Significant strides have been made to protect women in Morocco against violence, but more needs to be done.
![Amina Filali's suicide prompted public anger and protests over unfair legislation on violence against women in Morocco [AFP/Getty Images]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/2014212105146810734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Leila Hanafi is a Moroccan-American international lawyer, and policy expert from Georgetown University, George Washington University, and American University, Washington DC, USA.
Significant strides have been made to protect women in Morocco against violence, but more needs to be done.
![Amina Filali's suicide prompted public anger and protests over unfair legislation on violence against women in Morocco [AFP/Getty Images]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/2014212105146810734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)