After Morocco's independence from France, Moroccan women were able to start going to schools that focused on teaching more than simply religion, expanding their education to the sciences and other subjects.

A historical example is the figure of Kahina, a legendary Amazigh female military leader who fought against the Arab expansion into North Africa.

Following long social and cultural traditions, the silversmiths of such ethnic groups created intricate jewellery to adorn their female customers.

Traditional rural Amazigh jewellery was usually made of silver and includes elaborate triangular fibula brooches, originally used as clasps for garments, as well as necklaces, bracelets, earrings and similar items.

They play an important role in their communities by providing commodities such as tents, clothing, rugs, sacks, and ceramic pots, in addition to acting as healers, marriage brokers, midwives, cooks, agriculturalists, and pastoralists.Following the Arab expansion into the Maghreb region, some women took on significant roles in the institutional foundation of landmarks that continue to function today.

Fatima al-Fihri, for example, is credited for founding the Karaouine mosque in Fes in 859, which in later centuries developed into the "world's first academic degree-granting institution of higher education".

Laila Lalami has also become a popular figure in literature on Morocco, being the first Moroccan author to publish a book of fiction in English.

Other Moroccan women who gained prominence through their published work include Leila Abouzeid, Latifa Baka, Khnata Bennouna, Farida Diouri, and Bahaa Trabelsi.

Moroccan women artists also gained regional and international popularity, including Lalla Essaydi, Samira Said, Amel Bent, Najat Aatabou, Dounia Batma, and Naima Samih, among others.

[16] Various Moroccan women have held positions in the government, cabinet, and high ranks in political parties, including Asma Chaabi, Nawal El Moutawakel, Bassima Hakkaoui, Nouzha Skalli, and Mbarka Bouaida, among others.

During the beginning of Morocco's version of the Arab Uprisings that began in December 2010 following the self-immolation of Tunisian fruit vendor Mohammed Bouazizi, an unmarried Moroccan mother, Fadoua Laroui, set herself on fire in front of a municipal office in protest of her public housing application getting rejected.

Like other neighboring countries, Morocco introduced Law n° 59–11 in 2011, which created a quota system that allocated one-third of the seats in the Lower House of Parliament to women.

Most notably, following the suicide of Amina Filali, a young girl who was forced to marry her rapist, various Moroccan woman organizations, such as Union de l'Action Feminine,[21] pushed for the reform of Article 475 from Morocco's penal code.

Prior to the national campaign, Article 475 was the law cited by the judge in Amina Filali's case that stated a rapist may be acquitted of charges if he marries his victim.

Various women's organizations supported these measures, such as l'Union de l'Action Féminine (UAF) and Association Marocaine pour les Droits des Femmes (ADFM).

According to Article 453 of the Penal Code,[27] abortion is only allowed if the mother's physical health is threatened but the authorisation of a physician and the spouse is still required.

This national debate was sparked by the activism of Dr. Chafik Chraibi,[29] the former head of the department of obstetrics and gynaecology at a state maternity hospital in Rabat who founded the non-profit organisation the Moroccan Association for the Fight Against Clandestine Abortion (AMLAC).

A national debate was sparked again following the death of a 14-year-old girl called Meriem[30] who became pregnant after being raped then died following a clandestine abortion on 6th September 2022.

[citation needed] Hajar Raissouni, a journalist, was arrested in 2019 and sentenced to a year in prison for allegedly having an illegal abortion and sex out of wedlock.

It is only during the recent two decades that seeing women mixing with men in cafés in urban cities, such as Marrakech, Tangier, Rabat or Casablanca, became socially acceptable.

There are also many forms of contraception available in pharmacies and health clinics, but people may not feel comfortable accessing these services, especially single women, given that sex before marriage is not just taboo but illegal.

It was revealed in a study conducted by Menassat (a sociology research institution based in Casablanca) in 2021 that, even though 76.3% of people surveyed declared that consensual, sexual relations were widespread in Morocco, 80% of the them still view virginity as a proof of chastity, religiosity and good upbringing.

Morocco are putting efforts into educating not only the public but also doctors so that they can recommend methods of contraception other than hormonal birth control which can have many side effects.