Pour un processus de Plan National d’Adaptation qui répond aux questions de genre au Sénégal

The document assesses the integration of gender perspectives within Senegal's National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process. It finds that while some sectors, such as fisheries and aquaculture, have successfully integrated gender, others—including health and transport—show weak or nonexistent consideration. The analysis highlights systemic gender inequalities in Senegal, such as unequal land access and limited female participation in strategic decision-making, which exacerbate vulnerability to climate change. It recommends strengthening institutional collaborations, improving gender-disaggregated data, and ensuring more equitable access to climate finance to create a more inclusive adaptation framework.

• The integration of gender varies significantly across the six published sectoral NAPs: the fisheries and aquaculture sector (2016) is cited as a model for comprehensive gender integration, and the coastal zones sector (2022) includes a specific gender action plan. Conversely, the NAPs for agriculture, flood-focused disaster risk management, health, and land transport infrastructure (all 2023) show weak or no gender consideration, specifically in the health sector.
• Women in Senegal face specific systemic inequalities that increase their vulnerability to climate change, including limited participation in national strategic decision-making despite parity laws, unequal access to and control of land, lack of access to modern agricultural equipment and scientific information, and high rates of illiteracy.
• Senegal possesses a strong existing policy and institutional foundation for gender-climate integration, including the 2001 Constitution, the Plan Sénégal Emergent (horizon 2035), the National Strategy for Gender Equity and Equality (SNEEG 2, 2016–2026), and a gender-sensitive budgeting approach used for seven years.
• Despite existing frameworks, there are critical gaps in the current climate policy architecture: the SNEEG 2 does not sufficiently account for climate change and adaptation, and there is a need for stronger collaboration between Gender and Equity Cells (CGE) and sectoral climate focal points.
• To improve the NAP process, the document recommends five priority axes: enhancing institutional arrangements and inclusive engagement, improving the use of gender-sensitive data and knowledge, building the capacity of stakeholders (including the MFFPE and CGE), ensuring equitable access to financing, and strengthening women's leadership and decision-making in climate matters.
• The document argues that the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) must be updated to explicitly identify gender as a guiding principle, incorporate gender-disaggregated vulnerability data, and ensure adaptation options are gender-responsive.

APA

Denton, P., & Ba, S. (2024). Pour un processus de Plan National d’Adaptation qui répond aux questions de genre au Sénégal. NAP Global Network. https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/NAP-gender-analysis-summary-FR-V2.pdf

Chicago

Denton, Patricia, and Salimata Ba. Pour un processus de Plan National d’Adaptation qui répond aux questions de genre au Sénégal. NAP Global Network, 2024. https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/NAP-gender-analysis-summary-FR-V2.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{denton2024pour, author = {Denton, Patricia and Ba, Salimata}, title = {{Pour un processus de Plan National d’Adaptation qui répond aux questions de genre au Sénégal}}, institution = {NAP Global Network}, year = {2024}, month = jul, url = {https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/NAP-gender-analysis-summary-FR-V2.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }