Under the patronage of the First Lady, the Women's Competencies Forum was launched to promote women's rights.

On the eve of this big day, Women Action Halifax and the Alliance Française screened two films on women's physical safety: Haut & Fortes, by Josiane Blanc, and KOROMOUSSO (Grand Sister), by Jim Donovan and Habibata Ouarme. An evening that also brought together donations of support to Avalon Sexual Assault Centre and the Zenab Sangaré Foundation, both fighting sexual and gender violence. Then, it was the speeches of Micheline Gélinas, Managing Di…

The President of the National Observatory for the Rights of Women and Girls, Ms. Mahla Ahmed Talebna, attended the meeting, in the presence of the President of the Nouakchott Region, Ms. Fatima Abdelmalek, the President of the National Human Rights Commission, Mr. Ahmed Salem Bouhebini, the President of the National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture, Mr. Al-Bakai Abdelmalek, and the Assistant Commissioner for the Commission for Human Right…