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title="Matriarch">Matriarch</a> in Ibel, Senegal.</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cooking_in_senegal_20050824-d.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Cooking_in_senegal_20050824-d.jpg/250px-Cooking_in_senegal_20050824-d.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Cooking_in_senegal_20050824-d.jpg/375px-Cooking_in_senegal_20050824-d.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/Cooking_in_senegal_20050824-d.jpg 2x" data-file-width="495" data-file-height="330" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Senegalese_cuisine" title="Senegalese cuisine">Senegalese cuisine</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Penda_mbow.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Penda_mbow.jpg/250px-Penda_mbow.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Penda_mbow.jpg/375px-Penda_mbow.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Penda_mbow.jpg/500px-Penda_mbow.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Penda_Mbow" title="Penda Mbow">Penda Mbow</a>, historian and activist.</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:OumouSy.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/OumouSy.jpg/250px-OumouSy.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/OumouSy.jpg/375px-OumouSy.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/OumouSy.jpg/500px-OumouSy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3483" data-file-height="2616" /></a><figcaption>Stylist <a href="/wiki/Oumou_Sy" title="Oumou Sy">Oumou Sy</a> in <a href="/wiki/Dakar" title="Dakar">Dakar</a> in 2007.</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:FootballeusesNgor.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/FootballeusesNgor.jpg/250px-FootballeusesNgor.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/FootballeusesNgor.jpg/375px-FootballeusesNgor.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/FootballeusesNgor.jpg/500px-FootballeusesNgor.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3478" data-file-height="2276" /></a><figcaption>Football players on the beach at <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ngor_(village)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ngor (village) (page does not exist)">Ngor</a></figcaption></figure> <p><b>Women in <a href="/wiki/Senegal" title="Senegal">Senegal</a></b> have a traditional social status as shaped by local custom and religion. According to 2005 survey, the <a href="/wiki/Female_genital_mutilation" title="Female genital mutilation">female genital mutilation</a> prevalence rate stands at 28% of all women in Senegal aged between 15 and 49.<sup id="cite_ref-fgmsen2011_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fgmsen2011-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_Senegal&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The traditional division of labour in Senegal saw women responsible for household tasks such as cooking, cleaning, and childcare. They were also responsible for a large share of agricultural work, including weeding and harvesting, for such common crops as rice. Women of the nobility used to be influential in political scenes. This is partly because matrilineage was the means for a prince to become king (particularly in the Wolof kingdoms). Such <i>lingeer</i> as <a href="/w/index.php?title=Yacine_Boubou&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yacine Boubou (page does not exist)">Yacine Boubou</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ndate_Yalla&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ndate Yalla (page does not exist)">Ndate Yalla</a> and her sister <a href="/w/index.php?title=Njembeut_Mbodji&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Njembeut Mbodji (page does not exist)">Njembeut Mbodji</a> are hailed as inspirations for contemporary Senegalese women. </p><p>In recent decades, economic change and urbanization has led to many young men migrating to the cities, such as Dakar. Rural women have become increasingly involved in managing village forestry resources and operating millet and rice mills.<sup id="cite_ref-Culture_of_Senegal_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Culture_of_Senegal-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The government's rural development agency aims to organize village women and involve them more actively in the development process. Women play a prominent role in village health committees and prenatal and postnatal programs. In urban areas, despite women's second-class status <a href="/wiki/Women_in_Islam" title="Women in Islam">within Islam</a>, cultural change has led to women entering the labour market as office and retail clerks, domestic workers and unskilled workers in textile mills and tuna-canning factories.<sup id="cite_ref-Culture_of_Senegal_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Culture_of_Senegal-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Non-government organizations are also active in promoting women's economic opportunities. Micro-financing loans for women's businesses have improved the economic situation of many.