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The 9th session of the National Forum for Orphans, organized by the Moroccan Association for Orphans, was held today, Saturday, in Casablanca, under the slogan "A Child Without an Identity… A Society Without a Future."
According to the organizers, this session of the forum comes in an institutional and legislative context that is witnessing remarkable development and is characterized by a discussion about the issue of abandoned children, in addition to the emergence of new dynamics in the field of social protection. It was emphasized during the forum's proceedings that the issue of abandoned children has begun to go beyond the framework of social care to become a real challenge concerning societal justice, cohesion, and stability of society. On this occasion, the president of the Moroccan Association for Orphans, Yassine Rafia Benchkroun, highlighted that this session comes in a context characterized by important dynamism in the field of child protection, stressing that the current discussions concern, in particular, the establishment of the National Agency for Child Protection. He stressed in a statement to the Moroccan News Agency that it is necessary to benefit from this dynamic, calling for a unified mobilization to protect children from abandonment and to ensure a stable and safe environment for every child that preserves their dignity. Benchkroun pointed out in this regard that the association raises the slogan "Morocco without abandoned children by 2030," which reflects the desire to contribute to eliminating this phenomenon through structural solutions. Through this session, the National Forum for Orphans aims to contribute to creating a space for responsible national dialogue that brings together legal, jurisprudential, social, and institutional actors in order to develop realistic and implementable solutions that guarantee every child their right to identity, belonging, and dignity.
