Morocco aims to grant women more rights over child custody and guardianship as well as a veto over polygamous marriage, in the first review of its family code in 20 years.

Justice Minister, Abdellatif Ouahbi, told reporters that the draft code proposes more than 100 amendments, notably allowing women to stipulate opposition to polygamy in a marriage contract.

In the absence of such opposition, a husband can take a second wife under certain circumstances such as the first wife’s infertility; putting more restrictions on polygamy.

It also aims to simplify and shorten divorce procedures, considers child custody a shared right between spouses and gives either spouse the right to retain the marital home in the event of the other’s death.

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