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"Sénégal: Un rapport au Comité des Droits économiques, sociaux et culturels"

This report discusses the obligations of the Senegalese government in the protection of women and combating practices of violence against women, based on signed and ratified conventions, international law, and the laws of (as well as pointing out the shortcomings) the Constitution of Senegal....

Engendering exclusion in Senegal’s democratic decentralization: Subordinating women through participatory natural resource management
As stated in the Abstract, “this dissertation demonstrates how external agency participatory programs with village committees and how multi-party competition and rivalries have undermined women's decision making and access to forest resources and land in a rural Senegalese community. Using a...
Etude sur les Violences Conjugales dans les Regions de Dakar et Kaolack 141

This study shows the magnitude of violence against women in regions of Senegal and, above all, its general acceptance in public opinion. Beating one’s wife, one’s child, or anyone with whom one has petty or serious disputes is considered “normal.” The report recommend programs aimed at...

Female Genital Mutilation: A Guide to Laws and Policies Worldwide

This book is a report on the prevalence of female circumcision and female genital mutilation (FC/FGM) and on the use of law and policy to address these practices. This work places FC/FGM firmly within a human rights and legal framework, although it does recognise and address the challenges...

Gender and Access to Land in Senegal
Is it what you inherited or what you learnt? Intergenerational linkage and interpersonal inequality in Senegal

Inheriting the family farm can be a mixed blessing in a setting in which land and credit markets do not work well, and being in charge of the farm comes with familial and societal sharing obligations relevant to incentives for diversification into non-farm activities. Using original data on...

Land and decentralization in Senegal
Land and decentralization policies in Senegal have been closely linked since the country became independent in 1960. Public lands are currently managed by the local government of municipalties and rural communities, with the latter responsible for the land and natural resources in unprotected parts...
Land Reform in Senegal: L’Histoire se Repete? Legalising Land Rights: Local Practices, State Responses and Tenure Security in Africa, Asia and Latin America
Land Tenure and Family Farming in Africa: With Special reference to Senegal, Dakar
After analysing the challenges to agriculture in Africa, this paper shows how agricultural production is defined by farmers and by the public services, describes its main characteristics, and observes and discusses their ramifications for this sector. The significance of land tenure for farmers is...
Les femmes et la terre

English Translation of Women and Land Tenure  (unpublished manuscript).