xiv. The establishment of an anthropo-sociological study;
xv. The development of Harmonised FGM Training Modules including a cultural
talking point;
xvi. The establishment of a network of NGOs working in the area of FGM.
Marriage rights
66. The Commission notes with satisfaction the following:
i. The recognition of the right to enter into a marriage of one’s choice by the
Personal Status
ii. The establishment in the Personal Status Code of the marital age at eighteen
(18) years;
iii. The possibility for the wife to refuse polygamy and the prohibition of the
husband from preventing the wife from pursuing her studies or to work;
iv. The fight against early marriages with the launch by the MASEF in 2014 of
the campaign to fight against child marriages (African campaign) across the
entire country.
The right to health and to the control of the reproductive functions
67. The Commission notes the progress achieved in this area, in particular;
i. The consolidation of the proposed services in the area of procreation by
popularising them and making them accessible to women.
ii. Development and implementation of a reproductive health (RH) strategy
comprising a range of services such as:
The availability of basic and comprehensive essential and emergency
obstetric care;
The presence of qualified child birth attendants;
The access by pregnant women to antenatal care;
The management of abortion complications;
The availability of contraceptives;
The management of infertility;
The fight against FGM;
The screening and care for cancer of the uterus;
The prevention of mother to child transmission of AIDS;
The management of obstetrical fistula;
The administration of care for new-born children;
iii. Integration into the reproductive health strategy by developing the equipment
capacity of health facilities and their scaling up by the following actions:
The provision of medical and surgical equipment to many health facilities of
the country (2nd theatre for surgical operations at the Sebkha Health Centre,
Accommodation Centre for Women suffering from obstetrical fistula in
Nouakchott, the Guérou Health Centre in Assaba, other health facilities in the
Wilaya of Gorgol), Hospitals such as (Cheikh Zayed, CHR of Kiffa, CHR of
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