7- Become a fair, equal and inseparable Republic, favouring the equal sharing
of power and wealth for the benefit of all components of Mauritanian society;
8- Guarantee the efficiency of the education of all kids aged 3 to 16, as well
as the participation in national service from the age of 18, thus offering
professional opportunities for the future;
9- Include slavery and racism as crimes against humanity in textbooks, and
make the teaching of them mandatory;
10- Legally and politically recognise the social actors, political parties and
movements, trade unions and associations which work to improve citizens’
living conditions;
11- Establish health insurance and a minimum income for all Mauritanian
citizens to guarantee a standard of living which will let them cover their basic
needs.
12- Equally include Haratins in the enrolment process by ensuring that all
members of the community, including the rebellious adwaba, benefit from it
so that they do not become stateless in their own country. The absence of
proof of ID makes access to education for Haratin children impossible.
13- Stop the expropriation of lands farmed by the adwaba inhabitants.
Traditionally, the latter are used for agricultural production for the benefit of
slave masters who appropriate a significant share of the annual production.
New facts show that the slave masters sell the lands to the highest bidder,
often Middle Eastern inhabitants, or transform them into modern
agricultural farms. This situation leads to the dispossession of the Haratins
who lose the lands which they have always farmed and which were their only
source of income.
Due to their cultural, social, political and economic identity, the Haratins are
discriminated on work and descent, a stigmatising and degrading status
which affects many other communities all over the world. It is therefore vital
to act in a concerted and