Hillary Rodham Clinton Women's Empowerment Centre (HRCWEC)

Founded by AUI and Ms Hillary Rodham Clinton, the HRCWEC is a center of research whose main aim consists in giving the Moroccan woman, and more precisely the woman of the Ifrane region, the right tools and means to become a socially and economically productive member of society.

The main goals of the Center are to counter illiteracy and to integrate women into the political and economic community.

Who we are

Hillary Rodham Clinton Women’s Empowerment Center opened on April 5th 1999 to strengthen AUI resolve to aid the women in Ifrane Region. AUI had the idea for the creation of the Center, and with the arrival of Ms Hillary Rodham Clinton the idea began to take form. Ms. Clinton was extremely enthusiastic about the Center and leant her name to it. Women’s issues are extremely important to Ms. Clinton, and she recognized the need for such a Center at the University. Over the years, the Center has carried out many projects, and has been helpful to the researchers that have visited the university. The Center aims to broaden the public knowledge of the gender issues, and to integrate women’s issues into campus life.

Mission

• to research, implement, and support various types of action that lead to the empowerment of women in the Ifrane region
• to further favorably develop Ifrane region
• to carry out economic and social programs to aid poverty
• to improve gender relations by providing the women with the necessary skills
• to promote literacy and health care
• to provide support to various NGOs interested in the improvement of women’s status in the region
• to maintain a resource center with a sound base of knowledge about gender issues
• to make students and faculty aware of gender issues

Projects

• Income generation project in Zaouiat
• Household survey—women and literacy ( 2000)
• Camp GLOW for adolescent girls in the region (to strengthen their self esteem and give them valuable life skills) (June 2000)
• Women’s Month ( every March)
• Cultivation of an updated and accessible library for the AUI community use