WORKING MOTHERS IN MOROCCO

WORKING MOTHERS IN MOROCCO

In the last two decades, there have been tremendous changes in our social life. More and more women are working outside their homes as doctors, nurses, and teachers or simply as unskilled workers. This has greatly affected the lifestyle of many Moroccan families. Some people think that working mothers sometimes neglect their Children and have little time to look after their homes and their children.

There is no doubt that some working women find it difficult to take care of their children while working outside. However, women are not the only ones to blame for this situation. Taking care of the children is not the responsibility of mothers alone. Fathers should share this responsibility with their wives and lend them a helping hand with some of the housework.

Working mothers are educated and can help their children with their homework. In addition, working mothers bring money home and help their husbands to face the ever increasing cost of living. They share in the high expenses of living and they buy their children nice clothes and toys which jobless mothers cannot afford.

Bringing up children is the duty of both the man and the woman. If husbands and wives and their children help each other, women won't have big problems working outside and being good mothers taking good care of their children.

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MOROCCAN IMMIGRANTS IN EUROPE

MOROCCAN IMMIGRANTS IN EUROPE

Immigration is not a new phenomenon. Throughout history, immigration has always had a positive effect on the enrichment of cultures and also on creating an atmosphere of cultural and religious diversity in the host communities.
In many cases this contact between different cultures has led to tolerance and understanding since these different cultures could coexist peacefully and in a harmonious way.

There are many Moroccan immigrants in Europe who left their country for different reasons. Some went for studying but the majority went to look for a job and better living conditions. However, very few Moroccan immigrants are successful and many find it difficult to adapt to a foreign culture.

In the 60s and 70s of the last century, the first Moroccan immigrants were welcomed to Europe although they worked in very hard conditions. Most of these immigrants were unskilled and illiterate. They didn't speak their host country's language. Therefore they had problems to communicate and adapt to their new life. Moreover, they thought they could stay there for a short period of time and come back home.

Unfortunately, these immigrants settled there, married and had children. Their children are their main source of problems. First, these immigrants’ children don't study well at school for different reasons and thus find themselves unemployed because they don’t have the necessary qualifications which would enable them to compete with the others in the job market. Second, they don't listen to their parents and find it difficult to adapt both to their new life and their home country culture. They are torn between two cultures and two identities. The parents feel guilty and responsible for this situation..

To sum up, it's good to travel around the world or go studying abroad. However, it's very difficult to live there for ever and not many immigrants succeed in adapting to a foreign culture.

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