Democracy, a matter of equality

Nouzha Guessous, Moroccan researcher and consultant in human rights and bioethics, holder of the Averroès Chair on Mediterranean Islam at the IREMAM Institute in Aix / Marseille. © RFI / Éric Bataillon

By: Eric Bataillon

The democratic ideal is to reduce inequalities and, in particular, the almost original inequality between men and women. Equality is therefore a central issue in a political system like democracy.

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This is why democracy is undoubtedly having so much difficulty in establishing itself permanently in certain countries of Africa and the Middle East, concedes our guest  Nouzha Guessous , Moroccan researcher and consultant in Human Rights and Bioethics, holder of the Averroès Chair. on Mediterranean Islam at the IREMAM Institute in Aix / Marseille.

An interview carried out during the 26th Averroès meetings in Marseille.

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