ANSAmed
The ‘adoul’ profession, a sort of notary for judges in Muslim court systems, can be held by women and not only men in Morocco now.
”Eyes and ears of the judge” is the theological definition for the role normally reserved for men that lightens the work of notaries and judges in the administrative, civil and criminal justice systems. Every deed they write needs a judge to sign it to make it valid.
Due to customs, trust and accessibility – especially in small towns – ‘adouls’ are often used for real estate sales, inheritance laws and to record witness statements included in official trial documents. The justice ministry has now launched a public competition for October for 700 ‘adoul’ positions that women can take part in.
The competition is regulated by Law 16.03, which in at least its first draft in 1982 named ‘being a male’ as one of the requisites in Article 4.
The Article was amended a few years ago but no competition had until now opened to women as well. (ANSAmed).
