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Fatou Diouf

Dakar,Senegal

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I am passionate about respect for human rights, child protection and child rights, gender equality, and women empowerment with more than nine years of professional experience on gender-related issues enhanced by a strong academic profile as a sociologist specialized in family and education gained from the Gaston Berger University of Saint -Louis. Demonstrated track record on project and programme management and research, good Knowledge of cultural realities of Senegal and West Africa. Highly focused on results with strong planning and organizing abilities, fluent in French and in English with a basic Knowledge in Arabic. Having worked at the strategic level and at the operational level, I am results-oriented, and I love to innovate and create positive change because we are in an ambiguous, volatile and complex uncertain world where the development-humanitarian link requires a good ability to lead and manage change.

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Work History

Early Childhood Development Specialist

UNICEF Senegal
Dakar, Senegal
11.2022 - Current
  • PSEA Focal Point of the education section.
  • Knowledge management focal point of the education section.
  • Coordinate the ECD project funded by KOICA and implemented in partnership with UNOPS and the Ministry of family for a budget of US$ 4,319,146.
  • Coordinate the development, planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of ECD programmes in accordance with the expected results of the CPD.
  • Provided technical guidance and management support to government partners throughout the programming and implementation processes to facilitate the administration and achievement of results on ECD related programmes/projects in accordance with the national priorities.
  • Built and sustained effective close working partnerships with relevant government counterparts, national stakeholders and global partners/allies/donors/academia through active networking, advocacy, and effective communication to build capacity, exchange knowledge/expertise and to reinforce cooperation to achieve sustainable and broad results on ECD programmes.
  • Prepared communication and information materials for ECD programme advocacy to promote awareness, establish partnership/alliances and promote increased investments in ECD programmes and projects.
  • Applied/introduced innovative approaches and good practices to build the capacity of partners and stakeholders and to support the implementation and delivery of concrete and sustainable programme results on ECD.
  • Coordinate quarterly restricted technical committees, steering committees and annual reviews.
  • Organized and implement capacity building initiatives to enhance the competencies of local authorities, government partners and civil society organizations to promote sustainable results on ECD.
  • Main achievements:
  • Partners evaluated concerning PSEA and follow-up on action plans and recommendations done to reduce PSEA risks.
  • 90 early childhood education centers (55 Koranic preschool and 25 ECD community centers) that allow 3485 children to access early childhood education and other ECD services.
  • Coordinate financial support and training of 90 preschool management committees for the management of these structures.
  • Preschool teachers’ capacity built on the new curriculum adapted to bilingualism based on local languages - 2,584 teachers trained in 2023 in 4 academies (Sedhiou, Kolda, Louga and Saint Louis).
  • In collaboration with UNOPS and the National Agency for Early Childhood, eight new preschool structures were built and equipped in the regions of Saint-Louis and Louga with KOICA’s fund.
  • 169 preschool teachers (61 women and 48 men) trained on inclusive education to promote access to preschool and better care for disabled children.
  • 324 community teachers from the academies of Louga and Saint Louis, who have never received initial training, trained for 44 days at the regional teacher training centers.
  • 90 community actors trained in parenting education.
  • 147 preschools centers with fun and educational materials and outdoor equipment for a population of 9,801 children (5,872 girls; 3,929 boys).
  • Restricted technical committees, steering committees and annual reviews are held.
  • Field monitoring visits and programmatic visits done regularly.
  • Quarterly reports and narrative and financial annual reports and work plans developed and submitted at time.

