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In Senegal, gender roles are clearly defined at home, and the opportunity cost of schooling tends to be higher for girls than for boys, and more so in rural areas. [3] In Senegal, especially in rural areas, girls are having more challenges in getting access to education than boys are.
Female genital mutilation is present in Senegal. [8] According to 2005 survey, the FGM prevalence rate is 28% of all women aged between 15 and 49. [3] There are significant differences in regional prevalence. FGM is most widespread in the Southern Senegal (94% in Kolda Region) and in Northeastern Senegal (93% in Matam Region). [9] [3]
It's a common sight across Senegal, where wrestling is a national sport and wrestlers are celebrated like rock stars. In one region of Senegal, girls can become wrestlers — and win. But only ...
The Guide section is a direct and full member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts since 1981. The coeducational association founded in 1953 serves about 19,000 members; the Guide section has 4,093 members (as of 2003). The word "scouts" refers to boys, and the word "guides" refers to girls.
Feminism in Senegal became prominent in the 1980s with the creation of Yewwu-Yewwi. A second wave in the 1990s was more individual and pan-Africanist . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] A third wave in the 2000s and 2010s was more intersectional , accepting both the LGBT community and the wearing of the hijab , and extensively using online social networks .
Before Senegal's health system introduced PAC, the most common methods of uterine evacuation were D&C and digital curettage. [68] Senegal, along with Burkina Faso, was one of the first countries in the region to decentralize post-abortion care from urban tertiary care centers to rural hospitals. [56]
The pupils were girls and young women aged between thirteen and twenty, who were from a variety of West African countries. [1] In the first few years of the school's foundation, a large number of pupils attended from the southern colonies such as Dahomey and a few directly from Senegal. [3] The training scheme lasted for four years.
The Senegalese women's national basketball team had won a medal at every FIBA Africa Championship for Women except for the initial one in 1966. This includes 10 gold medals between 1974 and 2000 (9 in 12 tournaments), though Senegal has managed to earn only 1 bronze and 2 silver medals in the 3 tournaments hence.