tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33135847480939923752024-03-13T05:11:25.814-07:00Burkina Faso: Gender Equality and Women's EmpowermentUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313584748093992375.post-20562455366149554852015-12-16T09:03:00.000-08:002015-12-18T08:11:54.093-08:00In Fond Remembrance: Madame Jacqueline Ki-Zerbo<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We are very sad to share the news that our dear friend and admired pioneer of women's rights was called on 15 December 2015 to the great hereafter. We shall dearly miss Jacqueline. She shall long be remembered for her pathbreaking contributions to the advancement of women and girls and to social justice in Burkina Faso and beyond. </div>
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Jacqueline figures prominently among our Women of Vision, Burkina Faso, notably for her contributions to boosting knowledge and female education for which she was honored with numerous awards. More <a href="http://equalityburkina.blogspot.com/2009/11/women-of-vision-burkina-faso.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Madame Jacqueline Ki-Zerbo giving an interview to Brenda Gael McSweeney at left and Madame Scholastique Kompaoré in November 2005 for their publication on the Quest for Gender Equality in Burkina Faso.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">"Jacqueline was very special for her work with CILSS (Comité permanent Inter-Etats de Lutte contre la Sécheresse dans le Sahel/Permanent Interstates Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel) in the 1980s - the years I knew her. UNIFEM financed her work with CILSS for fuel-saving stoves. I went to the countryside with her to see her work. Later, she represented us at meetings of the CILSS or ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) countries, where of course she was the only woman. These meetings were to develop national plans to face the drought. She had many stories to tell! A great person!"</span></div>
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Aminata Salamata Kiello, sociologue de Burkina Faso, écrit: "<i>Très triste: Mme Jacqueline KI ZERBO rappelée par DIEU. Puisse-t-il la recevoir dans Son Paradis Céleste!</i>" (16 Décembre 2015)<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313584748093992375.post-70144331507978316472015-10-09T12:29:00.000-07:002015-10-12T08:06:37.769-07:00Aminata Kiello honored as Special Guest at Parisian Cultural Gathering<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We are excited to announce that Aminata Salmata Kiello, a founding member of our Equality Burkina Network, was the Chief Guest at a cultural event that took place on the outskirts of Paris on 13 September 2015. Interestingly, the hosts highlight that the four special guests were accomplished women, all authors.</div>
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This West African cultural event took place in the presence of distinguished guests. They included Chief Guestt Aminata Kiello, socio-anthropologist, social activist and author; Cheryl Bolden, Afro-American artist and curator who founded the Precious Cargo Museum; Aset Malanda, writer and President of Ausar; and Dr. Marie-Antoinette Séjean, lecturer and specialist in nutrition, author of numerous publications and President of Nutricréole. </div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313584748093992375.post-76030046436670043272015-10-08T12:50:00.000-07:002016-04-12T11:59:25.773-07:00Women's Empowerment in Burkina Exhibit now in the University Archive and Special Collections at the University of Massachusetts, Boston<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Brenda Gael McSweeney provides the background to photographs provided to the University Archive and Special Collections of UMass Boston:<br />
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"This photograph below, by my Brighton neighbor Eric West, is now in the UMass Boston Archive and Special Collection. It depicts how our Women of Vision initiative of the Brighton/Allston Historical Society spread to West Africa! My United Nations colleagues there saw our Women's Heritage Trial booklet on Brighton-Allston, and decided we should work on one for Burkina Faso. Unbound Visual Arts, of which I am a Founding Council of Advisors Member, spotted the <a href="http://www.unesco.org/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/ED/UNITWIN/pdf/Doc_annexes/anotherviewofafrica.pdf" target="_blank">photo essay</a> co-authored by me and Burkinabe Scholastique Kompaoré with Casey Fox of BU on lightening West African's onerous workloads, and freeing up time and energy for educational and lucrative activities. Then UVA proposed a solo show in Greater Boston!<br />
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On March 8th, International Women's Day, the Faneuil Branch of the Boston Public Library in Oak Square, Brighton hosted the show, co-sponsored by the UNESCO/UNITWIN Network on Gender, Culture and Development that I manage at Boston University Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Program, and by Unbound Visual Arts. Brandeis University's Women's Studies Research Center, especially its Student-Scholar Partnership Program, also helped support our research.<br />