Coordinator of the Matching Fund Grant Initiative

UNFPA WCARO
Dakar, Senegal
02.2020 - 10.2022
  • PSEA Focal point of UNFPA WCARO.
  • Knowledge Management Focal Point of the Women and reproductive health unit.
  • Developed the implementation plan of the Matching Fund Grant.
  • Lead the implementation of the Matching Fund Grant Initiative which allowed the mobilization of $15,752,285 in nine (9) countries of the Ouagadougou Partnership from 2019 to 2021.
  • Oversee the development and implementation of the monitoring and evaluation plan.
  • Developed TOR of consultants and follow- up contracts with consultants and IP for the development of nine (9) family planning business cases, 27 policy briefs and for the organization of 9 workshops on Family planning and Reproductive Health Budgeting with parliamentarians, mayors, members of civil society organizations, media, and government partners.
  • Developed report on the integration of family planning into universal health Coverage
  • Developed briefing notes for the Regional Director and the Team leader for the Ouagadougou Partnership events and other family planning events.
  • Worked harmoniously with other team members of the Women and Reproductive Health Unit and provided support as needed.
  • Support the focal points of UNFPA country offices on advocacy, communication, and partnership by coordinating the development of communications tools.
  • Developed templates for report, action plan and roadmap for the target countries.
  • Wrote narrative, financial reports and No-Cost Extension (NCE) to submit to the donor (Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation).
  • Main achievements:
  • Implementation plan of the Matching Fund Grant Initiative developed.
  • Road maps for domestic resources mobilization for contraceptive procurement developed for Guinea, Mauritania, Senegal, Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Benin, Togo.
  • Costed Country Action Plans for domestic resources mobilization for contraceptive procurement developed for all Ouagadougou Partnership (OP)countries.
  • US$15,752,285 mobilized by the nine (9) countries of the Ouagadougou Partnership from 2019 to 2021.
  • Matching Fund Grant (MFG) Initiative brochure and other communications tools (banners, leaflets) developed.
  • Strategic communication and advocacy plan for the MFG initiative developed.
  • MFG initiative monitoring-evaluation plan developed.
  • Family Planning Business Cases (Cost-Benefit analyses) and related Policy Briefs developed for the nine (9) OP countries (Burkina Faso, Mali, Senegal and Togo, Guinee, Mauritania, Niger, Benin, Cote d’Ivoire).
  • Demo-Economic Health profiles developed for all OP countries.
  • Policy Briefs relating to budgeting sensitive to reproductive health/family planning developed for all Ouagadougou Partnership countries.
  • Report on the status of the integration of FP into Universal Health Coverage schemes of OP countries developed.
  • Policy brief for the 9 OP countries presented during a panel at the NTA Africa 2021 conference.
  • Improved team productivity with regular communication and progress updates, fostering a collaborative work environment.
  • Managed project timelines for successful completion, ensuring milestones were met and deadlines were adhered to.
  • Coordinated cross-functional teams, resulting in seamless project execution and enhanced outcomes.
  • Organized and maintained project documentation, enabling quick access to important information and facilitating smoother project transitions.
  • Supported successful project completion by meticulously reviewing and updating project plans to reflect changing needs and objectives.

Gender Consultant

Carrefour International
Dakar , Senegal
10.2019 - 11.2019
  • Developed a Gender strategy for the project "my voice, my health", implemented by Carrefour International in the Kedougou region and financed by Global Affairs Canada

Gender and Early Childhood Development Officer

Global Affairs Canada
Kolda And Kedougou, Senegal
09.2015 - 08.2019
  • Child safeguarding Focal Point of the PINKK project.
  • Coordinated the development of a gender situation analysis, a gender strategy, and a budgeted gender action plan.
  • As a member of the coordination unit, led gender and early childhood programs in areas of intervention of the integrate project (Nutrition, food security, WASH, gender, maternal and child health).
  • Developed action plans to address gender barriers to effective and efficient participation of women and adolescent girls in development activities.
  • Built capacity of program staff and partners in gender analysis and gender mainstreaming and in child safeguarding.
  • Provided continued guidance to staff and partners on gender mainstreaming in all the activities of the project.
  • Developed reports on progress regarding women’s rights, inclusion, and empowerment and share lessons learned with implementing partners, government, and communities.
  • Identified and selected consultants, in collaboration with the members of the Coordination Unit for program support.
  • Provided technical input in the development of the project M&E plan.
  • Provided guidance to the staff of the projects and the partners to ensure progress on women’s rights, inclusion, and empowerment across all project interventions.
  • Led the documentation of gender mainstreaming and early childhood development success stories, case studies, lessons learnt and their dissemination.
  • Main achievements
  • Technical inputs provided in the development of the project M&E plan to better integrate gender in all the activities of the project.
  • 20 persons (technical staff of the project) from Nutrition International and its implementing partners (Word Vision, Development International Desjardins, Unit for the fight against malnutrition) trained on basic notions related to gender (key concepts, international instruments, gender tools), on gender and nutrition, gender and health, gender and education, gender and microfinance, gender and food security, gender and WASH, gender-based violence and gender mainstreaming in projects and programs.
  • 85 people (field staff) from the PINKK implementing partner (Word Vision) trained on the above-mentioned themes.
  • Concept note on adolescent girl leaders’ clubs developed.
  • Training modules developed on leadership, sexual and reproductive health, nutrition, gender-based violence, maternal health, child protection, communication for behavior change, early stimulation, communication, communication, communication, communication, and WASH developed in collaboration with the teen counseling centers of Kedougou and Kolda and members of the project team.
  • 1285 adolescent girls trained on the above topics to fight against early pregnancy, child marriage, female genital mutilation and to raise awareness on the causes of maternal mortality, the importance of keeping girls in school and to break the intergenerational malnutrition cycle through capacity building for girls and women in their communities on the importance of breastfeeding, and the good nutrition practices.
  • 240 reusable sanitary napkins given to members of Kolda adolescent girls' clubs.
  • Gender integrated into the health and nutrition manual to promote the health of women and children.
  • Awareness raising activities towards community members on gender and overload of women’s work carried out.
  • A technical sheet on how to integrate gender into the activities of project developed.
  • A memory aid for members of adolescent girls' clubs developed.
  • Training of 60 health workers in gender.
  • 21 villages assemblies held in 21 localities of the Kolda and Kedougou regions to raise awareness on gender, nutrition, maternal health, newborn and child health, gender-based violence, the importance of reducing the burden of women's work, the importance of good nutrition for pregnant women, women and children, the importance of prenatal and postnatal visits, the importance of the birth plan, the dangers of home birth. essential practices for the child, the importance of weighing, deworming, and vitamin A supplementation for children, the dangers of diarrheal diseases and acute respiratory infections for children, the importance of iron and folic acid supplementation for children, pregnant women and adolescents’ girls.

