Senegal
Region: Africa / Population: 16,877M / Female Population: 8,580M
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Start Year End Year Measure Title Type of Measure Form of Violence
1965 Articles 298-299 of the Criminal Code (Violence) Laws > Violence against women > Legislation Violence against women and girls
1999 Code Penal (FGM) Laws > Violence against women > Legislation Female genital mutilation
2000 2005 Plan D'action National Pour L'abandon De La Pratique Des Mutilations Génitales Féminines Au Sénégal Policies > National action plan specific to violence against women Female genital mutilation
2002 Initiatives pour Enrayer le Phénomène de la Violence à l’école Prevention > Education > Formal education Violence against women and girls
2005 Act No. 2005-05 of 29 April 2005 on Human Trafficking Laws > Violence against women > Legislation Trafficking
2005 Loi N° 2005-06 Relative À La Lutte Contre La Traite Des Personnes Et Pratiques Assimilées Et À La Protection Des Victimes Laws > Violence against women > Legislation Trafficking
2008 2013 Plan National D’action De Lutte Contre La Traite Des Personnes, En Particulier Des Femmes Et Des Enfants Au Sénégal Policies > National action plan specific to violence against women Trafficking
2008 The National Observatory of Women’s Rights Institutional mechanisms Violence against women and girls
2008 Think Tank on Violence Against Women and Children established by decree Institutional mechanisms Violence against women and girls
2010 Evaluation of the Act of 1999 Prohibiting Excision Monitoring and evaluation > Laws Violence against women and girls
2010 2015 Plan d’Actions pour l’Accélération de l’Abandon de l’Excision Policies > National action plan specific to violence against women Female genital mutilation
2010 2012 The Framework for the Coordination of Girls’ Education Interventions (CCIEF) Prevention > Education > Formal education Violence against women and girls
2011 Plan D'action National Pour La Mise En Oeuvre De La Résolution 1325 (2000) Du Conseil De Sécurité Des Nations Unies Policies > Inclusion of violence against women in other national plan strategy Sexual violence
2011 Study on the Level of Implementation of the Act Prohibiting Excision Monitoring and evaluation > Laws Female genital mutilation
2012 Article 7 of the Constitution Laws > Violence against women > Constitutional provision Violence against women and girls
2016 2018 National Action Plan on Gender-based Violence 2016-2018 Policies > National action plan specific to violence against women Violence against women and girls
2017 2021 National Action Plan for the Eradication of GBV and the Promotion of Human Rights 2017-2021 Policies > National action plan specific to violence against women Violence against women and girls
2018 Free Legal Advice for Survivors of GBV Services > Social services > Psycho-social counselling Violence against women and girls
2020 Law Criminalizing Rape Laws > Violence against women > Legislation Sexual violence
2021 Global Youth Roundtable for the Abandonment of Female Genital Mutilation Prevention > Awareness-raising Campaigns Female genital mutilation
2022 National Policies (Action Plans and Strategys) on FGM Policies > National action plan specific to violence against women Female genital mutilation
Campagnes de Sensibilisation sur le sujet de la Violence Faite aux Femmes Prevention > Awareness-raising Campaigns Violence against women and girls
Centres and Shelters for Women Services > Social services > Shelter Safe accommodation Violence against women and girls
Child Protection Unit within the Ministry of the Interior (Special procedures for dealing with child victims of sexual abuse) Institutional mechanisms Sexual harassment; Sexual violence
Recherches sur les Violences Basées sur le Genre (VBG) du laboratoire GESTES (Groupe d’Etudes et de Recherches Genre et Sociétés) Research and statistical data > Other research and statistical data Violence against women and girls
Ligne d’Assistance pour Victimes de l'Excision Services > Social services > Hotline Helpline Female genital mutilation
National Technical Committee Monitors the Implemention of FGM Interventions Institutional mechanisms Female genital mutilation
Provisions against Forced Marriage Laws > Violence against women > Constitutional provision Child early and forced marriage
The National Plan to Eliminate Ill-Treatment Policies > National action plan specific to violence against women Violence against women and girls
