Amina Lemrini El Ouahabi is a Moroccan

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activist, and the president of Morocco's ''Haute Autorité de la communication audiovisuelle'' (Higher Council of Audiovisual Communication).

Early life

Lamrini earned a PhD (doctorat d'État) in educational science.

Career

Lamrini is the co-founder and former president of the

Democratic Association of Moroccan Women The Democratic Association of Moroccan Women (''Association Démocratique de Femmes de Maroc'', ADFM) is a Moroccan women's rights organization established in 1985. It aims to establish legislation based on equality between men and women, targeting ...

(Association Démocratique des Femmes Marocaines). Lamrini is a founding member of the Moroccan Organization for Human Rights (OMDH). In May 2012,

King Mohammed VI Mohammed VI (; born 21 August 1963) is King of Morocco. A member of the Alawi dynasty, he acceded to the throne on 23 July 1999, upon the death of his father, King Hassan II. Upon ascending to the throne, Mohammed initially introduced several ...

appointed Lamrini as the President of the Higher Council of Audiovisual Communication, at the Royal Palace in

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. She succeeded Ahmed Ghazali, following his sudden dismissal. She has been called a "un choix emblématique" (an iconic choice), and a left-winger committed to human rights and democracy.

Publications

Lamrini has published a pedagogic guidebook on education and

children's rights Children's rights or the rights of children are a subset of human rights with particular attention to the rights of special protection and care afforded to minors.

, and has written articles and publications on issues surrounding to women's emancipation including, "L’image de la femme dans le discours scolaire" and "Femmes et développement humain: cas du Maroc".

Personal life

She is the mother of two children.

References

Living people 21st-century Moroccan women politicians 21st-century Moroccan politicians Year of birth missing (living people) {{Morocco-politician-stub