Coordinator of a Child Protection and Participation Project

World Vision
Kaffrine, Senegal
10.2014 - 08.2015
  • Coordinated and monitored the project activities.
  • Oversee the development and implementation of the communication strategy.
  • Built capacity of stakeholders involved in the project.
  • Led the establishment of child protection committees at department level and local level.
  • Raised awareness on child protection and participation issues in the Kaffrine and Fatick regions.
  • Main achievements
  • Departmental child protection Committee and child protection committees set up
  • 4 school governments set up; 5 children's municipal councils set up.
  • 75 members of departmental child protection committees trained on child protection and participation.
  • Action plan of all three departmental child protection committees developed and implemented.
  • Local child protection committees action plans developed and implemented.
  • Awareness-raising activities on children's rights, child protection, danger of child begging, child marriage, importance of birth registration, held at the community level.
  • Awareness -raising activities on early pregnancy, girl’s retention in school, and gender-based violence (child marriage, female genital mutilation) carried out in 6 communities.
  • Quarterly reports developed.

Gender Specialist of the Project of rural development in Casamance (PADERCA)

African Development Bank (ADB)
07.2012 - 08.2013
  • Formalized the consideration of gender aspects in all the project activities at the intervention areas (Sedhiou and Ziguinchor regions).
  • Realized data disaggregation by gender for monitoring indicators.
  • Identified disadvantaged and marginalized groups and formulation of specific support for the target groups and specific guidelines provided to support the implementation of the intervention.
  • Structured and revitalized the women's groups, implementation of strategies to facilitate the integration of women in all consultation bodies.
  • Developed specific strategies around land tenure security.
  • Main achievements
  • In collaboration with the departmental local development service, advocacy done towards mayors and village chiefs to enable 3 vulnerable groups in the Ziguinchor regions to have land for the construction of poultry coops.
  • 10 women's groups (association of displaced people, association of persons with disabilities, association of persons victims of mine) structured and revitalized
  • 75 disabled women and 50 men trained in poultry farming.
  • 100 women and 48 men trained in vegetable production techniques.
  • 4 henhouses were set up and equipped for 4 associations of persons with disabilities and landmine victims.
  • 4 Market Gardens areas equipped for associations of vulnerable women.
  • 7 fruit processing units set up in collaboration with PADEC (a national project funded by Global Affairs Canada) for women’s associations.
  • 1 pigsty set up and equipped for displaced people.
  • 2 palm kernel oil production units set up and equipped for women’s associations.

In Charge of the Course on Gender and Development for the Master 2 of Sociology

Assane Seck University of Ziguinchor
Ziguinchor, Senegal
05.2013 - 07.2013

Coordinator of the Awareness Raising Plan for the Prevention of the Irregular Migration of Unaccompanied Minors From Senegal to the European Union

International and Ibero-American Foundation for Administration and Public Policies
Dakar, Senegal
03.2011 - 07.2012
  • Developed the awareness raising plan
  • Coordinate the implementation of the awareness raising plan
  • Represented the project in the steering committee.
  • Developed the terms of reference for the recruitment of consultants and follow up the work of the consultants.
  • Developed the contents of the communication tools.
  • Led the activities for the establishment of local action committees bringing together all stakeholders at the departmental level.
  • Led the planning and budgeting of the activities of local action committees.
  • Coordinated the implementation of the activities of the local action committees.
  • Coordinated the organizations of forums on the opportunities that exist in Senegal in terms of employment, self-employment and vocational training and the causes of irregular migration.
  • Developed periodic reports and the annual report.
  • Main achievements:
  • Action plan for the awareness plan on the opportunities that exist in Senegal in terms of education, vocational training, and employment on the dangers of irregular migration developed.
  • Communication strategy developed and implemented.
  • 4 local action committees chaired by Prefects and composed of members of government technical services and members of civil society organizations to raise awareness on the harmful effects of irregular migration and the opportunities that exist in Senegal in terms of education, vocational training, employment, and self-employment established in the departments of Dakar, Thies, Pikine and Guediawaye.
  • Capacity built on child rights of 112 members of local committee.
  • Memorandum of understanding with radio stations developed.
  • 40 radio broadcasts on irregular migration, the opportunities that exist in Senegal in terms of employment, self-employment and vocational training done.
  • Two documentaries on academic and professional guidance units and the self-employment resources unit produced.
  • International conference on "Generating Opportunities as a Strategy to Prevent Irregular Migration" held in Meridien President Hotel for December,15 2011 to December 16,2011
  • Participated in 2 televisions (RST,2STV) broadcasts to popularize the activities of the project.
  • Contents for tea-shirts and awareness panels developed.
  • Employability manual developed in collaboration with the International Labor Office.
  • 4 forums on education, vocational training, employment, and self-employment held with the four local action committees of Thies, Dakar, Pikine and Guediawaye in Saly.
  • Steering committees held regularly.
  • Annual reports and half-year reports developed.

