o Thus, 85.813 women were trained for women’s leadership between 2000 and 2009 ; o Support was provided for 730 micro-projects supervised by technical experts from the Ministry of Family Affairs. 365. All these initiatives yielded far-reaching results, the most significant ones are the following:       Increase in the representation of women in the Senegalese Parliament from 33 (or 24%) to 64 deputies (or 44.6%) out of 150 members of the National Assembly ; Enlistment of a significant number of young girls into the Senegalese Army. Between September 2007 and January 2008, 300 young girls between the ages of 18 and 23 years were recruited into the Senegalese Army ; A more general improvement in the representation of women in the public service. It increased from 15,584 (18.40%) to 16,346 (19.09%) from 2009 to 2010. Women accounted for 17.29% of the judiciary in 2010 and 1.58% of the police force under national command. Senegal does not yet have a governor or woman sub-prefect but this is going to happen since even in 2004, the territorial command was still not open to women. Free Caesarian section operations and childbirths. Reduction of the practice of excision: between 2009 and 2011, 4452 communities out of 5000 surveyed in 1997 abandoned the practice of excision as a result of the impact of the Community Capacity Building Programme (PRCC) based on a strategy of education on the rights of the individual spearheaded by civil society and supported by UNICEF, which programme helped to promote awareness among the population. These results were so encouraging that donors (UNICEF-UNFPA-USAID) decided to support a National Action Plan launched in February 2010 to fast-track the elimination of excision (2010-2015). The Action Plan which is managed by a National Council chaired by the Prime Minister and a Steering Committee composed of the various Ministries concerned and of civil society organizations operating in the sector, made it possible to set up 11 regional committees supervised by the governors within the 12 prevalence zones who ensure that the elimination rate for excision between 2010 and 2011, rose from 71% to 89.04%. The Action Plan, better still, tries to retrain the practitioners of excision to become entrepreneurs or artisans in areas such as solar energy, craft works and small-scale gardening. c. Future battles of women for universal equality in Senegal : (1) At the legal level : 366. Concerning the Family Code, they touch on: 85

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