Outcome SEN_D_3.2

Changes attributed to UN Women in skills or abilities and capacities of individuals or institutions and/or the availability of new products and services contributing to Women’s voice, leadership & agency

530 elected women and women leaders from 33 local governments are improving their knowledge and skills for inclusive governance. They know how to lead their leadership and integrate gender into local policies and their commune's budget. They have tools to fight against gender-based violence and to improve the governance of their organization through themes such as local finance, gender-sensitive planning and budgeting, organizational dynamics, marketing and sales techniques, and financial education. They are digitally literate and know how to hold an online meeting, exchange with each other and manage their business through digital means. These local authorities belonging to the regions of Louga, Thiès and Dakar now have three regional networks that interact and become more involved in the economic and social life of their community and strengthen each other's capacities and leadership through experience sharing. The community of Gueule Tapée Fass Colobane has an equipped and functional grain production and processing unit. 80 women and young candidates invested in the 2022 legislative elections improve their knowledge and capacities on the electoral cycle and process. They have tools to develop a good political argument and strengthened their leadership. They are sensitized on the issues and challenges of a successful electoral process, informed and documented with the establishment of a web platform of electoral information in Senegal (PIES) that will lead to their awareness. 80 women leaders, journalists and elected women improve their knowledge of the electoral process, have tools and conduct a successful election observation during the 2022 legislative elections. These processes were carried out with the support of UN WOMEN in collaboration with the Alliance for Migration, Leadership and Development (AMLD), the women's watchdog platform FAS (Femmes Africa Solidarité), ECOBANK, and UN agencies such as UNDP, UNFPA, and UNICEF, and contributed significantly to the outcome.

Changes attributed to UN Women in skills or abilities and capacities of individuals or institutions and/or the availability of new products and services contributing to Women’s voice, leadership & agency

The leadership of women candidates in the presidential elections of February 25, 2024 are promoted and conditions are being created for the effective and qualitative participation of women candidates in the February 25, 2024 presidential election. The 7 female candidates have been strengthened in the following areas: campaign management, political communication techniques and leadership assertiveness; they have benefited from the lessons learned from the experiences of previous presidential candidates, their political activities have been better covered in the media, and the conditions for membership between the female electorate and the female candidates have been created through the exchange forum with CSOs and "Badiénou Gox". 80 women, including the 7 candidates, are better informed about the legal framework for women's participation in politics in Senegal, women's leadership and communication in politics. Military women selected for deployment in UN peace operations, in line with the objective of increasing the full and effective participation of women in UN peace operations, equipped and prepared, in collaboration with HQ and the Regional Office. 25 military women from Senegal, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, France, Guinea, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger and Congo are equipped and ready to be deployed in UN peace operations. 100 carefully selected girls aged between 17 and 25 have been introduced to coding so that they can become computer programmers, creators and designers, helping to reduce the digital divide between girls and boys. The girls' digital literacy has been enhanced to reduce inequalities between boys and girls in access to technology. They were considerably strengthened on the basis of courses and participative group exercises investigating gender, stereotypes, legal and political frameworks, cyber risks for girls and women, in connection with ICTs. The girls were introduced to the creation of websites and applications, new technologies, robotics and its various uses, and robot programming. They were enriched by the shared experiences of brilliant resource people who are active in the field, sharing their experiences, showing them the way and boosting their self-confidence. Each of the 100 beneficiaries received a computer, a USB key containing technical support material, a certificate of participation and an 80-gig modem connection. The two AGCCI Senegal coding camps each lasted 10 days and enabled the 100 beneficiary girls not only to acquire technical and human skills, but also to meet inspiring people who will share their journey. The girls were organized into communities for follow-up and ongoing capacity-building as part of the SieMent EmpowHer Program to support their employability. 4 territorial collectivities’ capacities strengthened to better exercise good governance, including citizen control. Elected women and women leaders from the communes of GTFC, Saly, Ngor and Yoff have considerably strengthened their political and economic leadership to promote their empowerment. 200 women equipped in organizational dynamics, marketing and sales techniques, financial education, political leadership, political communication, prevention and fight against gender-based violence, with supporting manuals and certificates of participation. Elected women and women leaders from the communes of GTFC, Saly, Ngor and Yoff have considerably strengthened their political and economic leadership to promote their empowerment. 200 women and 50 young boys and grils equipped in organizational dynamics, marketing and sales techniques, financial education, political leadership, political communication, prevention and fight against gender-based violence, with supporting manuals and certificates of participation. The three-year capacity-building plan for players in the Gueule Tapé Fass Colobane commune, worth 11,948,640,000 CFA francs, is now available.; with the support of UN Women, which provided technical expertise and organized a workshop attended by municipal councillors and commune actors. Existence of a plan to promote the presence and leadership of women in national and local institutions. On the basis of the initial assessment study carried out by the UNDP on the gender situation in public administration, an action plan has been drawn up to reduce the GAP. The action plan resulting from the capacity-building of players has yet to be finalized, based on the conclusions of the study tour to be organized with a number of key players from Senegal and other countries, and the regional workshop to be organized to examine the action plans. 53 institutions strengthened to support the promotion of women's presence and leadership in public institutions at national and local level. 50 women and 3 men, mostly from sectoral ministries and civil society, now have the tools and elements they need to draw up a plan to promote the presence and leadership of women in public institutions. They are able to apply gender-sensitive strategies, measures and actions to promote equality between women and men by strengthening the presence and leadership of women in central and local public administration. 73 women parliamentarians from the National Assembly of Senegal equipped with political leadership skills for women and made aware of the current situation and the work that needs to be done by Parliament to become a gender-sensitive assembly. Elected representatives and civil society are informed of actions taken to improve women's representation in decision-making processes, whether political or otherwise; recommendations are drawn up on key and priority actions. These different results from the two outputs contribute to achieving the outcome.