World Morocco - The Story - International Women's Day

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Can anyone suggest, or offer, support of any kind for this woman who is experiencing increasingly nasty harassment in Mohammedia, Morocco?

She does not want to marry and is suffering mounting threats in consequence. I know this list isn't for individual cases, but her situation is not unusual (2 similar emails to noii in the last couple of months, from very brave but desperate women). Being a woman should be a no-question qualification for asylum. Interesting to speculate why it isn't. In solidarity, Bob (source )


This is her first email, sent September: 

I am born in morocco, live actualy in morocco, I don't need food I don't need a place to live, I have all those things but I dont have dignity, if I continue to live in morocco I think I will lose my life, or I will end my life. I can't have a job, or I dont have money to look for a job, at 24 years, now I Am 37 years I don't have a job I can't take the mentality of people around me, I can't marry a man I don't love I don't partage with him the same mentality, and people around me really pushing me, to marry anyone, I can't live in morroco anymore ,I can't go outside because of the mentality and racisim vs woman, yah a woman is but nothing, I need a home to live there, when I say home, I mean a country, a real countery like home, where I can work where i can live, where i can be me, with no pressure for anyone, a country where human has all his rights, I can't marry just to please anybody, mariage is a decision my decision, not an escape, but a decision. people around me are pushing me to get a husband and go out my home, because Iam 37 years, I have two options: go out morroco to a country where I will find my self, I can live with dignity or I will end my life. they are tourturing me psychicly. I tried once go die by the sea swim intill I die, but I couldn't, I think if I dont go out morocco I will the next time. Im sorry and I'm not, I have a diplome in [deleted] I never found a job and where ever I go people wonna to marry me, the problem i'm not a beauty queen but i'm not ugly. I just wonna live with dignity, no plus no less. If you find my english bad, I'm just trying speaking english, I'm a francophone. I need to have my right to live as my self,be my self, not be them. I need a country where I will find the same mentality that I have, I have a right in this earth, the right to decide my own life, to live by my own work, to live in my own house, and decide mariage when I want not because, I have to, I don't need mariage, I need my own life, my own right to live with dignity. I hope that you will understand that asking for an asil is not for people living in war in their own country, but also for a woman who think that she has the right to live where they respect her mind, like where they respect same sexe mariage. 

This was sent a day or two ago: 

I know that you are a small group, there is some actuality, I did'nt talk about it last time, here in morocco, in mohammedia and casa and rabat, where ever I go there is people following me spiting in front of me, and get necked they show me there penis and pie in front of me, why because, they that I refuse getting married with a moroccan, because they know that I refuse there mentality by refusing them, there is a concierge his name is [deleted], where ever I go he's following me he has reations with the police moroccan that explain he know when I go out and where, he gave him the local to make prostitution, he know that I saw him once with a prostitute and since then he is attacking me, by sending people spiting in front of me, and showing there penises. now he'is trying to create me problems to put me in jail and there raping me, who knows, I believe there is a justice in this earth, I have a right, in tihs world, I hope you can help me if you can't I believe in god justice. I will not sorrender, I did nothing bad all I did definding my self. I need help. here in morocco it's a shame go to the police and say all this, also, I know they will never give me my justice, because I hate there mentality, I can't be like them, I can' work with them, or marry them or or or or. I believe in justice in this earth, they want me to put a end to my life but I can't do it, I don't know. just tell people my story, I'm not asking for charity I'm asking for a right.

 [name, phone numbers and address removed]