The Ytto Foundation for Shelter and Rehabilitation of Women Victims of Violence, founded in 2004 in Casablanca, is dedicated to the defence of women's rights, particularly in remote areas. It organizes "caravans for the rights of women and girls" with the aim of raising awareness, providing information and helping to organize women in remote areas located in the High Atlas, Middle Atlas and the Moroccan Pre-Rif.
The "Social Caravan for Equality in the Moroccan Rif" project will take place in the landlocked villages of northern Morocco in 2018, an area of strong conservatism and religious extremism, where women's rights are violated and women and girls are economically exploited. The 2017 caravan in the same region has proven to be a success, so the Ytto Foundation has decided to renew it in 2018. It will be carried out with the following objectives:
Freeing the voices of women in landlocked and marginalized regions
Involvement of women and girls in the process of legal and socio-economic change in their communities
Eradication of underage marriages
Eradication of forced marriages of girls from families residing abroad
Ensuring genuine vocational education and training for girls.
Involvement of young boys in the steps to be taken for equal rights between men/women, girls/boys.
Elimination of violence against women and girls
Ensure respect for the physical integrity and autonomy of women
Ensure full respect for women's economic rights and economic justice
Expanding democratic space, ensuring inclusive governance and equal participation of women in the political arena
Following the different passages of the Ytto Foundation caravans in the High and Middle Atlas, several women's groups have been formed and are developing multiple activities to work for the emancipation of rural women. The MFFed allocation will fund a coordinator to facilitate the work of the associations.
