girls are under-enrolled, while the recent improvement of the GPI also implies a rising dropout rate for boys in some countries In Senegal, 81 boys for every 100 girls dropped out in 1999, whereas 113 boys for every 100 girls dropped out in 2011. Child marriage Between 2000 and 2009, nearly 40% of Senegalese girls surveyed said they were married before their 18th birthday. This practice has been proven to have serious emotional and psychosocial consequences for those affected. They enter sexual relationships, which are often not consensual, and have to go directly from child to adulthood without adolescence. These weddings are also harmful because the girls very often have no say in choosing their future husband. A Driver of this is education. Child marriage is one of the main causes of girls dropping out of school which therefore reduces overall economic productivity and increases gender inequality. Women with secondary education or higher are less likely to getting married before the age of 18 than women with no education and with simply primary education. Senegalese Law on Parity Women represent 52% of the total Senegalese population, but only 23% of the representatives in the National Assembly, approximately 10% of the government officials, and about 13% of regional council members. Many female politicians from across the political spectrum felt marginalised within their own political parties and saw the need for a common arena where women's attendance and work in politics could be discussed. Therefore, In 2010, the Senegalese women's movement, being considered one of the strongest in Africa, was able to push for the adoption of the Law of parity. This law was later signed by former President Abdoulaye Wade. The aim of the law is to achieve equal female-male ratio in political parties candidate lists. Parties that do not comply with the law can be void. Already in 2012 the national election saw an increase of female parliamentarians from 22,7% to over 42% in the National Assembly. In the 2014 local election an increase from 16% to 47% was able to be seen in local legislatures. However, the law could not be implemented in all respects. The second largest city in Senegal, Touba, presented an all-male candidate list of 100 candidates for the first elections since the law was introduced in 2014. As a result, the electoral commission was forced to exclude the party for failing to comply with the