Sédhiou: launch of the National Citizen Conference on the rights of women and girls

The J-gen organization held a meeting with all the women in the Sédhiou department working in different sectors of activity. This session, organized as a prelude to the first national citizens’ conference on the rights of women and girls in Senegal, made it possible to collect a certain number of issues.

Sédhiou – Throughout the afternoon of Thursday, November 12, the J-gen Senegal organization listened to and collected testimonies on the daily lives of women in the department. “Several issues were discussed, including the registration of children in civil status, the lack of funding, the difficulty of obtaining land,” noted Maimouna Astou Yade, executive director of J-gen Senegal, visibly satisfied with the work. The issue of domestic violence was also examined by this assembly.

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Praising the bravery of the women of the Pakao capital, Maimouna Astou Yade said that they are known as those who support households and who take charge of the education of their children; it is a reality and almost all the interventions mentioned it.
During the discussions, the representative of the law shop pointed out worrying situations: clandestine abortions, cases of incest, sexual violence, reports Maimouna Astou Yade, who chaired the launch of the work.

In total, more than two hundred women who work in various sectors took part in this preparatory meeting for the conference, which will take into account all the concerns highlighted by women in its final report which will be transmitted to the competent authorities.