While rape is often underreported globally, women in Mauritania have a very specific reason to underreport: fear of criminalizition. According to research published in 2018 by Human Rights Watch, many Mauritanian women who reported being raped were subsequently arrested for the Islamic crime of ..
Elizabeth Schenker
Elizabeth Schenker is a Nouakchott based researcher who studies the intersection of human rights, crisis, and development in Mauritania. She is currently pursuing her master's in Human Rights Practice at the University of Arizona.