Women in Senegal

Women in Senegal
Senegalese women
General Statistics
Maternal mortality (per 100,000)370 (2010)
Women in parliament41.6% (2012)
Women over 25 with secondary education4.6% (2010)
Women in labour force66.1% (2011)
Gender Inequality Index[1]
Value0.530 (2021)
Rank131st out of 191
Global Gender Gap Index[2]
Value0.670 (2022)
Rank112th out of 146
Poet Phyllis Wheatley, born in Senegal and sold as a slave in Boston in 1761.
A Matriarch in Ibel, Senegal.
Senegalese cuisine.
Penda Mbow, historian and activist.
Stylist Oumou Sy in Dakar in 2007.
Football players on the beach at Ngor

Women in Senegal have a traditional social status as shaped by local custom and religion. According to 2005 survey, the female genital mutilation prevalence rate stands at 28% of all women in Senegal aged between 15 and 49.[3]

  1. ^ "Human Development Report 2021/2022" (PDF). HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORTS. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Global Gender Gap Report 2022" (PDF). World Economic Forum. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  3. ^ Female Genital Mutilation in Senegal Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany (September 2011)