In 2010, AJWS grantee Conseil Senegalais des Femmes helped pass a law dictating that half of all political candidates must be women. When some cities didn’t enforce it, Association des Juristes Senegalaises sued – and has won cases across teh country to ensure that women are on the ballot.
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