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Legal and Social Challenges for Women in Mauritania

This chapter discusses the significant gaps in legal recognition for rape and sexual harassment in Mauritania, detailing the hurdles victims encounter within a patriarchal judicial system. It also examines societal pushback against Western feminist concepts, which are seen as incompatible with local values.

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