VOICE-TIMIDRIA-NIGER The proposed project aims to enhance the visibility and citizen participation of women victims of slavery and similar practices, who face double discrimination because of their membership in the "slave" caste and their gender. This double discrimination makes them particularly vulnerable to all forms of abuse, including slavery in its traditional form, the practice of Wahaya, domestic and / or sexual exploitation and discrimination.
The low status of women in Nigerian society and the burden on children limits escape options for women victims of slavery and associated practices, where men have more opportunities to escape servile relationships, to findemployment and start their lives again. Isolated and marginalized, women who are victims of slavery andsimilar practices have few opportunities to confront their exploitation and to hear their demands. The narratives of slavery are dominated by the voices of men,while the experiences of Nigerian women are dominated by the voices of women belonging to thenoble classes. This project therefore aims to create frameworks for exchange, sharing and information processing, through the use of communication channels as diverse as they are varied so that these women understand their most fundamental rights, organizethemselves, make their voices heard. needs andtheir demands, get involved in debates around slavery and women's rights and participate in advocacy actions at local, national and/ or international level.
It should be noted that the persistence of slavery in Niger has become a concern for both the State and the international community. To overcome this phenomenon, Niger accepted a number of recommendations on this issue during its last visit to the Universal Periodic Review in 2016 but also by the UnitedNations Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery. opportunity of his visit to Niger. However, the implementation of these recommendations remains timid. The advocacy envisaged in the context of this project helps to encourage the State of Nigerto implement these recommendations, which mainly concern political reformsas well as changes. legislative
This will be achieved through a series of awareness-raising activities (awareness-raising caravans,sensitization on community radios), mobilization (road shows), advocacy (regional conferences, roundtable in Niamey, advocacy meetings, submission of reports alternatives to United Nations bodies, etc.). With its undeniable expertise on the issue of slavery in its classic form depriving victims of theright to property, choice in marriage, access to many other socio-economic and political rights, and other related practices (the practice of Wahaya, land grabbing, prohibition of inter-caste marriages, discrimination), its presence in the field and itscommunity base, Timidria is ideally placed to successfully implement the proposed project. Its women's groups will play a major role in bringing the association closer to women who are victims of slavery, bringing attention and understanding to the problemsfaced by women. At the international level, the consultants of Anti-Slavery International - an emblematic partner of Timidria in the fight against slavery - will mobilize the international community around the situation of women victims of slavery andfacilitate their direct access to United Nations platforms. United to make their voices heard.