Empowering Women Through Land Policy Change: The “Soulaliyate” Movement in Morocco

Abstract

This chapter illustrates how the Soulaliyate movement was able to gain limited official recognition of their right to collective land. We draw mainly on the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) to analyze the process of land policy change. The social movement framework provided additional insights into coalition formation and strategies. Our methodology is based on desk and media reviews, as well as interviews with civil society actors. The analysis supported the ACF’s hypothesis on policy change.