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Senegal ratified the <a href="/wiki/Convention_on_the_Elimination_of_All_Forms_of_Discrimination_Against_Women" title="Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women">Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women</a>, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, as well as the additional protocol. Senegal is also a signatory of the African Charter of Human and People's Rights, which was adopted during the 2003 African Union Summit. As of 2011<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Women_in_Senegal&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, <a href="/wiki/Feminism_in_Senegal" title="Feminism in Senegal">Senegalese feminists</a> were critical of the government's lack of action in enforcing the protocols, conventions and other texts that legally protect women's rights.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Women's_rights"><span id="Women.27s_rights"></span>Women's rights</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_Senegal&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Women's rights"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Feminism_in_Senegal" title="Feminism in Senegal">Feminism in Senegal</a></div> <p>Women in Senegal face a number of disparities in their social status. Women have high rates of illiteracy. They make up less than 10% of the formal labour force. <a href="/wiki/Female_genital_mutilation" title="Female genital mutilation">Female genital mutilation</a> is a persistent practise in some rural areas, despite being outlawed by the constitution of 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Women's legal rights are similar via <a href="/wiki/Polygyny" title="Polygyny">polygyny</a> marriages, and <a href="/wiki/Sharia" title="Sharia">Islamic law</a> involving property ownership. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Female_genital_mutilation">Female genital mutilation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_Senegal&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Female genital mutilation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Prevalence_of_female_genital_mutilation_by_country" class="mw-redirect" title="Prevalence of female genital mutilation by country">Prevalence of female genital mutilation by country</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Female_genital_mutilation" title="Female genital mutilation">Female genital mutilation</a> is present in Senegal.<sup id="cite_ref-brighamandwomens1_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brighamandwomens1-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to 2005 survey, the FGM prevalence rate is 28% of all women aged between 15 and 49.<sup id="cite_ref-fgmsen2011_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fgmsen2011-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are significant differences in regional prevalence. FGM is most widespread in the Southern Senegal (94% in Kolda Region) and in Northeastern Senegal (93% in Matam Region).<sup id="cite_ref-unicefstat2010_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unicefstat2010-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-fgmsen2011_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fgmsen2011-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>FGM rates are lower in other regions: Tambacounda (86%), Ziguinchor (69%), and less than 5% in Diourbel and Louga Regions. Senegal is 94% Muslim (FGM is not an Islamic practice) The FGM prevalence rate varies by religion: 29% of Muslim women have undergone FGM, 16% of Animists, and 11% of Christian women.<sup id="cite_ref-unicefstat2010_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unicefstat2010-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-fgmsen2011_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fgmsen2011-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_Senegal&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religious_figures">Religious figures</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_Senegal&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Religious figures"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mame_Diarra_Bousso" title="Mame Diarra Bousso">Mame Diarra Bousso</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Female_politicians">Female politicians</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_Senegal&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Female politicians"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ndoumbe_Ndiaye&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ndoumbe Ndiaye (page does not exist)">Ndoumbe Ndiaye</a> – <a href="/w/index.php?title=Thioumbe_Samb&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Thioumbe Samb (page does not exist)">Thioumbe