Salimata Lam is the national coordinator for SOS Esclaves, a Mauritanian association dedicated to fighting modern-day slavery [Ould Youssef/Al Jazeera]

From: Women Make Change

Meet the woman freeing Mauritania’s slaves

In a country where slavery can be as much a psychological state as a physical one, Salimata Lam tackles it holistically.

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Jacinda Townsend

9 Dec 2015

Two years ago, Niloofar Rahmani became Afghanistan's first female fixed-wing pilot [Andrew Quilty/Oculi]

Meet Afghanistan’s first female fixed-wing pilot

Hafsat Mohammed works to counter violent extremism by engaging young people at the grassroots level [Caelainn Hogan/Al Jazeera]

Meet the Nigerian woman taking on Boko Haram

Going Places: Girls’ Education in Ghana

A generation ago, Hero Ibrahim Ahmad was among the 50 or so women who joined their husbands and brothers in the war of resistance against Iraq's Baathist regime [Courtesy Hero Ibrahim Ahmad]

Hero Ibrahim Ahmad: The original female Peshmerga

Two years ago, Niloofar Rahmani became Afghanistan's first female fixed-wing pilot [Andrew Quilty/Oculi]

Meet Afghanistan’s first female fixed-wing pilot

Hafsat Mohammed works to counter violent extremism by engaging young people at the grassroots level [Caelainn Hogan/Al Jazeera]

Meet the Nigerian woman taking on Boko Haram

Going Places: Girls’ Education in Ghana

A generation ago, Hero Ibrahim Ahmad was among the 50 or so women who joined their husbands and brothers in the war of resistance against Iraq's Baathist regime [Courtesy Hero Ibrahim Ahmad]

Hero Ibrahim Ahmad: The original female Peshmerga