After the Covid, Inchallah. Investigating, lags and challenges of WPS (Women, Peace and Security) Agenda implementation in Morocco

This article aims at describing the political context and the main causes that explain to what extent the WPS agenda does not represent a national priority for decision makers and why the adoption of a NAP is proceeding very slowly in Morocco. Based on a state of the art of the literature on WPS in Morocco and drawn on 15 semi-structured interviews targeting institutional actors, academics and civil society representatives, the study brings out some of the strategic axes that the implementation of the WPS agenda could potentially imply: in terms of internal politics, the implementation of the WPS Agenda and the adoption of a NAP could imply important advancements in terms of fighting against GbV, in preventing conflicts and in the enactement of the transitional justice politics; in terms of international relations, the WPS agenda implies some crucial entaglements related with the peace process between Morocco and Western Sahara as well as with Algeria and at the same time uncovers Moroccan interests towards the pan-African context.