Rita El Khayat

"Women were in streets like men: both the antagonist wings were present in those strikes and revolutions; we have to say that the number of women was not as important as this of men. They were more or less behind the violence and the determination of men. Veiled women were more important in number that unveiled ones; from the beginning of the Arab Spring, it was clear that Islamists opinions were led by men and that women were led by men. Now, it’s an evidence: women are prayed to support and go on their old roles in society."

"Yes, I agree: the most important thing is to have a strong law imposing equality between men and women regarding salaries all over the world. It’s evident that in this field women are bad treated: doing the same jobs, having the same training, they are less paid and this is the same all over Europe, and of course more visible in the other traditional societies."

"In Morocco, for example, women were employed in a huge number in factories because not involved in strikes, not included in trades unions, paid half or less in front of male comrades. It’s more or less the same until now."

"In the political campaign of May 2012 for the election of the French President, this point was at the top actions of the leftist candidate, I mean inequalities between men and women in one of the most advanced country in the world… we are in the same landscape considering work field. I’m involved as specialized Physician in Medicine Work and Ergonomics."

"It was so difficult to be a girl.It was so hard to be a student of medicine among men. I used to ask myself: why do I have to suffer so much to be myself, to exist."

"My research is based on seeking to understand different people around the world. Then I also go into psychoanalysis, trying to understand common aspects among people and seeing how different cultures mix and merge."

"The people who matter the most in the world are not given due importance, according to the Moroccan academic."

"People who go to work at 4am, people working in hospitals at night does anyone ever acknowledge these people We have to be more and have less."

"I will continue writing and I will carry on trying to promote my thinking. I want to use my research to create awareness in a bid to improve the current situation."

"Violence against women is traditional and ritualistic. And yet, women are best suited to bring peace, while men allow themselves to be overwhelmed by their masculine impulses."

"According to official figures from the High Commission for Planning, in 2021 the total cost of physical and/or sexual violence against women was estimated at 2.85 billion dirhams (approximately $308 million) per year. 62.8% of women aged 18 to 65 report having experienced physical, psychological, sexual, or economic violence; among them, 55% report being victims of domestic violence and 13.5% of family violence. Violence affects all categories of women, but particularly those between the ages of 15 and 24."