Child-Friendly Cities

The city of Chefchaouen plans to join the list of "Child-Friendly Cities" (CFC) in the world, an international initiative launched by UNICEF within the framework of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). Born in Dakar in 1992, this initiative aims to involve villages, small towns, and large cities in the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child at the level of local affairs management. In Morocco, where a series of reforms in the field of childhood has been undertaken, notably in terms of harmonising national legislation with the provisions of the CRC and the adoption of a National Plan for Children (PANE) in 2006, this initiative was launched on 20 November 2009 with the signing by 5 Moroccan pilot cities of the "Child-Friendly Cities" Charter (Ait Ouallal, Ouisselssate, Beni Mathar, Guenfouda, and Tata), during a ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of th…