Latest items for Mauritania
Aug. 10, 2024, 2:57 a.m.
Countries: Bangladesh, Chad, Gambia, India, Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, Mali, Mauritania, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, Togo
Variables: MULTIVAR-SCALE-6
14.0
Variables: MULTIVAR-SCALE-6
14.0
May 23, 2024, 10:16 p.m.
Countries: Mauritania
Variables: TRAFF-LAW-1
"The 2020 Law on the Prevention and Punishment of Trafficking in Persons criminalized sex trafficking and labor trafficking and included hereditary slavery as a form of human trafficking, and it prescribed penalties of 10 to 20 years’ imprisonment and a fine of 250,000 to 500,000 Mauritanian Ouguiya (MRU) ($6,760 to $13,510). These penalties were sufficiently stringent and, with respect to sex trafficking, commensurate with those prescribed for other serious crimes, such as rape. The 2015 anti-slavery law criminalized hereditary slavery and prescribed sufficiently stringent penalties of five to 20 years’ imprisonment and a fine of 250,000 to 500,000 MRU ($6,760 to $13,510)." (3).
Variables: TRAFF-LAW-1
"The 2020 Law on the Prevention and Punishment of Trafficking in Persons criminalized sex trafficking and labor trafficking and included hereditary slavery as a form of human trafficking, and it prescribed penalties of 10 to 20 years’ imprisonment and a fine of 250,000 to 500,000 Mauritanian Ouguiya (MRU) ($6,760 to $13,510). These penalties were sufficiently stringent and, with respect to sex trafficking, commensurate with those prescribed for other serious crimes, such as rape. The 2015 anti-slavery law criminalized hereditary slavery and prescribed sufficiently stringent penalties of five to 20 years’ imprisonment and a fine of 250,000 to 500,000 MRU ($6,760 to $13,510)." (3).
May 9, 2024, 12:47 p.m.
Countries: Mauritania
Variables: LO-PRACTICE-1, ATFPA-PRACTICE-2
“Women have participated in trade, influenced politics, made decisions for their families, shaped their marriages, and contributed to religious scholarship. Mauritanian women have also exercised significant power as compared to some of their counterparts elsewhere in the Muslim world, being able to initiate divorce, speak publicly, and act as heads of household. Despite such influence, their gender has also disadvantaged them, making it difficult to access many of the opportunities that are available to men” (para 1). “In their everyday lives, many women remain knowledgeable about the Qur’an and its teachings and use these to justify various behaviors. For example, female entrepreneurs often emphasize that they control their own incomes...more
Variables: LO-PRACTICE-1, ATFPA-PRACTICE-2
“Women have participated in trade, influenced politics, made decisions for their families, shaped their marriages, and contributed to religious scholarship. Mauritanian women have also exercised significant power as compared to some of their counterparts elsewhere in the Muslim world, being able to initiate divorce, speak publicly, and act as heads of household. Despite such influence, their gender has also disadvantaged them, making it difficult to access many of the opportunities that are available to men” (para 1). “In their everyday lives, many women remain knowledgeable about the Qur’an and its teachings and use these to justify various behaviors. For example, female entrepreneurs often emphasize that they control their own incomes...more
May 9, 2024, 12:20 p.m.
Countries: Mauritania
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
Is selling sex criminalised? Selling sex is legal but there is a law against allowing a place to be used for the purposes of 'prostitution'. This specifies that the sex worker is held jointly liable for the crime and "damage to the neighbourhood" (article 318). The law of Zina also applies in Mauritania which criminalises all sexual conduct outside of marriage so this could be applied to sex workers. Is buying sex criminalised? No. Is organising/managing criminalised? Yes, aiding and assisting the 'prostitution' of another is illegal, as is living on the earnings/living with a person in 'prostitution', acting as an intermediary, hiring, training or maintaining a person involved in...more
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
Is selling sex criminalised? Selling sex is legal but there is a law against allowing a place to be used for the purposes of 'prostitution'. This specifies that the sex worker is held jointly liable for the crime and "damage to the neighbourhood" (article 318). The law of Zina also applies in Mauritania which criminalises all sexual conduct outside of marriage so this could be applied to sex workers. Is buying sex criminalised? No. Is organising/managing criminalised? Yes, aiding and assisting the 'prostitution' of another is illegal, as is living on the earnings/living with a person in 'prostitution', acting as an intermediary, hiring, training or maintaining a person involved in...more
April 12, 2024, 5:28 p.m.
