Background:

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.

The latest national survey on violence published in November shows that nearly 3 in 10 women have experienced at least one form of violence (physical, psychological, sexual, or economic) in the 12 months preceding the survey, representing a prevalence rate of 31.9%.

The multiple and diverse interventions to combat GBV have not yet resulted in a major change in the situation of women and girls facing GBV across Senegal, despite a legal and political framework that is quite favorable to the elimination of violence against women and girls, through the ratification of the Convention on...