Samb</a> – <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mame_Yacine_Diagne&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mame Yacine Diagne (page does not exist)">Mame Yacine Diagne</a> – <a href="/wiki/Aline_Sito%C3%A9_Diatta" class="mw-redirect" title="Aline Sitoé Diatta">Aline Sitoé Diatta</a> – <a href="/wiki/Arame_Diene" class="mw-redirect" title="Arame Diene">Arame Diene</a> – <a href="/w/index.php?title=Caroline_Faye&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Caroline Faye (page does not exist)">Caroline Faye</a> – <a href="/w/index.php?title=Anne_Marie_Sohai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Anne Marie Sohai (page does not exist)">Anne Marie Sohai</a> – <a href="/w/index.php?title=Lena_Diagne&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lena Diagne (page does not exist)">Lena Diagne</a> – <a href="/w/index.php?title=Awa_Dia_Thiam&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Awa Dia Thiam (page does not exist)">Awa Dia Thiam</a> – <a href="/wiki/Mame_Madior_Boye" title="Mame Madior Boye">Mame Madior Boye</a> – <a href="/wiki/Marie-Ang%C3%A9lique_Savan%C3%A9" title="Marie-Angélique Savané">Marie-Angélique Savané</a> – <a href="/wiki/Awa_Marie_Coll_Seck" class="mw-redirect" title="Awa Marie Coll Seck">Awa Marie Coll Seck</a> – <a href="/wiki/Aminata_Tall" title="Aminata Tall">Aminata Tall</a> – <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ndat%C3%A9_Yalla&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ndaté Yalla (page does not exist)">Ndaté Yalla</a> – <a href="/wiki/Aminata_Mbengue_Ndiaye" title="Aminata Mbengue Ndiaye">Aminata Mbengue Ndiaye</a> – <a href="/wiki/Penda_Mbow" title="Penda Mbow">Penda Mbow</a> – <a href="/wiki/Safiatou_Thiam" title="Safiatou Thiam">Safiatou Thiam</a> – <a href="/w/index.php?title=A%C3%AFda_Mbodj&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aïda Mbodj (page does not exist)">Aïda Mbodj</a> – <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ndeye_Fatou_Ba&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ndeye Fatou Ba (page does not exist)">Ndeye Fatou Ba</a> – <a href="/w/index.php?title=Lena_Diagne&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lena Diagne (page does not exist)">Lena Diagne</a> – <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gnagna_Thour%C3%A9&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gnagna Thouré (page does not exist)">Gnagna Thouré</a> – <a href="/wiki/Arame_Ndoye" title="Arame Ndoye">Arame Ndoye</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Scientists">Scientists</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_Senegal&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Scientists"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Awa_Marie_Coll_Seck" class="mw-redirect" title="Awa Marie Coll Seck">Awa Marie Coll Seck</a> – <a href="/wiki/Rose_Dieng-Kuntz" title="Rose Dieng-Kuntz">Rose Dieng-Kuntz</a> – <a href="/wiki/Penda_Mbow" title="Penda Mbow">Penda Mbow</a> – <a href="/wiki/Safiatou_Thiam" title="Safiatou Thiam">Safiatou Thiam</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Female_writers">Female writers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_Senegal&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Female writers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mariama_B%C3%A2" title="Mariama Bâ">Mariama Bâ</a> – <a href="/wiki/Mariama_Barry" title="Mariama Barry">Mariama Barry</a> – <a href="/wiki/Nd%C3%A8ye_Coumba_Mbengue_Diakhat%C3%A9" title="Ndèye Coumba Mbengue Diakhaté">Ndèye Coumba Mbengue Diakhaté</a> – <a href="/wiki/Sokhna_Benga" title="Sokhna Benga">Sokhna Benga</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jacqueline_Fatima_Bocoum" title="Jacqueline Fatima Bocoum">Jacqueline Fatima Bocoum</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ken_Bugul" title="Ken Bugul">Ken Bugul</a> – <a href="/wiki/A%C3%AFssatou_Ciss%C3%A9" title="Aïssatou Cissé">Aïssatou Cissé</a> – <a href="/wiki/Fama_Diagne_S%C3%A8ne" title="Fama Diagne Sène">Fama Diagne Sène</a> – <a href="/wiki/Nafissatou_Niang_Diallo" title="Nafissatou Niang Diallo">Nafissatou Niang Diallo</a> – <a href="/wiki/A%C3%AFssatou_Diamanka-Besland" title="Aïssatou Diamanka-Besland">Aïssatou Diamanka-Besland</a> – <a href="/wiki/Mame_Younousse_Dieng" title="Mame Younousse Dieng">Mame Younousse Dieng</a> – <a href="/wiki/Fatou_Diome" title="Fatou Diome">Fatou Diome</a> – <a href="/wiki/Khadi_Fall" title="Khadi Fall">Khadi Fall</a> – <a href="/w/index.php?title=Khadi_Hane&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Khadi Hane (page does not exist)">Khadi Hane</a> – <a href="/wiki/Aminata_Ma%C3%AFga_Ka" title="Aminata Maïga Ka">Aminata Maïga Ka</a> – <a href="/wiki/Nd%C3%A8ye_Fatou_Kane" title="Ndèye Fatou Kane">Ndèye Fatou Kane</a> – <a href="/wiki/Annette_Mbaye_d%27Erneville" title="Annette Mbaye d'Erneville">Annette Mbaye d'Erneville</a> – <a href="/wiki/Aminata_Sow_Fall" title="Aminata Sow Fall">Aminata Sow Fall</a> – <a href="/wiki/Fatou_Ndiaye_Sow" title="Fatou Ndiaye Sow">Fatou Ndiaye Sow</a> – <a href="/wiki/Mariama_Ndoye" title="Mariama