Human Rights Watch writes in advance of the 77th pre-session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women relating to Senegal's compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women ("the Convention"). This submission addresses issues related to articles 1, 10, and 12 of the Convention.
Human Rights Watch welcomes the government of Senegal's commitment to expanding the provision of primary and secondary education to more young people, including by exceeding the international benchmark of allocating over 20 percent of its national budget to education.[1] However, Human Rights Watch's research on barriers to secondary education shows that the government has made inadequate progress in the retention of girls in school, and that it does not provide free basic education.[2]
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