BURUNDI: SIXTEEN WOMEN ELECTED TO NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
Sixteen women were elected to Burundi’s Transitional Assembly last month. The elected women were candidates from 14 political parties and members of civil society. The elections come after intense years of lobbying by the women of Burundi, supported by UNIFEM and other partners, for the inclusion of women in decision-making and their participation in the Burundi peace process.
8. SIXTEEN WOMEN ELECTED TO BURUNDI NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
Sixteen women were elected to Burundi’s Transitional Assembly last month. The elected women were candidates from 14 political parties and members of civil society. The elections come after intense years of lobbying by the women of Burundi, supported by UNIFEM and other partners, for the inclusion of women in decision-making and their participation in the Burundi peace process. In July 2000, UNIFEM’s briefing to Burundi’s 19 negotiating parties made possible the first All Party Burundi Women’s Peace Conference. As a result of the Peace Conference, twenty-three of the women’s recommendations to protect and promote women’s rights were included in the final peace accord.
For more information, contact Marie Goretti Nduwayo, UNIFEM Programme Officer in Burundi, at [email protected]