Action Canada for Population and Development commended Senegal for approving access of young people to sexual and reproductive health services
They welcomed measures taken to enhance gender equality as well as the provision of universal healthcare cover
However, maternal mortality remained high in part due to unsafe abortions, with structural barriers for women to access abortion rights.
Association of World Citizens welcomed Senegal’s steps to abolish the death penalty, as well as steps taken to combat child y should be eliminated in law and practice in order to fulfil Goal 5 of the 2030 Agenda.
Solidarity Switzerland-Guinea welcomed Senegal’s adoption of a constitution by referendum in 2016, which included rights for a clean environment and better sharing of land.
MARTIN PASCAL TINE, Director of Legal and Consular Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Senegalese Abroad of Senegal, expressed gratitude to all the countries that had made comments, statements and recommendations during Senegal’s Universal Periodic Review. (more…)
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