bothering me for the last 20 years is to see families getting more and more nuclearised because they have to adapt to the changing lifestyle
• Before, it was the children who were taking care of their parents but now it’s the other way round because of the current economic climate that is making it difficult for children to quit their parents’ house at an early age
• There is a lack of leisure places where the elderly can spend their time. It is heartbreaking to see old men playing checkers with a piece of cardboard and stones in the streets. This will adversely affect their dignity and make them feel marginalised in their own society, which will backfire on their fami­lies
• We are going to reach a stage in which the government will not be able to pay pensions because there will be a minority (workforce) work­ing for a majority (pensioners)
  • Morocco’s population predicted to age significantly,08/10/2017,by Saad Guerraoui
• When I travelled in the most re­mote areas in Morocco, I asked the youth about their dream and the an­swer was to leave the countryside
• We will end up with an ageing population in rural areas because of the youth’s exodus
• is due to the absence of a solid political structure to improve the standard of living in rural areas.
  • Morocco’s population predicted to age significantly,08/10/2017,by Saad Guerraoui
• Consequently, the cities will find themselves unable to accom­modate the increasing number of country people who are likely to live in substandard housing, which will in turn exacerbate poverty and crime and place considerable strain on their infrastructure, especially schools and hospitals
• The rural flow is so important that it has surpassed the creation of housing despite the extraordi­nary policy of social housing
• Right now, we have not seen any long-term strategies and policies that can adapt to these situations. It is good to project the country’s future population but the main question is: What are we going to do today to solve these problems?
  • Morocco’s population predicted to age significantly,08/10/2017,by Saad Guerraoui
• there used to be some degree of tolerance as Moroccans would not incriminate, condemn or judge homosexuals
• More youngsters go to the mosque and feel invested in the mission to defend Islam against disbelievers who want to destroy it and push Muslims towards fornication and deprivation
  • In Morocco, a Struggle Over Sexuality,March 3, 2016,By Kamilia Lahrichi Contributor