It’s a figure that sends shivers down your spine: 50% of working women are victims of gender-based violence (GBV) in the professional environment in Senegal, the coordinator of the Gender Support Project revealed on Saturday. national strategy for equity and gender equality (Pasneeg 2), Awa Nguer Fall.
“According to a study, 50% of women are victims of gender-based violence in their professional environment and 80% of the perpetrators are men,” she underlined. Ms. Fall was speaking during a panel organized in Dakar, in partnership with women from the National Women’s Movement of the Confederation of Autonomous Trade Unions of Senegal (Csa). According to the Pasneeg 2 coordinator, the partnership with Csa women aims to raise awareness among women workers so that they are more aware of their rights in their workplace. This meeting aims to “raise awareness among women so that they become pillars of the fight against gender-based violence in the professional environment,” she said. Based on a study by the Gender and Societies Study and Research Group (Gestes) at Gaston Berger University in Saint-Louis, she indicated that the violence suffered by women is psychological, economic and physical. and sexual. The report underlines “that in the professional environment, the forms of violence suffered [par les femmes] are psychological (35.5%), economic (27.5%), physical (9.7%) and sexual (6.5%).
Coming to participate in the panel, the Director of Family and Protection of Vulnerable Sectors, Rokhaya Diakhate, recalled the measures put in place by the State of Senegal to fight against GBV. “In addition to projects and programs to combat gender-based violence, notably the National Action Plan to combat gender-based violence, the National Strategy for the abandonment of female genital mutilation, among others, the Ministry of Family and Solidarity launched a “Wallu Allo 116” platform, which aims to offer listening and guidance services to women and young victims of gender-based violence,” she said. know.
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