Acknowledgements
This report was researched and written by Jo Becker, advocacy director of the Children’s Rights Division of Human Rights Watch, with research assistance by Brahim Elansari, research assistant for the Middle East and North Africa Division of Human Rights Watch.
The report was reviewed by Zama Coursen-Neff, director of the Children’s Rights Division; Eric Goldstein, deputy director of the Middle East and North Africa Division; Nisha Varia, senior researcher in the Women’s Rights Division; Clive Baldwin, senior legal advisor; and Babatunde Olugboji, deputy program director of Human Rights Watch. Production and editing assistance was provided by Noah Beaudette, associate in the Children’s Rights Division. Anna Lopriore, creative manager, Grace Choi, publication director, Kathy Mills, publications specialist, and Fitzroy Hepkins, mail and print manager, provided production assistance.
Human Rights Watch is grateful to the following for their invaluable assistance during our research, and in particular, for facilitating our interviews with former child domestic workers: Omar El Kindi, Meriem Kamal, Omar Saadoune, Amal Mouhssine, and Larby Bakhouz of INSAF; Amina L’Malih and Saida Saghir of Association Bayti; and Hafida El Baz of Association Solidarite Feminine. We also thank Malika El Atifi and Mahdi Halmi of UNICEF; Malak Ben Chekroun and Laurence Dubois of the International Labour Organization; Saadia Serghini of the Casablanca Child Protection Unit; and representatives of the National Human Rights Council (CNDH) for meeting with us and providing helpful information.
We acknowledge the helpful cooperation of Abderrazak Rouwane and the Interministerial Delegation for Human Rights of the Kingdom of Morocco; and thank the government officials who agreed to be interviewed for this report, including Abdelouahad Souhail, minister of employment and professional development, and Bassima Hakkaoui, minister of solidarity, women, family, and social development.
Most of all, Human Rights Watch thanks the girls and young women who shared with us their experiences as domestic workers in Morocco.