CNN's "Inside Africa" is one of the best shows on television for getting a peek into the inner lives of sub-Saharan Africans who often live in repressive, closed regimes. Recently, the program has focused on Morocco and the effects of the 2004 Moroccan Family Law (Moudawana). After a 20-year battle women's groups in Morocco brilliantly persuaded King Mohammed VI to enact some of the most progressive family legislation in the Arab world. Although the law is not perfect, and there are reports of men circumventing it, the effects on the lives of Moroccan women have been incredible. For example: the minimum age for marriage is now 18 (up from 15). Also: Marriage now has to be certified by a judge, making it more difficult for men to simply abandon their wives. Could this be the model for the empowerment of women throughout the Muslim world?