Project profile — Women's Voice and Leadership - Senegal

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) increased adoption of innovative practices in management, programming, and women civil society organizations’ sustainability in Senegal, especially those representing vulnerable or marginalised women and girls; (2) better delivery of quality services by women organizations to advance gender equality in Senegal through innovative approaches; (3) increased advocacy efficiency of platforms, networks and groups defending and promoting women’s rights in order to better influence and participate in the elaboration, amendment and implementation of gender-specific legislation and policies in Senegal.

Results achieved as of march 2022 include: (1) 20 women's civil society organizations and five women's civil society organization networks received funding to adopt better management and governance practices; (2) 80% of partner organizations have finalized their monitoring, evaluation and feminist learning manuals; (3) 80% of partner organizations have a strategic plan; (4) 76% of partner organizations currently have an administrative and financial management manual; (5) a training workshop was conducted for coaches on self-financing and social entrepreneurship of the project's partner organizations; and (6) an inter-generational dialogue, bringing together pioneers, actors of the Senegalese feminist movement, researchers, activists, journalists, women's organizations, concerned state institutions and NGOs, took place in order to exchange experiences between the different generations of women.