xiii. Take adequate measures to combat violence against women, including domestic
abuse, and ensure that perpetrators are brought to justice.
xiv. Strengthen the operational and institutional capacities of institutions in charge of
combating female genital mutilation.
xv.
Empower women in their work-related activities by providing them with support
to develop income-generating activities.
xvi. Adopt legislative and other measures to reduce unemployment, particularly
among women and young graduates.
xvii. Continue efforts to ensure free and compulsory primary education, especially for
girls and children under 15 years of age.
xviii. Increase the number of schools to meet the needs of a growing student population
and enhance the quality of education, particularly in the higher education sector.
Provide training to trainers, and review and ongoing programs.
xix. Implement the reform of Koranic schools (Daaras).
xx.
Increase the number of hours devoted to human rights education in the training
of law enforcement officers (judges, national police, gendarmerie and prison
services) and introduce human rights education. at all levels of the school
curriculum. Police services should be guided by the provisions of the Guidelines
on the Conditions of Arrest, Police Custody and Pre-Trial Detention in Africa
while taking or reviewing the law and policies and providing training for police
officers and prison officers.
xxi. Continue the prison modernization program and build new ones, if necessary.
xxii. Take adequate measures to reduce inequalities in access to water between urban
and rural areas, and ensure access for all Senegalese to safe drinking water by
allocating a substantial budget for this purpose.
xxiii. Take all measures to regulate activities of extractive industries and ensure that
national land and mining laws/policies are applied and adhered to.
xxiv. Ensure that citizens affected by major economic development projects, such as in
extractive industries, enjoy their right to be consulted and informed in advance
and receive adequate notice prior to being displaced, taking into account their
economic, social and cultural rights impacted by the exploitation of mineral
resources.
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