This package contains country-specific resources for Mauritania.
The collection includes publications, manuals, resources for trainers, documentary films, interviews with women leaders, international, national, and regional laws, event records, and oral histories.
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Aminetou Ely (Mint El-Moctar) Oral History (audio files, French)
Published:This resource page links to three audio recording files for Aminetou Ely's oral history interview (Mauritania).
Aminetou Ely (Mint El-Moctar) Oral History Content Summary (document, English)
Published:This document is a time-coded written summary in five-minute increments of an oral history interview with Aminetou Ely (Mauritania).
Aminetou Mint El Moctar "Know Your African Feminist" Interview (video, French)
Published:Know Your African Feminist: Aminetou Mint El Moctar interview with the Fourth African Feminist Forum Interview Series
Anti-Slavery Act of Mauritania (document, English)
Published:Slavery Act No. 2007-048 of 3 September 2007 Criminalizing Slavery and Slavery-like Practices
Arab Charter on Human Rights (document, English)
Published:The Arab Charter on Human Rights (ACHR) was adopted by the Council of the League of Arab States in 2004 and affirms the principles contained
Constitution of Mauritania (document, Arabic)
Published:The 1991 Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania.
Child Protection Law of Mauritania (document, French)
Published:Law No. 2005‑015: Criminal Protection of the Child is a key legal framework in Mauritania that establishes protections for children within
Equality: It's All in the Family (video, Arabic)
Published:Experts discuss the spectrum of family laws defining relations between men and women, and examine their impact on women’s rights.
Equality: It's All in the Family (video, English)
Published:Experts discuss the spectrum of family laws defining relations between men and women, and examine their impact on women’s rights.
Equality: It's All in the Family (video, French)
Published:Experts discuss the spectrum of family laws defining relations between men and women, and examine their impact on women’s rights.
Family Law of Mauritania (document, French)
Published:Personal Status Code Law No. 52 of 2001.
From Fear to Freedom: Ending Violence Against Women (video, Arabic)
Published:Leading activists discuss campaigns to end gender-based violence around the globe and their accounts of important gains to-date.
From Fear to Freedom: Ending Violence Against Women (video, English)
Published:Leading activists discuss campaigns to end gender-based violence around the globe and their accounts of important gains to-date.
From Fear to Freedom: Ending Violence Against Women (video, French)
Published:Leading activists discuss campaigns to end gender-based violence around the globe and their accounts of important gains to-date.
Iranian Women's One Million Signatures Campaign for Equality: The Inside Story (Translation Series) (book, Arabic)
Published:This book details the history, strategies, and goals of the historic One Million Signatures campaign for women’s equality in Iran.
Iranian Women's One Million Signatures Campaign for Equality: The Inside Story (Translation Series) (book, English)
Published:This book details the history, strategies, and goals of the historic One Million Signatures campaign for women’s equality in Iran.
Nationality Code of Mauritania (document, Arabic)
Published:Law establishing the Mauritanian Nationality Code of 1961, including amendments 1962 and 1976.
Nationality Code of Mauritania (document, French)
Published:Law establishing the Mauritanian Nationality Code of 1961, including amendments 1962 and 1976.
Reproductive Health Law of Mauritania (document, French)
Published:Reproductive Health Law of 2017.
Thoraya Obaid interview on the United Nations Population Fund in conflict situations, humanitarian crises, natural disasters, and domestic violence (video, English)
Published:Part of a series of interviews focusing on best practices for activists and human rights organizations with speakers and panelists of WLP's