Integration of Women into Morocco Training for Development Project

摘要

Since 1983, some 1,000 Moroccan public sector employees have received short- orlong-term U.S. training under A.I.D.'s Sector Support Training Project. Women's participation remains constrained by three factors. (1) The pool of women candidates is very small, since women make up only 12% of professional public servants and only 35% of university graduate students. (2) The marketing of the training programs by a single Moroccan agency has not ensured women's access to program information. (3) Cultural and social obstacles impede women from participating equally. The report recommends strategies and related interventions to counteract these obstacles. A major recommendation is to expand training to include private sector employees, particularly administrative workers, 97.8% of which are women. Other recommendations include lessening the social barriers to women's training by providing women in-country training opportunities; marketing the training program through the mass media and through traditional groups and women's organizations; and targeting women for entrepreneur training. Procedures for implementing the recommended strategies and interventions are presented in conclusion.