Countries: Mauritania
Variables: CLCC-LAW-1
"[Mauritania] continues to prevent women from passing their citizenship to their children on an equal basis as men, if the child were born abroad" (para 6).
Variables: CLCC-LAW-1
"[Mauritania] continues to prevent women from passing their citizenship to their children on an equal basis as men, if the child were born abroad" (para 6).
March 31, 2024, 3:14 p.m.
Countries: Albania, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Rep, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cote D'Ivoire, Croatia, D R Congo, East Timor, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Macedonia, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: TRAFF-SCALE-1
2.0more
Variables: TRAFF-SCALE-1
2.0more
March 30, 2024, 10:05 p.m.
Countries: Mauritania
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1
According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, Mauritania ranks as a Tier 2 country (85).
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1
According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, Mauritania ranks as a Tier 2 country (85).
March 9, 2024, 5:19 p.m.
Countries: Mauritania
Variables: DV-DATA-1
According to 2023 data from the OECD, the percentage of women in Mauritania who have experienced physical and/or sexual violence from an intimate partner at some time in their life is 8.80% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: DV-DATA-1
According to 2023 data from the OECD, the percentage of women in Mauritania who have experienced physical and/or sexual violence from an intimate partner at some time in their life is 8.80% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:24 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Rep, Chad, Cote D'Ivoire, D R Congo, Eritrea, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Togo, Zimbabwe
Variables: MMR-SCALE-2
4
Variables: MMR-SCALE-2
4
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:19 p.m.
Countries: Mauritania
Variables: MMR-SCALE-1
464
Variables: MMR-SCALE-1
464
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:15 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Fiji, Gabon, Guatemala, Guyana, India, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kosovo, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Moldova, Morocco, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Yemen
Variables: ERBG-SCALE-1
2
Variables: ERBG-SCALE-1
2
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:06 p.m.
Countries: Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Congo, Cote D'Ivoire, Denmark, Estonia, Gambia, Guinea, Iceland, India, Liberia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, South Sudan, Togo
Variables: DACH-SCALE-2
2
Variables: DACH-SCALE-2
2
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:03 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Angola, Bolivia, Botswana, Burma/Myanmar, Burundi, Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guyana, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Laos, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia
Variables: DACH-SCALE-1
2
Variables: DACH-SCALE-1
2
Jan. 21, 2024, 11:10 a.m.
Countries: Mauritania
Variables: MMR-DATA-1
According to a 2023 report on global trends in maternal mortality from 2000-2020 published by the WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group, and UNDESA/Population Division, in 2020 the maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) in Mauritania was 464 (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: MMR-DATA-1
According to a 2023 report on global trends in maternal mortality from 2000-2020 published by the WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group, and UNDESA/Population Division, in 2020 the maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) in Mauritania was 464 (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 20, 2024, 1:37 p.m.
Countries: Mauritania
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
According to 2023 World Bank Gender Data collected from the most recent ILO modeled estimates from 2020 onwards, the female laborforce participation rate (as a percentage of the female population ages 15+) in Mauritania is 26.4% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
According to 2023 World Bank Gender Data collected from the most recent ILO modeled estimates from 2020 onwards, the female laborforce participation rate (as a percentage of the female population ages 15+) in Mauritania is 26.4% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 7, 2024, 3:30 p.m.
Countries: Mauritania
Variables: DACH-DATA-1
According to the World Bank, as of 2021, life expectancy in Mauritania is 66 years for women and 63 years for men (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: DACH-DATA-1
According to the World Bank, as of 2021, life expectancy in Mauritania is 66 years for women and 63 years for men (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Dec. 28, 2023, 2:18 p.m.
