Aminetou Mint El-Moctar (Arabic: أمينيتو بنت المختار; born 13 December 1956) is a Mauritanian politician and women's rights activist.

After leaving her husband, and unable to attend school, she worked in a variety of low-paid jobs, including cigarette seller, switchboard operator, and as a social worker.

[8] In 2014, a fatwa was launched against her by the imam of a Mauritanian radical Islamist movement, who call themselves Ahbab Errassoul (The Prophet's Friends).

From its outset, the AFCF has been designed to reflect the diversity of Mauritania, including Arab, Berber, Haratin, Pulaar, Soninke and Wolof women.

[1] The AFCF has 12,000 members, six rescue centers for victims, 168 social workers, four lawyers and a contact person in every city in Mauritania.

In 2015, El-Moctar was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, along with other anti-slavery campaigners Biram Dah Abeid and Boubacar Ould Messaoud [fr].