Burundi

“On the socio-economic chapter, Burundi has made significant progress in recent years. The involvement of women and girls in the management of the country is now a reality. Indeed, the Constitution gives them a quota of at least 30% in the organs of decision making. They are 50% in the Senate, 36% in the National Assembly. The Government, women are at the head of important ministries such as Health, that of! Education,! Higher Education and Scientific Research, Justice, Trade and Communal Development."

"In the field of education, free tuition has enabled primary education to achieve its ambition of having more girls than boys equal. The policy introduced in 2005, by approaching community work, also involved the efforts of the people in the construction of school infrastructure, and it has achieved in 2014 a schooling rate of 96% against 59.5% in 2005."