Senegal

The Club des Jeunes Filles de Kolda was created in 2015 in Kolda and brings together girls aged 12 to 24.

The club fights against child marriage and early pregnancy, promotes female leadership and the empowerment of young girls and women.

The club is grouped in neighbourhoods and villages and works with peers, badienou gokh or religious authorities, to strengthen the club's capacity. It conducts home visits, talks, tea-debates, caravans and has a monitoring and alert unit to inform in case of need.

Accompanied by thousands of young girls, Sylvie Diack, President of the Club des Jeunes Filles de Kolda, has engaged in a community pact with their parents, the “New Deal”. In collaboration with the Badienou Gokh, the aim is to fight against early marriage and pregnancy and for the empowerment of girls.

ASAFE was founded in 1997 and works mainly on child marriage, early pregnancy, maternal mortality and female genital mutilation. It is currently chaired by Fatimata Mamadou Lamine Sy, a lawyer by training.

The association raises awareness among families living in regions where excision is still practised to encourage them to sign a declaration to abandon the practice and works more widely to raise awareness among young people in its commune. ASAFE also provides legal support to women who are victims of incest, rape and violence to enable them to reintegrate into society.

In addition to this support, the association is involved in areas such as the fight against Covid-19 by raising awareness of barrier measures and the fight against malaria through the distribution of long-lasting insecticide-treated mosquito nets and awareness sessions. The ASAFE is composed of 70% young people with a majority of women. Training sessions are conducted with young people to enable them to carry out advocacy activities.

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JGEN Senegal is a young women's organisation that promotes the elimination of violence against women and girls and also works to promote women's leadership and entrepreneurship.

As a West African civil society organization, ROAJELF Senegal, a women's organization, aims to develop the full potential of young women, with a view to promoting their participation in the sub-region's decision-making and development processes.

The West African network of young women leaders plans to be a tool for implementing the West African poverty reduction strategy in general, and young women in particular, in all programs and projects at all levels of reflection and action.

In the 1990s, the populations of Thiénaba paid a heavy price in terms of morbidity (3459 cases of malaria), high mortality, and socio-economic impact due to malaria. Among these children was a 12-year-old girl called Ami Diop who, after two days of suffering, finally died.

Ami Diop is the daughter of Mr El Hadji Diop, former President of the AISM of Thienaba, who was at your service. These painful events sealed the commitment and the community cohesion around one person, Mr El Hadji Diop, sharing a single goal, namely to create the Thienaba Association Islamique Sopey Mohamed (AISM).

AISM is a community-based project based on participation and ownership of malaria control activities, with the inclusive involvement of people affected by malaria such as the former president of AISM and now these children.

Bajenu Gox is a community programme set up by the Ministry of Health and Social Action to promote maternal, newborn and child health. It covers the whole country. The “Bajenu Gox" implement their programme along the following lines:

• Identify and monitor pregnant women in their neighbourhood, 
• Encourage the spouse to go to the prenatal consultation with his wife, 
• Encourage women to use insecticide-treated nets...

The “Bajenu Gox” association, led by Fatou Badiane Badienou Gox, aims to prevent gender-based violence and tuberculosis in the Thiès health district and to help improve the living conditions of women with tuberculosis.

It has 254 members in the Thiès health district, which covers six communes and the city of Thiès.

In addition to reproductive health, the Association works to raise awareness, develop leadership by women and girls, social mediation, civil status, guidance and support, and women's empowerment.

RN/ASLUT is an umbrella organization for a number of associations in Senegal's 14 regions, raising awareness and informing communities about the need to adopt appropriate behavior to combat this scourge. Since its creation, RN/ASLUT has actively participated in all phases of the fight against tuberculosis in Senegal, financed by the Global Fund.

Soppe Sa Jabotte is an association working for women’s empowerment and the prevention of diseases. Their approach is to train relays educated to a certain level and chosen by their peers in the community, on different topics, namely health, communication for behaviour change, leadership and women's rights.

Regarding women’s empowerment, the Association provides training in the production of soap, cereals, fruit and vegetable processing, syrup processing, etc. The Association works with the district of Mbour, but particularly with the health posts based on action plans.

