UEMF Awarded for its Gender Equality Strategy at the 6th Edition of the Professional Equality Trophies Ceremony

On Thursday, May 12, 2022, in Rabat, the Euromed University of Fes, the only awarded university, won the certificate of excellence for its Gender Equality Strategy. UEMF achieved the highest score in each of the ten themes proposed in the application dossier for the Trophy.

The Professional Equality Trophy aims to recognize the commitment of institutions and reward the best actions undertaken in terms of gender equality, to promote and share the best practices initiated by institutions for the promotion of professional equality, and to raise awareness among all economic and social actors about the benefits of enshrining professional equality on institutional performance.

This 6th edition, organized with the support of the MCA-Morocco Agency as part of the implementation of the "Compact II" cooperation program, funded by the United States government, represented by MCC, saw the participation of Mr. Younes Sekkouri, Minister of Economic Inclusion, Small Business, Employment and Skills, along with Ms. Malika Laasri, Director General of the Millennium Challenge Account-Morocco Agency (MCA-Morocco), and Ms. Carrie Monahan, Resident Director of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC).

Driven by a firm will to strengthen its commitments in favor of gender equality and fully engaged in promoting and implementing a series of inclusive, equitable, and ethical measures, UEMF was recently elected as the top university in the region for respecting and achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by the Times Higher Education (THE) international ranking. In the same vein, UEMF is also part of an international consortium of eleven Francophone institutions working together to achieve gender equality on their campuses.

Also taking part in this ceremony were representatives from certain embassies and international organizations accredited to Morocco, social partners, representatives from certain national institutions and concerned government departments, as well as civil society and media actors.