Zeinebou TALEB MOUSSA Mauritania’s Candidate to the Committee on

Zeinebou TALEB MOUSSA Mauritania’s Candidate to the Committee on the Rights of the Child 2025-2029 Motivation to become a member of the Committee “I want to monitor and implement the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child locally, nationally and internationally. [...] I am an activist for the rights of girls and young women in Mauritania.'' Professional career As the founding President of the NGO Mauritanian Association for Mother and Child Health (AMSME in French) and a member of Defence for Children International, I have been fighting for 30 years for the rights of girls and young women, independently of the Mauritanian government, as evidenced by my intervie. [...] • At the international level I have an in-depth knowledge of the United Nations Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty (2019), as well as the one on Violence (2006), and of course the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its three protocols. [...] • Contributed to the dissemination and follow-up of the recommendations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child, the UPR and the ACERWC for Mauritania through the Coordination of NGOs for the defence of children's rights for the elaboration of alternative reports on the CRC and the ACERWC. [...] ''I would like to stress the importance of the conclusions and recommendations of the Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty, as well as the need for States to implement them first at the national level in order to generate widespread political will and integrate the recommendations of the study.'' My expertise • Violence against children (early and forced marriage of children, female genita.