The National Gender Institutionalisation Strategy (SNIG) which integrates
the provisions of the protocol and gender in all aspects of public policies ,
particularly by integrating gender into public policies and sectorial
programmes , empowerment of women and combating stereotypes and
gender-based violence (VBG).
The National Strategy for Combating Poverty;
The General Assembly on Employment Issues,
iii.
Organisation of several awareness-raising campaigns to ensure that the
citizenry appreciate all the national and international legal instruments on
women.
Political participation and decision-making
61. The Commission commends the State for the following:
i. On the political front:
The place set aside for women in the political sphere in decision-making
bodies with the law on quotas.
The establishment of a national list of 20 women for the election of
Parliamentarians at the National Assembly;
The establishment of a list of 18 seats in Nouakchott, with alternate
composition of men and women (1 man, 1 woman) ;
The increase in the number of constituencies to 3 seats to be filled with at
least one of them being occupied by a woman;
The increase in the rate of participation of women in the National Assembly
to 19% in 2006 and to 22.4% in 2013, and at the communal level to 30% in
2006, to 35.58% in 2013 and at the Senate from 16% in 2006 to 18% in 2010.
Presence of a female candidate in the presidential election of June 2014
ii. With regard to the presence of women in the decision-making sphere:
9 ministers out of 27 are women (33%);
31 Parliamentarians out of 147, representing a rate of 21%;
10 Senators out of 56;
6 women mayors including the President of the Urban Community of
Nouakchott, the capital city of the country and 4 mayors of rural communes
out of 218;
1317 Municipal Councillors out of 3722, representing a rate of 35.4%.
iii. Appointments to positions of responsibility:
Ambassadors, Permanent Representative at the Office of the United
Nations and International Organisations in Geneva;
Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission.
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