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Law No 1982-019 of 22 January 1982 on access by women to certain
military and paramilitary bodies (Armed Forces, Customs, Civil Aviation ) ;
Penal Code : Law of 24 January 2004 on punishment for violence
perpetrated against women in the home and in the society ;
Labour Code for the protection of women on maternity leave ;
Social security to ensure healthcare for the woman, her spouse and her
children ;
The general tax Code (Law No 2008-01 of 8 January 2008 on amendment
of some provisions of the Tax Code) which removes the joint taxation of
the couple and grants the woman full tax autonomy ;
Law No 2010-11 of 28 May 2010 instituting full parity between Men and
Women in all partial or total elective institutions ;
Decree No 2006-515/PR of 9 June 2006 on access by women to the
gendarmerie ;
Decrees No 2006-1309 and 1310 of 23 November 2006 establishing that a
female employee and salaried worker in the private sector should take
up medical care of her husband and children.
New policies initiated by the government to enhance women’s rights :
364. These are mainly :
The establishment of national women’s action plan (PANAF) from 1997 to
2003 ;
The MDG’s by 2015 ;
The Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper of Senegal (PRSP) 2006-2010 which
was part of the guidelines defined by the United Nations for the
attainment of the MDGs, i.e. reducing poverty by half by 2015, access to
basic social services comprising health, nutrition, education, access to
water and sanitation ;
The National Strategy for Gender Equality and Equity for the period 20052015 ;
Access by women to equipment for domestic chores :
o Between 2000 and 2005, close to CFA francs 4. 5 billion were
injected into millet mills, sewing machines, agricultural products
processing units and kitchen kits;
o The Head of State made a commitment in 2006 to provide
thousand (1000) mills per annum to women’s organizations ;
o Access by women to basic social infrastructure ;
o Almost CFAF 18 billion were injected into the implementation of
socio-community infrastructure by way of poverty alleviation
projects and CENAF-CEDAW ;
Strengthening of institutional and organizational capacity of women :
o This is in respect of about 25.000 women’s organizations consisting
of more than one million women scattered over the entire
country ;
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