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The SlaFMig Nouakchott workshop for the Mauritanian National Day against slavery, March 2023
From 2-6 March 2023, the SlafMig team held an advocacy training workshop in Nouakchott (Mauritania) with 30 members of the organisation Ganbanaaxun Fedde Mauritanie, to reinforce their capacity to fight slavery through advocacy. Ganbanaaxun Fedde is a newly created organisation in Mauritania whose aim is to fight against descent-based slavery, especially among the Soninke ethnic group. With the support of
The workshop in Gilleleje (Denmark), May-June 2022
The SlaFMig/EMiFo team was able to meet in Denmark from May 27 to June 3. The members of the Donkosira association (Mamadou Sène Cissé, Mariam Coulibaly and Assa Waly Diakité) and the research team (Dr. Marie Rodet, Dr. Lotte Pelckmans, Dr. Marie-Christine Deleigne, Aline Desdevises) met in Copenhagen before going to Gilleleje, where the workshop was held. The first days
International Point Sud Conference in Bamako, Mali, from 1-4 December 2021
From December 1-4, the workshop “Mobility, Mobilisation and Displacement in ‘post-slavery’ West-Africa” took place in Bamako, Mali. Organised by Lotte Pelckmans (SlaFMig / University of Copenhagen) and Paolo Gaibazzi (University of Bayreuth) through the research center Point Sud, different actors came together to exchange and discuss the topics of mobility, descent-based slavery and its repercussions in different countries and contexts.
A writing workshop for the special issue: E-motional Stories of Women’s Displacement in Africa, by Lotte Pelckmans and Sophia Stille (September 2021)
On September 27th and 28th, a workshop to discuss advancements on the Special Issue “E-Motive histories of female displacements” took place in Gilleleje, Denmark. Close to the refreshing sounds of the Danish Sea, the contributors Lotte Pelckmans, Marie Rodet, Ann McDougall, Francesca Declich and Clare Oxby had productive discussions, presentations and writing sessions to advance the Special Issue. Robin Chapdelaine
Conclusions and recommendations of the workshop for administrative and judicial authorities on descent-based slavery in Mali (Bamako, July 2021)
Last July, in Bamako, a SlaFMig workshop brought together administrative and judicial authorities from the Kayes, Koulikoro and Ménaka regions to discuss the issue of descent-based slavery. The presentations and discussions were rich and led to several recommendations. These take into account the complexity and multiple dimensions of the phenomenon and recommend actions in the legislative, political, administrative, socio-economic and
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