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Senegal

Approximately 95 percent of Senegal’s population is Muslim and the other five percent is primarily Christian or animist. Senegalese society is especially religious and religious and development institutions play diverse, yet often intersecting, roles in Senegal’s social, economic, and political development.

Publications

Report December 14, 2018

Developing New Approaches to Respond to the Needs of Faith Communities

This poster highlights several initiatives that promote family planning in accordance with religious teachings. These include integrating education and training on family planning into events already scheduled within faith communities and efforts to more strategically engage faith leaders and communities to play an active role in promoting family planning.

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