It also works with NGOs such as Plan International, which supports the district through CBOs in the fight against tuberculosis, but also in the implementation of VAD/VALT activities, talks and social mobilisation.

The purpose of the Committee is to monitor Global Fund grants for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and to provide Senegal with a high-performance, proactive, visible, inclusive and credible community-based system. This system is intended to complement the public health system, thereby eliminating constraints on access to health services and improving living conditions for communities as part of the Global Fund's financing support for the three diseases. The Committee also aims to support the work of all other partners involved in the fight against these diseases (HIV, TB/PRHSS and malaria).

Woppa Diallo is a lawyer specializing in human rights, gender and education, and a Senegalese feminist activist committed to promoting and protecting the rights of women and girls in West Africa.

She is currently Executive Director of AMFE Sénégal (Association pour le Maintien des Filles à l'Ecole), an organization dedicated to educating and keeping girls in school, combating gender-based violence (GBV), promoting sexual and reproductive rights, female leadership and equal opportunities in education.

Winner of the Caine Prize for African Writing 2023 for the short story A Soul of Small Places, inspired by her field experience on GBV and written by her husband, Woppa Diallo is also recognized by Forbes Afrique (2024 edition) as one of Senegal's 10 most impactful personalities for her social commitment and influence in the feminist and educational spheres.

A lawyer by training, she has solid expertise in women's leadership, transformative gender education, feminist advocacy and inclusive governance.

She has worked with numerous national and international organizations. As an international consultant, she has led or contributed to several strategic initiatives in the G5 Sahel countries (Senegal, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Burkina Faso). An active member of the Feminist Network for Gender Transformative Education, Woppa defends a decolonial, inclusive and intergenerational approach to African feminism. Driven by a deep sense of social justice, she campaigns for a society where every woman and girl has the opportunity to learn, choose and freely direct her own life.

It was founded in 2008 and legally recognized in 2009. It is made up of 1,000 sex workers. It covers 14 regions of Senegal. We are involved in prevention, support for medical, psychosocial and nutritional care, advocacy and the promotion of human rights. Our organization is also involved in condom and lubricant distribution, as well as demedicalized HIV screening. And Soppeku is committed to combating all forms of violence against women
And Soppeku trains its members to provide essential services to their fellow sex workers, whether as peer educators carrying out essential awareness-raising activities or as paralegals providing legal support. Peers also lobby the authorities to defend the rights and access of sex workers to judicial, health and other public services.

Established in 2015, the Youth Network is a non-profit organisation that deals with issues related to gender-based violence, in particular Female Genital Mutilation and child marriage.

It was officially registered with the Ministry of the Interior in 2016. It is made up of 31 umbrella organisations, most of which work in the field of sexual and reproductive health of adolescents and young people to bring about positive changes in behaviour and attitudes. The Network is present in the fourteen (14) regions of Senegal through regional and departmental cells.

Its vision is: By 2030, contribute to the elimination of female genital mutilation and child marriage by improving the quality of life and respect for the rights of women and girls by preparing young people to be active, responsible citizens committed to fighting all forms of discrimination and violence against women and girls. 

A group of ten (10) women made up of doctors, anthropologists, social workers and community actors created the “ABOYA” association named And Bokk Yakaar which was founded in 2001.

Its headquarters are in Guédiawaye, and serve as a forum for all women infected and affected by HIV. In 2018, the association grew to 467 members. With twenty years of experience, ABOYA has diversified its actions in the field of reintegration with the development of Income Generating Activities for the empowerment of women.

OBJECTIVE: Contribute to the promotion of inclusive education for children, women's empowerment and the fight against GBV.
GOAL: To unite its like-minded members and to create links of mutual help and solidarity,
VISION: A Senegal free of AIDS, discrimination and GBV
MISSION: To defend the interests and promote the quality of life of its members and those of their families
AREAS OF INTERVENTION: Ziguinchor, Saint-Louis and Dakar
TARGETS: Families - Women - Children - Girls and Boys