The main objective of this meeting is to discuss the causes and devastating consequences of this scourge and to help implement the family code adequately, and to participate in raising awareness among the entire population. The symposium also aims to influence decision-makers in such a way as to repeal Article 20 of the Moudawana and Article 475 of the Penal Code, and to provide for severe sanctions against any violation of the law and violence against women.

The symposium will focus on raising awareness among parents, schoolchildren, associative actors, young and old, NGOs, judges, lawyers, members of Parliament, government representatives, and decision-makers on the urgency of cancelling the two mentioned articles and the adequate application of the family code so as to eradicate the social scourge of the marriage of minors.

The symposium will look at the sub-themes of the marriage of minors and violence against women and girls, the examination of the family code (Moudawana) and its application, the legal procedures adopted by the courts, lobbying for an adequate implementation of the Moudawana, the causes and consequences of the marriages of minors, and the means to fight against these illegal marriages.

To this are added the role of judges and lawyers, the role of the media and education, and the role of women, youth organisations, NGOs, and the State to eradicate this scourge.