Burundi

Les femmes battues ripostent aux violences des burundais. Des associations de defense des droits de la burundaise se sont elevees energiquement samedi a Bujumbura, contre les violences dont est victime cette categorie de la population a-t-on constate sur place.

Beaten women stand up against violence in Burundi. Associations of the defense of rights of Burundi women rose up in Bujumbura against the violence that many Burundi women suffer. Click here for more information.

BURUNDI: IRIN INTERVIEW ON PROBLEMS FACING WOMEN
Burundian women are fighting for more representation in the country's affairs. The Collectif des associations des ONGs feminines du Burundi (CAFOB) is at the forefront of this struggle. Its main goals are to fight for the participation of Burundian women in civil and political life, to circulate information on problems related to women and to defend their rights. IRIN interviewed its representative, Christine Ntarwirumugara.