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Violence against women increasing in Mauritania

Nouakchott, Mauritania - Hundreds of serious cases of violence against women were recorded in Mauritania between 2007 and 2009, the Chairperson of the Association to fight Against Dependence (ALCD-RIHAB), Mrs. Fatimetou Mint Ahmed Jiddou, disclosed on Thursday.

In a document she sent to PANA, Jiddou, whose association owns a reception centre for women who are victims of marital violence, said that nearly 600 such cases were settled by the organisation.

She said that 100 more serious cases, the organisation could not handle, had been referred to the courts, adding that the NGO had taken in 50 children from couples in conflict.

Nouakchott - 24/09/2009

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