Mauritania

In 2021, in Mauritania, Fund investments protect and promote the rights of women and young people and build the capacity of local authorities to offset inequalities, prevent violent extremism and reduce intercommunal conflicts. In 2021, UNESCO and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) launched a national campaign to encourage the participation of women in the justice, security and defence professions, while an action plan to make prisons more gender-sensitive was approved and will be implemented in 2022. In the Karakoro basin, a regional dialogue and an early warning platform were established with local authorities to prevent intercommunal conflicts through a $1.5 million project implemented by WFP and FAO. Elsewhere, village committees now include women, young people and refugees, which provides more holistic responses to conflict prevention.