Countries: Mauritania
Variables: DACH-DATA-1
According to 2019 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, average life expectancy in Mauritania is 68.1 years for men and 68.7 years for women (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: DACH-DATA-1
According to 2019 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, average life expectancy in Mauritania is 68.1 years for men and 68.7 years for women (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Oct. 12, 2023, 3:59 p.m.
Countries: Comoros, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Iraq, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Namibia, Pakistan, Palestine, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, South Sudan, Sudan, Tajikistan, Togo, Vanuatu, Yemen, Zimbabwe
Variables: BR-SCALE-1
2
Variables: BR-SCALE-1
2
Sept. 29, 2023, 9:40 a.m.
Countries: Mauritania, Sudan
Variables: BR-DATA-1
"32.6 births per 1000 population"
Variables: BR-DATA-1
"32.6 births per 1000 population"
Sept. 8, 2023, 12:26 p.m.
Countries: Mauritania
Variables: AOM-DATA-2
"Women who were first married by age 18 (% of women ages 20-24) is '36.6%.'"
Variables: AOM-DATA-2
"Women who were first married by age 18 (% of women ages 20-24) is '36.6%.'"
Aug. 31, 2023, 12:37 p.m.
Countries: Mauritania
Variables: IAW-LAW-1
"The heirs entitled to a quarter are two in number: 1. The husband whose wife leaves descendants entitled to the inheritance; 2. A wife whose husband leaves no descendants entitled to the inheritance. There is only one heir to the eighth, it is the wife or wives if the husband left a descendant likely to inherit" (30). The most recent laws noted in the WomanStats Database (since 2001) relating to inheritance are still current as of December 2022 and no changes have been made, as verified by consulting The Women, Business, and the Law database for 2022 (JLR-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: IAW-LAW-1
"The heirs entitled to a quarter are two in number: 1. The husband whose wife leaves descendants entitled to the inheritance; 2. A wife whose husband leaves no descendants entitled to the inheritance. There is only one heir to the eighth, it is the wife or wives if the husband left a descendant likely to inherit" (30). The most recent laws noted in the WomanStats Database (since 2001) relating to inheritance are still current as of December 2022 and no changes have been made, as verified by consulting The Women, Business, and the Law database for 2022 (JLR-CODER COMMENT).
Aug. 31, 2023, 12:35 p.m.
Countries: Mauritania
Variables: LO-LAW-1
"The woman freely disposes of her personal property. The husband cannot exercise a right of inspection over the management of his wife unless the latter consumes in donation more than a third of his property" (7). The most recent laws noted in the WomanStats Database (since 2001) relating to marital property administration are still current as of December 2022 and no changes have been made, as verified by consulting The Women, Business, and the Law database for 2022 (JLR-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: LO-LAW-1
"The woman freely disposes of her personal property. The husband cannot exercise a right of inspection over the management of his wife unless the latter consumes in donation more than a third of his property" (7). The most recent laws noted in the WomanStats Database (since 2001) relating to marital property administration are still current as of December 2022 and no changes have been made, as verified by consulting The Women, Business, and the Law database for 2022 (JLR-CODER COMMENT).
June 17, 2023, 5:11 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Central African Rep, Egypt, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Mongolia, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Variables: MARR-SCALE-2
4.0
Variables: MARR-SCALE-2
4.0
April 30, 2023, 8 p.m.
Countries: Mauritania
Variables: MARR-LAW-7
"The legal system of Mauritania is a mix of French civil law and Sharia Law. "
Variables: MARR-LAW-7
"The legal system of Mauritania is a mix of French civil law and Sharia Law. "
March 9, 2023, 2:33 p.m.
