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| PROGRESS: Has your organization seen
progress toward a culture of peace and nonviolence in your domain of
action and in your constituency during the first half of the Decade?
 | Yes :
 *	Great popular interest in our activities
 *	Achievement of positive results in the executed projects
 *	Raising awareness among community members
 
 Measures of success:
 
 *	Women's positive response to illiteracy elimination classes
 *	Joining of all the girls enrolled in the centre.
 *	Decrease of the death rates of mothers and children.
 *	Limitation of plastic waste discharge.
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| OBSTACLES: What are the most important obstacles that have prevented progress?
 | Institutional constraints:
 *	Prevalence of partisanship and tribalism
 *	Difficulty to get necessary funding
 *	Poor budget of local communities
 *	Rise in illiteracy among the public electorate
 Thematic constraints:
 *	Conflict between the Association's perspectives and traditional cultural beliefs and practices
 *	Absence of dynamism and initiative
 *	Absence of infrastructure for civil work
 Legal constraints:
 *	Complexity and overlap of laws pertaining to civil societies funding.
 
 Human constraints:
 *	Lack of professionalism
 *	Weak inter-association partnerships
 *	Absence of strategies for civil societies
 
 
 Measures of failure:
 
 *	Women unwillingness to take part in illiteracy elimination classes
 *	Not joining the centre despite the facilities provided
 *	No change in the death rates of mothers and children
 *	Spread of plastic waste discharge
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| ACTIONS: What actions have been
undertaken by your organization to promote a culture of peace and
nonviolence during the first half of the Decade?
 | Action Areas:
 
 Employment of human and financial resources in the economic, social and cultural development of the Arab Region through:
 *	Combating illiteracy
 *	Promotion of education among girls in rural areas
 *	Child and mother care
 *	Environmental conservation of oases: The Ecological Barn project
 
 Most important activities:
 
 *	Training courses
 *	Communication with the media.
 *	Forging partnerships with national and international societies and organizations
 *	Opening channels for communication with government representatives, local communities and the Moroccan Social Forum
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| ADVICE: What advice would you like to
give to the Secretary-General and the General Assembly to promote a
culture of peace and nonviolence during the second half of the Decade?
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| PARTNERSHIPS: What partnerships and
networks does your organization participate in, thus strengthening the
global movement for a culture of peace?
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| PLANS: What new engagements are
planned by your organization to promote a culture of peace and
nonviolence in the second half of the Decade (2005-2010)?
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| Postal address of organization
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| E-mail address of organization
 | afdes2002@yahoo.fr
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| Website address of organization
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| Highest priority action domain of a culture of peace
 | Equality of women
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| Second priority action domain of a culture of peace
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| Highest priority country of action (or international)
 | In the province of Zagora, south of Morocco
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| Second priority country of action (or international)
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