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- Women’s activism in the Moroccan digital public sphere: rising above conservatism and fighting for social changePublication . Hachki, Hajar; Torres, RuiThe goal of this dissertation is to demonstrate the use of the public sphere in sharing information, calling for action, and increasing awareness in regards to women’s injustices and violence in Morocco. It also aims at exploring the role of Facebook pages as an instrument for social criticism, by investigating the common discourses that take place online, from the perspective of pages’ administrators and editors. I will be using content analysis on Facebook, by gathering posts that analyze the common keywords, topics, and purposes of communication contents. The selected Facebook pages, from which posts will be gathered, are targeted to women, were created between 2012-2020, and include keywords on the title that indicate the content of these pages. I have used systematic sampling, by selecting every tenth post from every page. For the theoretical background, I have used academic articles and books as secondary data to support my analysis. The results of the content analysis revealed a strong presence of words such as violence, rape, and assault among more than half of 300 Facebook posts. They also show that the main goals of communication contents revolve around calling for action and sharing information about victims of rape or domestic violence, articles about women’s rights and equality, and stories about the assault. Some posts also have two goals, which is to express an opinion and call for action. Also, language varies among the posts, as there is a strong presence of English either as the main language used or as a translation to the post. Arabic is mostly used, as it is the official language of the country. The use of the English language is surprising, considering that French is the second language in the country. Multiple links, redirecting visitors to online newspapers to read about a particular subject in the context of women’s rights and struggling, appeared throughout the content analysis, which could also be interesting to deeply analyze in future studies.