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Raped then jailed: Mauritanian women fight to end victim blaming

Raped then jailed: Mauritanian women fight to end victim blaming [Courtesy]

Khady knew the man who waited outside her house one evening, followed her down a dark street and put his hand over her mouth. She had refused his offer of marriage several months before.

The assault that followed is a blur. The 26-year-old fell pregnant, and five months later she was jailed for breaking Mauritania’s law banning sex outside of marriage.

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