Ndoye">Mariama Ndoye</a> – <a href="/wiki/Mame_Seck_Mback%C3%A9" title="Mame Seck Mbacké">Mame Seck Mbacké</a> – <a href="/wiki/Khady_Sylla" title="Khady Sylla">Khady Sylla</a> – <a href="/wiki/Abibatou_Traor%C3%A9" title="Abibatou Traoré">Abibatou Traoré</a>- <a href="/w/index.php?title=Rahmatou_Seck_Samb&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rahmatou Seck Samb (page does not exist)">Rahmatou Seck Samb</a> – <a href="/wiki/Nafissatou_Dia_Diouf" title="Nafissatou Dia Diouf">Nafissatou Dia Diouf</a> -</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Filmmakers">Filmmakers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_Senegal&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Filmmakers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a 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href="/wiki/Oumou_Sy" title="Oumou Sy">Oumou Sy</a> – <a href="/w/index.php?title=Koukou_Kane&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Koukou Kane (page does not exist)">Koukou Kane</a> – <a href="/w/index.php?title=Coll%C3%A9_Ardo_Sow&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Collé Ardo Sow (page does not exist)">Collé Ardo Sow</a> – <a href="/wiki/Adama_Paris" class="mw-redirect" title="Adama Paris">Adama Paris</a> – <a href="/w/index.php?title=Diouma_Dieng_Diakhat%C3%A9&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Diouma Dieng Diakhaté (page does not exist)">Diouma Dieng Diakhaté</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jo%C3%ABlle_le_Bussy_Fal" title="Joëlle le Bussy Fal">Joelle Le Bussy</a> – Nafissatou Diop</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Choreographers">Choreographers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_Senegal&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Choreographers"><span>edit</span></a><span 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title="Coumba Gawlo Seck (page does not exist)">Coumba Gawlo Seck</a> – <a href="/wiki/Diarra_(French_singer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Diarra (French singer)">Diarra</a> – <a href="/wiki/Viviane_Ndour" title="Viviane Ndour">Viviane Ndour</a> -<a href="/w/index.php?title=Diabou_Samb&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Diabou Samb (page does not exist)">Diabou Samb</a> -<a href="/w/index.php?title=Kine_Lam&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kine Lam (page does not exist)">Kine Lam</a> – <a href="/w/index.php?title=Daro_Mbaye&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Daro Mbaye (page does not exist)">Daro Mbaye</a> – <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ndeye_Mbaye&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ndeye Mbaye (page does not exist)">Ndeye Mbaye</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Athletes">Athletes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_Senegal&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Athletes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Senegal_women%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Senegal women's national basketball team">Senegal women's national basketball team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kene_Ndoye" class="mw-redirect" title="Kene Ndoye">Kene Ndoye</a> – <a href="/wiki/Amy_Mback%C3%A9_Thiam" title="Amy Mbacké Thiam">Amy Mbacké Thiam</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Others">Others</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_Senegal&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Others"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oulimata_Sarr" title="Oulimata Sarr">Oulimata Sarr</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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<li><a href="/wiki/Health_in_Senegal" title="Health in Senegal">Health in Senegal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Senegal" title="Education in Senegal">Education in Senegal</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_Senegal&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="languageicon">(in German)</span> Bettina Marcinowski, <i>Die Frau in Afrika : Unters. zum schwarzafrikan. frankophonen Roman Kameruns u. Senegals</i>, Francfort et Berne, Lang, 1982, 246 p. (version abrégée d'une thèse de l'Université de Fribourg, 1981 <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/3-8204-7237-1" title="Special:BookSources/3-8204-7237-1">3-8204-7237-1</a></li> <li>Isabelle Guérin, « Women and Money: Lessons from Senegal », <i>Development and Change</i>, 2006, 37 (3), p. 549–570.</li> <li>Lisa McNee, <i>Selfish Gifts: Senegalese Women's Autobiographical Discourses</i>, State University of New York, 2000, 197 p. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7914-4587-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-7914-4587-9">0-7914-4587-9</a></li> <li>Kathleen Sheldon, <i>Historical Dictionary of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa</i>, The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2005, 448 p.