Timidria

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Timidria is a human rights organization in Niger . It was founded by Ilguilas Weila and campaigns against slavery in Niger.

Main focus of work and history

Timidria was founded on December 3, 1991. Her name comes from the Tamascheq language and means "solidarity". Slavery is officially banned in Niger and the Nigerien government denies the existence of slavery, but international human rights organizations such as Anti-Slavery International estimate the number of slaves in the country at around 43,000. (In a 2004 speech, Ilguilas Weila even spoke of 870,000.)

It is based in the capital Niamey , and has offices across the country. The organization helps runaway slaves legally and practically. Another focus of the work is to publicize the prohibition of slavery, because most slaves live in remote areas, are illiterate and do not know that slavery has been abolished in Niger.

In 2004 Timidria and Ilguilas Weila received the Anti-Slavery Award from Anti-Slavery International. The case of the former slave girl Hadizatou Mani , who, with the support of Timidria, successfully sued the Niger government for not having adequately protected her rights , gained international fame in 2008 .

See also

literature

  • Mahaman Tidjani Alou: Courtiers malgré eux. Trajectoires de reconversion au sein de l'association Timidria au Niger . In: Thomas Bierschenk, Jean-Pierre Chauveau, Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan (eds.): Courtiers en développement. The villages of africains en quete de projets . Karthala, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84586-013-7 , pp. 279-304 .
  • Mahaman Tidjani Alou: Démocratie, exclusion sociale et quête de citoyenneté. Cas de l'association Timidria au Niger . In: Journal des Africanistes . Vol. 70, No. 1-2 , 2000, pp. 173–195 , doi : 10.3406 / jafr.2000.1225 .

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Footnotes

  1. ^ Repertoire Associations ONG Niger. (PDF) Haut Commissariat à la Modernization de l'Etat (HCME), September 19, 2016, accessed on February 7, 2019 (French).
  2. ↑ 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 .

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