Hadizatou Mani

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Hadizatou Mani at the presentation of the International Women of Courage Award 2009

Hadizatou Mani (* 1984 in Niger ) is a Nigerien abolitionist .

Life

Hadizatou Mani, herself the daughter of a slave , was sold for $ 500 to a man over sixty in 1996 at the age of twelve. He forced her to do agricultural work, beat her, raped her, and made her pregnant three times. In 2003, slavery became a criminal offense in Niger. Mani's owner initially kept this a secret from her. He later tried to convince the village authorities that she was not a slave but one of his wives. Mani gained her freedom in 2005 and married a man of her own choice. She then sued her former owner for bigamy . She was sentenced to six months in prison. With the support of the Nigerien organization Timidria and later the British organization Anti-Slavery International , Hadizatou Mani sued the Niger government at the Court of the West African Economic Community for failing to successfully protect its rights under anti-slavery legislation. The court ruled Mani in 2008 and ordered the Niger government to pay them ten million CFA francs .

The news magazine Time included Hadizatou Mani in the 2009 Time 100 list of the hundred most influential people of the year. That same year she was awarded the United States Department of State's International Women of Courage Award .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ruth Bennett: Hadizatou Mani: "No Woman Should Suffer the Way I Did". In: US Department of State Official Blog. March 9, 2009, accessed April 4, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Zainab Salbi: The 2009 TIME 100: Hadizatou Mani. In: Time. April 30, 2009, accessed April 4, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Biography of Hadizatou Mani. In: African Success. May 21, 2010, accessed April 4, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Mani, Hadizatou
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Nigerien abolitionist
DATE OF BIRTH 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Niger