Women, peace and security: the National Assembly emphasizes gender-sensitive budgeting

The Defense and Security Committee of the National Assembly held, Thursday, September 17, 2026, the second session of the workshop “For women in the service of peace and security in Senegal”. The work focused in particular on Gender Sensitive Budgeting (BSG) and the role of Parliament in the financing, monitoring and evaluation of public policies related to gender, peace and security.

The meeting, organized in partnership with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, the Network of Women Parliamentarians, the Ministry of Economy, Finance and Planning and the Value Added Cabinet, was chaired by the president of the Defense and Security Commission, Ibou Gueye, and Fatoumata Sy Gueye, representing the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.

This second session is a continuation of the project launch seminar, held on September 1 at the National Assembly. It brought together women from the Defense and Security Forces (FDS), representatives of the ministries concerned, parliamentarians, experts as well as various actors involved in the implementation of the “Women, Peace and Security” Agenda.

The discussions mainly focused on Gender Sensitive Budgeting, presented as a tool for translating commitments in favor of equality between women and men into objectives, programs, budgetary resources and measurable results.

The participants also examined the role of Parliament in the budgetary cycle, in particular through the examination of budgetary guidelines, the vote on credits, the monitoring of their execution and the control of the effectiveness of public policies.

Particular attention was paid to the financing of Action Plans arising from United Nations Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security, as well as to the Gender strategies of the Defense and Security Forces.

The work also highlighted the need to have data disaggregated by sex, results indicators and monitoring mechanisms to assess the effective implementation of policies and programs intended to strengthen the participation of women in the areas of peace and security.

This session thus constituted a framework for exchanges between parliamentarians, Defense and Security Forces, public authorities, technical partners and actors involved in gender policies.

Through this initiative, the Defense and Security Committee of the National Assembly intends to contribute to strengthening the implementation of the “Women, Peace and Security” Agenda in Senegal and to better consideration of the gender dimension in public defense and security policies.