Coordinator of 4 Projects

UNICEF, Japanese cooperation, Kinderpostzegels foundation, Oxfam America
Kolda, Senegal
11.2008 - 03.2011
  • Coordinated the projects/programs of the office and supervised 23 people.
  • Coordinated the program “saving for change” for women economic empowerment.
  • Coordinated two receptions, listening, guidance and transit centers for children in vulnerable situations for their reintegration into family and community.
  • Coordinated the implementation of the project for the removal of street children.
  • Coordinated research on child begging in the region of Kolda.
  • Psychosocial support for child victims of sexual exploitation and abuse.
  • Responsible for monitoring activities and developing reports for submission to donors.
  • Main achievements
  • Focal point of the departmental child protection committee.
  • NGO focal point of the departmental child protection committee DPE of Kolda.
  • Led with the Prefect and the institutional focal point, the activities of the departmental child protection committee.
  • Led activities for the removal and reintegration activities of 53 children.
  • 22 staff trained in children's rights.
  • Provided guidance and supervised the field staff for the establishment of 125 regular groups and 274 replicating women's groups in the "Saving for Change" program in 233 villages. This has enabled the mobilization of 67,464,105 CFA francs for women and promoted their economic and social empowerment.
  • Funds mobilized with UNICEF for the opening of a reception, listening, orientation, and transit center for vulnerable children in Ziguinchor and funds for the removal of children from the street with the World Bank via PARRE.

Research and Knowledge Program Manager

NGO Africa Women Millennium Initiative (AWOMI)
Dakar, Senegal
09.2006 - 08.2008
  • Coordinated the research and Knowledge management program.
  • Coordinated the development of knowledge platforms and data collection tools for target countries.
  • Main achievements
  • Research on unpaid work carried out in three African countries (Senegal, Kenya, Zambia)
  • Research on violence against women and impunity carried out in Senegal, Zambia, Ghana and Madagascar.
  • Research on access to water in rural areas in Senegal carried out.
  • Research on women victims of fistulas and those living with HIV / AIDS in the regions of Tambacounda and Kolda carried out.
  • Conferences and workshops to advocate women's and girls’ rights based on the evidence held and allow the stakeholders to better understanding the impact of women unpaid work in their life in general and the lives of the members of their household specially girls

Education

DEA in Sociology - Sociology of family and education

Gaston Berger University of Saint-Louis
Saint-Louis
07.2009

Skills

Word, Excel, Internet, Outlook, PowerPoint, SPSS, MS Project, Access, Social media, Quantum

Certification

Certificate of achievement in violence against women: the essential package learning plan”, October 2021.

Timeline

Early Childhood Development Specialist

UNICEF Senegal
11.2022 - Current

Coordinator of the Matching Fund Grant Initiative

UNFPA WCARO
02.2020 - 10.2022

Gender Consultant

Carrefour International
10.2019 - 11.2019

Gender and Early Childhood Development Officer

Global Affairs Canada
09.2015 - 08.2019

Coordinator of a Child Protection and Participation Project

World Vision
10.2014 - 08.2015

In Charge of the Course on Gender and Development for the Master 2 of Sociology

Assane Seck University of Ziguinchor
05.2013 - 07.2013

Gender Specialist of the Project of rural development in Casamance (PADERCA)

African Development Bank (ADB)
07.2012 - 08.2013

Coordinator of the Awareness Raising Plan for the Prevention of the Irregular Migration of Unaccompanied Minors From Senegal to the European Union

International and Ibero-American Foundation for Administration and Public Policies
03.2011 - 07.2012

Coordinator of 4 Projects

UNICEF, Japanese cooperation, Kinderpostzegels foundation, Oxfam America
11.2008 - 03.2011

Research and Knowledge Program Manager

NGO Africa Women Millennium Initiative (AWOMI)
09.2006 - 08.2008

DEA in Sociology - Sociology of family and education

Gaston Berger University of Saint-Louis

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