</li> <li><span class="languageicon">(in French)</span> Philippe Antoine et Jeanne Nanitelamio, <i>Peut-on échapper à la polygamie à Dakar ?</i>, Paris, CEPED, 1995, 31 p. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/2-87762-077-8" title="Special:BookSources/2-87762-077-8">2-87762-077-8</a></li> <li><span class="languageicon">(in French)</span> <i>Femmes en politique : l'expérience dans cinq pays : Sénégal, Bénin, Burkina Faso, Cameroun, Mali</i>, Dakar, Éditions Démocraties africaines, 1999 ou 2000, 151 p.</li> <li><span class="languageicon">(in French)</span> Philippe Antoine et Jeanne Nanitelamio, <i>Peut-on échapper à la polygamie à Dakar ?</i>, Paris, CEPED, 1995, 31 p. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/2-87762-077-8" title="Special:BookSources/2-87762-077-8">2-87762-077-8</a></li> <li><span class="languageicon">(in French)</span> Hélène Bouchard et Chantal Rondeau, <i>Commerçantes et épouses à Dakar et Bamako. La réussite par le commerce</i>, Paris, L'Harmattan, 2007, 436 p. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-2-296-03733-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-2-296-03733-5">978-2-296-03733-5</a></li> <li><span class="languageicon">(in French)</span> May Clarkson, <i>La femme Bedik. Mariage et procréation, approche ethno-démographique à un problème de micro-évolution</i>, Université de Montréal, 1977 (M.Sc.)</li> <li><span class="languageicon">(in French)</span> Katy Cissé Wone, « Le passé politique des femmes : une trajectoire ambiguë », <i>Démocraties africaines</i>, n° 5, 1996/03, p. 47-51</li> <li><span class="languageicon">(in French)</span> Marina Co Trung Yung, <i>Des enquêtes sur la participation des femmes sénégalaises à la vie politique de 1945 à 1960</i>, Paris, Université de Paris I, 1980 (Diplôme d'Etudes Approfondies)</li> <li><span class="languageicon">(in French)</span> Sidy Diallo, <i>Contribution à l'étude du phénomène de la migration au Sénégal : les jeunes filles sereer et diola à Dakar</i>, Dakar, Université de Dakar, 1981, 104 p. (Mémoire de Maîtrise)</li> <li><span class="languageicon">(in French)</span> Nafissatou Diop, <i>La fécondité des adolescentes au Sénégal</i>, Université de Montréal, 1993 (thèse)</li> <li><span class="languageicon">(in French)</span> Adama Diouf, <i>L’éducation des filles dans les quatre communes fin du XIXe-1920. Le cas de Rufisque</i>, Université de Dakar, 1998, 103 p. (Mémoire de Maîtrise)</li> <li><span class="languageicon">(in French)</span> Hadiza Djibo, <i>La participation des femmes africaines à la vie politique : les exemples du Sénégal et du Niger</i>, Paris, L'Harmattan, 2002, 426 p. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/2-7475-0330-5" title="Special:BookSources/2-7475-0330-5">2-7475-0330-5</a></li> <li><span class="languageicon">(in French)</span> Colette Le Cour Grandmaison, <i>Rôles traditionnels féminins et urbanisation. Lébou et wolof de Dakar</i>, Paris, EPHE, 1970, 4+310+23 p. (Thèse de 3e cycle, publiée en 1972 sous le titre "Femmes dakaroises : rôles traditionnels féminins et urbanisation", Abidjan, <i>Annales de l'Université d'Abidjan</i>, 249 p.)</li> <li><span class="languageicon">(in French)</span> Awa Kane Ly, <i>La femme haal-pulaar au Fuuta Tooro</i>, Dakar, Université de Dakar, 1980, 158 p. (Mémoire de Maîtrise)</li> <li><span class="languageicon">(in French)</span> Khalifa Mbengue, <i>Stratégies de communication en planification familiale : Campagne d'information Sénégal (1988–1989)</i>, Université de Montréal, 1993 (MSc.)</li> <li><span class="languageicon">(in French)</span> Gora Mboup, <i>Étude des déterminants socio-économiques et culturels de la fécondité au Sénégal à partir de l'enquête sénégalaise sur la fécondité (ESF, 1978) et l'enquête démographique et de santé (EDS, 1986)</i>, Université de Montréal, 1993 (thèse)</li> <li><span class="languageicon">(in French)</span> Maty Ndiaye et Marina Co Trung Yung, <i>La condition des femmes colonisées du Sénégal et du Soudan français</i>, Paris, Université de Paris VIII, 1979, 413 p. (Mémoire de Maîtrise)</li> <li><span class="languageicon">(in French)</span> Oumy K. Ndiaye, <i>Femmes sérères et projets de développement : exemple de la diffusion des foyers améliorés dans le Département de Fatick, Sénégal</i>, Université Laval, 1988 (M.A.)</li> <li><span class="languageicon">(in French)</span> Abdou Karim Ndoye, <i>Facteurs socio-économiques et réussite scolaire des filles en fin d'enseignement élémentaire : cas de deux régions du Sénégal</i>, Dakar?, Rapport d'étude UEPA, 2002, 136 p. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/2-910115-27-5" title="Special:BookSources/2-910115-27-5">2-910115-27-5</a></li> <li><span class="languageicon">(in French)</span> Mame Fama Niang, <i>Situation de la femme musulmane au Sénégal</i>, Dakar, Université de Dakar, 1979, 95 p. (Mémoire de Maîtrise)</li> <li><span class="languageicon">(in French)</span> Dauphine Ravololomanikara, <i>Le rôle et la place de la femme dans quelques romans sénégalais</i>, University of British Columbia, 1974 (M.A.)