Good Practices: Senegal

Young Muslim Woman in Senegal. Credit: Evan Schneider, UN Photos

Senegal: Grandmothers Taking the Lead Against Female Genital Mutilation


By Soumaila T. Diarra BAMAKO , Dec 28 2012 (IPS) – In the southern Senegal village of Kael Bessel, female genital mutilation is no longer a taboo subject. Sexagenarian Fatoumata Sabaly speaks freely about female circumcision and girls’ rights with … Continue reading →

Street scene in Dakar. Credit: UN Photos/ Yutaka Nagata

Senegal Villages Aspire to Self-Sufficiency in Rice

By Souleymane Faye DAKAR, Nov 12 2012 (IPS) – The residents of five villages in the Boyard Valley, in southwestern Senegal, are freeing themselves from “the tyranny of imported rice” by stepping up local production of this important staple food. … Continue reading →

Woman in Senegal. Credit: John Isaac, UN Photos

Senegal: Breakthrough for Women in Lower House

By Souleymane Faye Dakar, Aug 2 2012 (IPS) – A record number of women were sworn in as legislators as Senegal’s new parliament was inaugurated on Monday. Sixty-four women now have seats in this West African country’s 150-member National Assembly, … Continue reading →

Senegal: A coconut climber. Credit: Rozberg/ UN Photos

Senegal: Eco-Villages Breathe New Life Into Rural Senegal

By Koffigan E. Adigbli Dakar, Jul 3 2012 (IPS) – Eighty-odd kilometres outside Dakar, the Senegalese capital, solar power and an irrigation scheme are transforming a traditional village into what the government hopes will be a model for the future … Continue reading →