Mauritanian women against slavery – feature
Africa Programme Manager Sarah Mathewson on problems faced by Mauritanian women in slavery and beyond. Keep reading »
Articles tagged with: Mauritania
28 articles with this tag.
Celebrating women who resist slavery
For International Women’s Day 2023, we’ve been thinking about women who inspire us. We hear lots of devastating stories about women around the world whose rights are being violated due to trafficking, forced labour, and other forms of slavery. But there are also lots of stories of… Keep reading »
Landmark victory: voices from Mauritania
Two slave owners were convicted for slavery in Mauritania in a landmark case brought by Anti-Slavery International and its partners SOS-Esclaves. It was the first ever conviction by the Special Courts for Slavery, introduced last year alongside a new anti-slavery law. Read the reaction from Mauritania. 27 May 2016… Keep reading »
Double court victory: a game changer for slavery in Mauritania?
Two slavery-related court victories on May 16 and May 17 were hailed as potential ‘game changers’ for slavery in Mauritania. Keep reading »
Women and slavery on International Women’s Day
Sarah Mathewson analyses how widespread discrimination against women makes them extra vulnerable to exploitation and slavery, based on the West Africa example. Keep reading »
One year on: Mauritania must release jailed anti-slavery activists
11 November 2015 Anti-Slavery International joins sixteen other organisations in calling for immediate release of activists jailed a year ago Biram Dah Abeid, President of the Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement JOINT STATEMENT: MAURITANIA MUST RELEASE TWO PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE DETAINED A YEAR AGO Mauritania must immediately… Keep reading »
Mauritania condemned for repression of anti-slavery campaigners
25 August 2015 Joint letter condemns Mauritania’s imprisonment of anti-slavery activists. Anti-Slavery International co-signs letter condemning Mauritania’s imprisonment of anti-slavery activists Biram Dah Abeid, President of the Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement To the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery, To the United… Keep reading »
New Mauritanian anti-slavery law is worthless if not implemented
18 August 2015 Press release Minority Rights Group International (MRGI) and Anti-Slavery International welcomed the adoption of a new anti-slavery law in Mauritania but said that it will be worthless if it is not implemented. Slavery has been criminalised in Mauritania since 2007 but only one conviction has so far… Keep reading »
Mauritanian government denies the existence of slavery
Analysis: Slavery Denial and other ways to discredit the Anti-Slavery movement, writes Sarah Mathewson How can the government of Mauritania continue to deny the existence of slavery, a practice that apparently affects many thousands of people in the country? Indeed, while the stories we hear from escaped slaves reveal that slavery… Keep reading »
Mauritania slavery verdict
10 July 2015 Mauritanian Justice System fails a victim of slavery yet again whilst slave-owner walks free. By Jakub Sobik, Press and Digital Media Officer Photo: Michael Hylton We have just received news of a verdict in one of our slavery cases in Mauritania – a 10-year-old boy called Issa… Keep reading »