Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :21.5
Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 12.2
Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence : Official National Statistics Not Available
Child Marriage :30.5
Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting :24 % (1)
Concluding observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR)
Gender Inequality Index Rank :130 (2)
Global Gender Gap Index Rank :104 (3)
Senegal | 2012
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Constitutional provision
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Senegal | 2011
Type of Measure : Monitoring and Evaluation > Laws
Form of Violence : Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C)
Senegal | 2011
Type of Measure : Policies > Inclusion of violence against women in other national plan/strategy
Form of Violence : Sexual violence
Senegal | 2010 | 2015
Type of Measure : Policies > National action plan specific to violence against women
Form of Violence : Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C)
Senegal | 2010 | 2012
Type of Measure : Education > Formal education
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Senegal | 2010
Type of Measure : Monitoring and Evaluation > Laws
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Senegal | 2008 | 2013
Type of Measure : Policies > National action plan specific to violence against women
Form of Violence : Trafficking
Senegal | 2008
Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Senegal | 2008
Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Senegal | 2005
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Trafficking
(1) Percentage of girls and women aged 15 to 49 years who have undergone FGM/C. Source: UNICEF global databases, 2021, based on DHS, MICS and other nationally representative surveys.
(2) The Gender Inequality Index is a composite measure reflecting inequality between women and men in three different dimensions: reproductive health (maternal mortality ratio and adolescent birth rate), empowerment (share of parliamentary seats held by women and share of population with at least some secondary education), and labour market participation (labour force participation rate). Source: United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Report 2020.
(3) The Global Gender Gap Index benchmarks national gender gaps on economic, political, education and health criteria. Source: World Economic Forum, the Global Gender Gap Report 2021.