</li> <li><span class="languageicon">(in French)</span> Ahmed Rufa'i, <i>L'image de la femme africaine dans l'œuvre d'Ousmane Sembène</i>, Université de Sherbrooke, 1983 (M.A.)</li> <li><span class="languageicon">(in French)</span> <a href="/wiki/Marie-Ang%C3%A9lique_Savan%C3%A9" title="Marie-Angélique Savané">Marie-Angélique Savané</a>, <i>Les projets pour les femmes en milieu rural au Sénégal</i>, Genève, Bureau International du Travail, 1983, 139 p. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/92-2-203394-9" title="Special:BookSources/92-2-203394-9">92-2-203394-9</a></li> <li><span class="languageicon">(in French)</span> F. Sow, <i>Le pouvoir économique des femmes dans le département de Podor</i>, Saint-Louis, SAED, 1990</li> <li><span class="languageicon">(in French)</span> F. Sow, (sous la direction de), <i>Les femmes sénégalaises à l'horizon 2015</i>, Dakar, Ministère de la Femme, de l'Enfant et de la Famille, République du Sénégal, 1993</li> <li><span class="languageicon">(in French)</span> Papa Sow, « Les récolteuses de sel du lac Rose (Sénégal) : Histoire d'une innovation sociale féminine », <i>Géographie et cultures</i>, 2002, n° 41, p. 93-113</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Filmography">Filmography</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_Senegal&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Filmography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="languageicon">(in French)</span> <i>Traumatisme de la femme face à la polygamie</i> (<a href="/wiki/Ousmane_Semb%C3%A8ne" title="Ousmane Sembène">Ousmane Sembène</a>, 1969)</li> <li><span class="languageicon">(in French)</span> <i><a href="/wiki/Moolaad%C3%A9" title="Moolaadé">Moolaadé</a></i> (Ousmane Sembène, 2004)</li> <li><span class="languageicon">(in French)</span> <i>Mon beau sourire</i> (<a href="/wiki/Ang%C3%A8le_Diabang_Brener" title="Angèle Diabang Brener">Angèle Diabang Brener</a>, 2005)</li> <li><span class="languageicon">(in French)</span> <i>Sénégalaises et islam</i> (Angèle Diabang Brener, (2007)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_Senegal&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://hdr.undp.org/system/files/documents/global-report-document/hdr2021-22pdf_1.pdf">"Human Development Report 2021/2022"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. 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href="#cite_ref-unicefstat2010_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-unicefstat2010_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.unicef.org/publications/files/FGM-C_final_10_October.pdf">FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION/CUTTING: A Statistical Exploration</a> UNICEF (2010); see Table 1C, page 34</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Women_in_Senegal&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid 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title="History of West Africa">Regional history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mali_Empire" title="Mali Empire">Mali Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Kingdoms_of_Senegal" title="Category:Kingdoms of Senegal">Precolonial kingdoms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trans-Saharan_slave_trade" title="Trans-Saharan slave trade">Trans-Saharan slave trade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_conquest_of_Senegal" title="French conquest of Senegal">French conquest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_West_Africa" title="French West Africa">French West Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_slave_trade" class="mw-redirect" title="African slave trade">African slave trade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capture_of_Senegal" class="mw-redirect" title="Capture of Senegal">British invasion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mali_Federation" title="Mali Federation">Mali Federation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senegambia" title="Senegambia">Senegambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senegambia_Confederation" title="Senegambia Confederation">Senegambia Confederation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mauritania%E2%80%93Senegal_Border_War" title="Mauritania–Senegal Border War">Border War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bissau-Guinean_Civil_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Bissau-Guinean Civil War">Bissau-Guinean Civil War involvement</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Senegal" title="Coat of arms of Senegal"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Coat_of_arms_of_Senegal.svg/100px-Coat_of_arms_of_Senegal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="119" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Coat_of_arms_of_Senegal.svg/150px-Coat_of_arms_of_Senegal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Coat_of_arms_of_Senegal.svg/200px-Coat_of_arms_of_Senegal.svg.png 2x" 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