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Programme to Improve the Quality, Fairness and Transparency of Education(PAQUET) 2013-2025The Programme to Improve the Quality, Fairness and Transparency of the Educationand Training Sector (PAQUET-EF) 21 is the framework for implementation of Senegal’seducation policy for 2013-2025.The Programme explicitly quotes the gender policy. Moreover, fairness and parityare among the objectives to be achieved. The document mentions that 9% of schooldrop-outs are due to early pregnancy and marriage.The Programme does not mention the conditions for the management ofmenstruation in schools as a deterrent on the continued schooling of girls.Nevertheless, one of the results of the PAQUET programme, namely “Increasedaccess to inclusive education”, under the fair access component, could be a gatewayfor the management of menstrual hygiene in the sectoral policy.Gender Equality and Equity Strategy (Sneeg) 2005-2015Senegal has formulated a Gender Equality and Equity Strategy, 22 driven by theMinistry of Women, Family and Childhood.The issue of menstrual hygiene is not mentioned anywhere in this strategy.Emergent Senegal PlanIn February 2014, the Government of Senegal adopted a new development plan toaccelerate its progress towards emergence. This plan, entitled Emergent SenegalPlan 23 (PSE), is the new benchmark for economic and social policy for the mediumand long term. This document explicitly provides for the integration of gender inpublic policies.The Emergent Senegal Plan and the issue of equity and gender equalityThe PSE takes into account the needs, rights and contributions of women,following an integrated approach. In this area, the strategic objective is toempower and promote women and girls through building the capacities ofinstitutions and local authorities to integrate gender into public policies, toimprove the legal framework for the protection of women and girls, and tostrengthen the leadership of women and their entrepreneurial capacities forinclusive growth.Excerpt from chapter III, Theme 3 of the Emergent Senegal Plan, page 104Review of existing public policies related to MHMAnalysis of sectoral policy papers on health, education, water and sanitation,the Gender Equality and Equity Strategy, and the Code of Public Hygiene, andinterviews conducted with professionals in these sectors reveal that MHM doesnot appear in either the public policy documents or in the tools for implementingthese policies.21 http://www.gouv.sn/Programme-d-Amelioration-de-la.html22 www.directiongenre.com/docs/sneeg.pdf23 http://www.gouv.sn/Plan-Senegal-Emergent-PSE.html23