Countries: Mauritania
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-8
"An online search using PubMed, Scopus, and Google Scholar databases was performed. The snowball method was used to extract other publications. The following keywords were used: Arab/Islamic communities/populations, consanguineous marriage, and consanguinity. Apart from the exception of the Islamic Jurisprudence Council of the Islamic World League in 1990, only studies between 2007 and February 2022, in English with titles and full text, were retrieved" (5). Table 2 summarizes important statistics regarding the range of rates of consanguineous and first-cousin marriages in Arabic populations: Mauritania's overall consanguineous marriage ranges from 47.20-60.00% (7)
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-8
"An online search using PubMed, Scopus, and Google Scholar databases was performed. The snowball method was used to extract other publications. The following keywords were used: Arab/Islamic communities/populations, consanguineous marriage, and consanguinity. Apart from the exception of the Islamic Jurisprudence Council of the Islamic World League in 1990, only studies between 2007 and February 2022, in English with titles and full text, were retrieved" (5). Table 2 summarizes important statistics regarding the range of rates of consanguineous and first-cousin marriages in Arabic populations: Mauritania's overall consanguineous marriage ranges from 47.20-60.00% (7)
March 3, 2023, 3:12 p.m.
Countries: Mauritania
Variables: IAW-LAW-1, IAD-LAW-1
"While the law provides that women and men have the right to inheritance, their individual entitlements differ significantly. More specifically, under Sharia law, a woman may only inherit half of what is allocated to a man (Personal Status Code, Art. 253-259)" (3).
Variables: IAW-LAW-1, IAD-LAW-1
"While the law provides that women and men have the right to inheritance, their individual entitlements differ significantly. More specifically, under Sharia law, a woman may only inherit half of what is allocated to a man (Personal Status Code, Art. 253-259)" (3).
March 2, 2023, 3:12 p.m.
Countries: Mauritania
Variables: ATDW-PRACTICE-1
"After a divorce, women also face challenges in retaining property, including both land and non-land assets" (3).
Variables: ATDW-PRACTICE-1
"After a divorce, women also face challenges in retaining property, including both land and non-land assets" (3).
March 2, 2023, 3:10 p.m.
Countries: Mauritania
Variables: LO-LAW-1
"Under customary law, which is not recognised by the state, a woman's first marriage requires parental consent... Under the Civil Law system, men are the heads of the household (Civil Code, Art. 213)" (2). "With regard to marriage, the Personal Status Code ensures that women can manage their property, but only to a certain extent. Should a married woman give away more than a third of her property, her husband has the right to intervene (Art. 58)" (5).
Variables: LO-LAW-1
"Under customary law, which is not recognised by the state, a woman's first marriage requires parental consent... Under the Civil Law system, men are the heads of the household (Civil Code, Art. 213)" (2). "With regard to marriage, the Personal Status Code ensures that women can manage their property, but only to a certain extent. Should a married woman give away more than a third of her property, her husband has the right to intervene (Art. 58)" (5).
March 1, 2023, 2:44 p.m.
Countries: Mauritania
Variables: ATDW-LAW-1
According to the "Women, Business and the Law" database (2022), the law does not provide for the valuation of nonmonetary contributions. The WBL database cites the following as the source: Loi Portant Code du Statut Personnel, Art. 58.
Variables: ATDW-LAW-1
According to the "Women, Business and the Law" database (2022), the law does not provide for the valuation of nonmonetary contributions. The WBL database cites the following as the source: Loi Portant Code du Statut Personnel, Art. 58.
March 1, 2023, 2:44 p.m.
Countries: Mauritania
Variables: LO-LAW-1
According to the "Women, Business and the Law" database (2022), the law does not prohibit discrimination in access to credit based on gender. The database cites the following as the source: no source provided. According to the "Women, Business and the Law" database (2022), a woman can sign a contract in the same way as a man. The database cites the folowing as the source: Loi Portant Code du Statut Personnel, Art. 162. According to the "Women, Business and the Law" database (2022), women can register a business in the same way as a man. The database cites the following as the source: no source provided. According to the "Women,...more
Variables: LO-LAW-1
According to the "Women, Business and the Law" database (2022), the law does not prohibit discrimination in access to credit based on gender. The database cites the following as the source: no source provided. According to the "Women, Business and the Law" database (2022), a woman can sign a contract in the same way as a man. The database cites the folowing as the source: Loi Portant Code du Statut Personnel, Art. 162. According to the "Women, Business and the Law" database (2022), women can register a business in the same way as a man. The database cites the following as the source: no source provided. According to the "Women,...more