Fatou Drame

Fatou DRAME is a sociologist and political scientist specializing in gender and public policy. She holds a postgraduate degree in Sociology and a Master’s degree in Political Science, and has extensive experience in analyzing gender inequalities, mainstreaming gender into public policies, and advancing women’s rights in Senegal.

Her expertise includes gender-responsive budgeting (GRB), gender mainstreaming throughout public planning and programming processes, gender-sensitive indicators and data, gender-based violence (GBV), and institutional capacity building. She has worked with Senegalese public institutions and international organizations and development partners, including United Nations entities, FAO, UN Women, GIZ, World Vision and Plan International.

Throughout her professional career, she has supported institutions in integrating gender into the planning, programming, budgeting, monitoring and evaluation (PPBME) cycle, developed practical tools and training programmes, and contributed to initiatives addressing the Sustainable Development Goals, women’s rights, GBV and gender-responsive governance.

Her work lies at the intersection of research, public policy and social transformation. She is particularly interested in the relationship between social norms, institutions, power relations and the realization of rights, as well as in the ways women negotiate, challenge and transform the norms that shape their social environment.

She also has a particular interest in the intersections between faith, gender, women’s rights and social change, with a focus on the diversity of women’s experiences and their agency within specific social and cultural contexts.
She regularly designs and facilitates training programmes and dialogue spaces for professionals, public institutions and civil society actors on gender equality, gender-responsive budgeting, GBV and gender mainstreaming in public policy.