2018 2035 National migration policy document / Document national de politique migratoire Policies > Inclusion of violence against women in other national plan strategy Trafficking
2023 2032 National Strategy to Combat Irregular Migration (SNLMI) / Stratégie nationale de Lutte contre la Migration irrégulière (SNLMI) Policies > Inclusion of violence against women in other national plan strategy Trafficking
Acceleration of actions to combat gender-based violence / Accélération des actions de lutte contre les Violences basées sur le Genre Services > Coordinated and or Integrated service delivery > Integrated services delivery Violence against women and girls
Multi-channel cloud solution for collecting data on GBV reports / Solution cloud multicanale pour la collecte des données sur les signalements des VBG Research and statistical data > Administrative data Violence against women and girls
2017 2021 Evaluation of the first GBV NAP 2017-2021 / Evaluation du premier PAN/VBG 2017-2021 Monitoring and Evaluation Violence against women and girls
Unique Care Centers / Centres d’accueil Unique Services > Social services > One-stop centers Violence against women and girls
Communication campaign on the Wallu Allo 116 platform / Vulgarisation de la plateforme Wallu Allo 116 Prevention > Awareness-raising Campaigns Violence against women and girls
(FEGU) web-sms platform for GBV data management / Plateforme (FEGU) web-sms de gestion des données VBG Research and statistical data > Administrative data Violence against women and girls
Training for police officers and gendarmes / Formation au profit de oliciers et gendarmes Services > Police > Training Violence against women and girls
Protocol for the management of sexual violence / Protocole de prise en charge des violences sexuelles Services > Police > Protocols and guidelines Violence against women and girls
Training on female genital mutilation / Formation sur les mutilations génitales féminines Prevention > Awareness-raising Campaigns Female genital mutilation
National Agenda for Girls (2021-2025) / Agenda national de la Fille (2021-2025) Policies > Inclusion of violence against women in other national plan strategy Violence against women and girls
Health sector codes of conduct to combat GBV / Codes de conduite du secteur de la santé pour lutter contre les VBG Services > Health > Protocols and guidelines Sexual violence
2016 2026 National Strategy for Gender Equity and Equality / Stratégie Nationale pour l'Equité et l'Egalité de Genre Policies > Inclusion of violence against women in other national plan strategy Violence against women and girls
2023 2022 Regional Platforms for the Prevention and Management of GBV Cases/ Plateformes régionales de prévention et prise en charge des cas de VBG Services > Coordinated and or Integrated service delivery > Integrated services delivery Violence against women and girls
GBV cases data system / Gestion des données de cas de VBG Research and statistical data > Administrative data Violence against women and girls
2020 2023 Capacity Building of Ministry of Health Actors on Gender-Based Violence (GBV) / Renforcement de capacités des acteurs du ministère de la santé sur les VBG Services > Health > Training Violence against women and girls
2021 2022 Management of GBV Cases in School Settings / Gestion des cas de VBG en milieu scolaire Services > Coordinated and or Integrated service delivery > Referral services Violence against women and girls
2016 2019 Ending Child Marriage and Adolescent Pregnancies/ Lutte contre le mariage d'enfants et les grossesses d'adolescentes Prevention > Community mobilization Child early and forced marriage
2021 2022 The "School for Husbands" Strategy / La Stratégie "Ecole des maris" Prevention > Working with men and boys Violence against women and girls
Community Awareness on Gender-Based Violence/ Sensibilisation communautaire sur les violences basées sur le genre Prevention > Community mobilization Violence against women and girls
2020 Guide for the Care of GBV Victims / Guide pour la prise en charge des victimes de VBG Services > Coordinated and or Integrated service delivery > Referral services Violence against women and girls
2022 Special Police Stations for the Care of GBV Victims/ Commissariats spéciaux pour la prise en charge des victimes de VBG Services > Police Violence against women and girls
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