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 UN Women Senegal Office works alongside other UN agencies in the country to implement its Strategic Note - which focuses on delivering on four interlinked programme areas underpinned by support for intergovernmental and normative processes: (i)Womens Political Empowerment and Leadership ; (ii) Womens Economic Empowerment and (iii) Ending Violence against Women

Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) is a central barrier to gender equality and a cause of widespread violation of human rights across Senegal. To respond to the rates of violence, UN Women has developed a comprehensi...