{"id":161003,"date":"2023-08-28T16:25:08","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T16:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/?post_type=one_campaign&p=161003"},"modified":"2025-05-19T14:42:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T14:42:16","slug":"fighting-gender-based-violence-in-senegal","status":"publish","type":"one_campaign","link":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/what-we-do\/impact\/fighting-gender-based-violence-in-senegal\/","title":{"rendered":"Fighting Gender Based Violence in Senegal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hundreds of people took to the streets demanding justice and action to combat gender-based violence in Senegal, including changes to the law, which only considered rape a minor offense.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Starting in June 2019, ONE and its partners called for the sexual assault laws in Senegal to be dramatically improved in order to protect women and girls from gender-based violence. The campaign grew quickly through a new petition and partnerships with local groups. We engaged supporters by email, social media, blog posts, and on-the-ground activity \u2014 with more than 97,000 people from across the globe joining our calls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our efforts have led to a new law that increases the level of punishment of those convicted of rape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On 10 January, President Sall formally signed the amended legislation into law. Under the amended law, convicted felons will receive a minimum of 10 years and a maximum of life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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On the day of the vote, female parliamentarians \u2014 regardless of their political affiliations \u2014 dressed all in white to mark the significance of the revised law and to stand in solidarity with the women\u2019s movement. The president of the National Assembly, Mustapha Niasse, joined the cause as well by wearing a white boubou.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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What we did<\/h3>\n\n\n\n