March 3, 2017
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Senegal
Election
4530: Senegal, Republic of, 17/11/2024, Senegalese National Assembly
| Quota Information | Parliament Information | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Are there legislated quotas? | Yes | Structure of parliament | Bicameral |
| For the Single/Lower House? | Yes | >Current members | 165 |
| Percentage of women | 44.24% | ||
| Source: Gender Quotas Database | Source: New Parline | ||
Note: this page was last updated on October 4, 2022.
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February 20, 2026
Senegal: Where women’s bodies belong to everyone but themselves
However, in Senegal, this right largely remains mere words.
April 21, 2024
Feminization of the political space in Senegal from 2012 to the legislative elections of 2024: transformations, issues and new challenges.
This contribution analyses the effects of the application of the law on parity on the Senegalese political arena.
March 22, 2024
Women are fighting for more than political power in Senegal’s presidential election
It’s presidential campaign season in Senegal’s capital city and all over town the candidates’ faces beam down at voters from posters tacked to light poles and plastered on billboards.
December 6, 2022
IPU statement on violence in the Senegal Parliament
The IPU condemns in the strongest possible terms the violence that took place in the Senegal National Assembly this week, committed by two parliamentarians, Mr. Yewi Askanwi and Mr. Moustapha Sy, against a pregnant parliamentarian, Ms. Gniby Amy Ndiaye.
December 5, 2022
Politician slaps a woman MP in Senegal parliament, sparking brawlà l’Assemblée
Tensions have grown between ruling and opposition politicians since legislative elections in July when leading coalition lost its comfortable majority.
August 16, 2017
From where I stand: “They said that a woman couldn’t run for elections… I proved them wrong”
Coumba Diaw is the only fem
March 3, 2017
UN Women is hiring: Regional Policy Specialist, Political Participation and Governance
September 5, 2013
Senegal’s female prime minister appoints new cabinet
The newly appointed Prime Minister of Senegal Ms Aminata Toure (in photo) has set up a 32 member cabinet following consultations with President Macky Sall and other political stakeholders.
September 4, 2013
Aminata Touré named Prime Minister of Senegal
On Sunday night, Aminata Touré was named Prime Minister of Senegal. Whichever mineral flows through the veins of Aminata Touré, she has spent all of her adult life working as a human rights and women’s rights activist, who has worked in Senegal and around the world on women’s i
September 2, 2013
Former justice minister becomes Senegal's second female PM
Senegal's former justice minister, Aminata Toure, has been appointed to replace the prime minister, Abdoul Mbaye, she announced to the press on Sunday after the former government had been dismissed.
May 30, 2012
Senegal Guarantees Gender Balance in Legislative Polls
The Senegalese parliament yesterday overwhelmingly voted in favour of a bill that introduced gender parity on the lists of proportional representation that political parties should present for legislative polls in the country.
August 8, 2011
iKNOW Politics was presented during the High level meeting on African EMBs
iKNOW Politics was presented during the High level meeting on African EMBs on Transformative and Gender Sensitive Elections Management in Mbodieng, Senegal from July 26 to 30
September 5, 2013
Senegal’s female prime minister appoints new cabinet
The newly appointed Prime Minister of Senegal Ms Aminata Toure (in photo) has set up a 32 member cabinet following consultations with President Macky Sall and other political stakeholders.
September 4, 2013
Aminata Touré named Prime Minister of Senegal
On Sunday night, Aminata Touré was named Prime Minister of Senegal. Whichever mineral flows through the veins of Aminata Touré, she has spent all of her adult life working as a human rights and women’s rights activist, who has worked in Senegal and around the world on women’s i
September 2, 2013
Former justice minister becomes Senegal's second female PM
Senegal's former justice minister, Aminata Toure, has been appointed to replace the prime minister, Abdoul Mbaye, she announced to the press on Sunday after the former government had been dismissed.
Violence against women in politics
Highlighting news, interviews, resources and events on violence against women in politics
May 30, 2012
Senegal Guarantees Gender Balance in Legislative Polls
The Senegalese parliament yesterday overwhelmingly voted in favour of a bill that introduced gender parity on the lists of proportional representation that political parties should present for legislative polls in the country.
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SENEGAL: Presidential elections, 26 Feb 2012
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SENEGAL: Presidential elections, 26 Feb 2012
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* Chief of State: President Abdoulaye WADE
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The Security Sector and Gender in West Africa: A survey of police, defence, justice and penal services in ECOWAS states
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October 9, 2011
The Security Sector and Gender in West Africa: A survey of police, defence, justice and penal services in ECOWAS states
Since 2008, when the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) began working on gender and security sector transformation in West Africa, we have repeatedly been asked for information on gender and security from other countries in the region, such as examples of good pra
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Since 2008, when the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) began working on gender and security sector transformation in West Africa, we have repeatedly been asked for information on gender and security from other countries in the region, such as examples of good pra