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At left, we see my photograph of a village woman demonstrating her numeracy skills in the 1970s, alongside a women's group leader, then women celebrating a day's lucrative work after a multi-functional machine they manage was introduced this past decade to lighten their food processing tasks. The United Nations Development Programme and UNESCO funded this work with the Government. At right is Lavanya Madabusi who now lives in Brighton and worked with us at BU. The Art Gallery space of our Oak Square Faneuil Branch Library is a learning hub dynamically managed by Librarian Dorothy Keller in this unique Art Deco building. Pictured, from left to right: Brenda Gael McSweeney and Lavanya Madabusi."<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313584748093992375.post-8809825366518750222015-06-16T08:15:00.003-07:002015-06-18T06:42:57.548-07:00Aminata Kiello Features in the Occasional Paper Series of BU/WGS!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Ami's paper, originally in French entitled <i>Héritage de la réduction en esclavage sur les hommes et les femmes</i>, was summarized in English by Cassandra Fox. Both can be accessed here: <a href="http://issuu.com/bgmcs/docs/amisoccasionalpaper_final_2015"><span style="font-size: x-small;">http://issuu.com/bgmcs/docs/amisoccasionalpaper_final_2015</span></a> More on the story at: </div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313584748093992375.post-16041046736024252672015-06-05T09:46:00.001-07:002015-06-06T04:34:19.091-07:00Hot off the Press: New Publication in Moore!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We're delighted to share that thanks to John Hutchison, Professor Emeritus at Boston University's African Studies Center, and his colleague, writer and publisher Adama Jacques Sibalo of Burkina Faso, a first <a href="http://brendamcsweeney.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Burkina-Pagba.pdf" target="_blank">publication in Moore</a> on women's empowerment in Burkina is available in our UNESCO/UNITWIN collection! Moore is an official language in Burkina Faso, and Adama has published a series of books in Moore since 2002. The article that he translated in June 2015 is "<a href="http://www.catunescomujer.org/globalnetwork/docs/UNESCO_Burkina.pdf" target="_blank">Burkina's Women Shape Progress</a>" by Brenda Gael McSweeney and Scholastique Kompaoré (the French version called<i> <a href="http://www.catunescomujer.org/globalnetwork/docs/Burkinas_Women_Shape_Progress_fr.pdf" target="_blank">Les femmes du Burkina façonnent le progrès</a> </i>was translated from the English by Tshali Kabanga Charlie). </div>
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Adama's own journey is a fascinating one: below is a feature on him that appears in The African Language Materials Archive (ALMA) at Michigan State University, of which John Hutchison is Coordinator.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">"Adama Jacques </span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Sibalo </span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">was born in 1975 in the Sissilé Department of Kiembara in the province of Sourou in Burkina Faso. He did not get the chance to attend school. From 1985-87 he benefited from a literacy course in his maternal language, Moore, in Kiembara. Later he took a literacy course in French in Zaba and in Tougan in the province of Sourou. He later attended primary school in Kiembara and obtained his Certificate of Elementary Primary Studies in two years. Then he spent two years in the Private College Apolline KY of Tougan. Lacking the means and without support, he abandoned school in 1994 and went to Ouagadougou. In love with his maternal language, empassioned by culture, and full of compassion for those who are illiterate, he taught himself further. In 2002 he published his first book intitled : Tõnd zabrã ka be ne ninsaal ye. Then in 2006 he published Mam ba yir soalma, and then in 2008 his book entitled Soalmâ kôta yam." From </span><a href="http://alma.matrix.msu.edu/" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">http://alma.matrix.msu.edu/</a><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313584748093992375.post-71786254117805955682015-03-03T18:07:00.001-08:002015-04-21T12:50:32.557-07:00Burkina Faso's Women feature in "Visual Interchange: The Context of Community" Exhibition of Unbound Visual Arts!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">Artists: the Exhibition features members of the UVA Board of Directors and Council of Advisors: Tsun Ming Chmielinski, Susan Loomis, Francis Gardino, Ruth Rieffanaugh, Brenda Gael McSweeney and Sarah Berry, and UVA member Sarah Smigliani.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-align: center;"> Painting image: Tsun Ming Chmielinski, </span><i style="text-align: center;"><b>Family Time</b></i><span style="text-align: center;"><b>,</b> Sumi-e</span></span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313584748093992375.post-56612820164761263292014-11-19T11:34:00.001-08:002014-11-20T15:09:49.788-08:00Unbound Visual Arts Harvard Exhibit Inspires "Epic Heroines of Burkina Faso"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3G7_daV-6do/VGzr125mZZI/AAAAAAAADqc/jjFDRc3-MSo/s1600/EPIC%2Bpostcard%2Bfor%2BVista%2Bprint2-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3G7_daV-6do/VGzr125mZZI/AAAAAAAADqc/jjFDRc3-MSo/s1600/EPIC%2Bpostcard%2Bfor%2BVista%2Bprint2-1.jpg" height="320" width="205" /></a>UNESCO/UNITWIN Affiliate Unbound Visual Arts (UVA) recently opened an exhibit at the Harvard Allston Education Portal in Massachusetts. The exhibition is based on the "ancient Greek epic poems, Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, which served as source material for some of the earliest themes in artwork." The exhibit will run through 23 December, and features the work of seven UVA artists. More information can be found on <a href="https://sites.google.com/a/unboundvisualarts.org/uva-website/exhibitions/harvard-allston-education-portal/epic-exhibition" target="_blank">the UVA website</a>.<br />
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Inspired by this theme, the team at the UNESCO/UNITWIN Network anchored at Boston University's Women's and Gender Studies (WGS) Program took the opportunity to look at the roles of two heroines in the history of Burkina Faso through this 'epic' lens. The following storyboard shares their historic roles defending their territories, and all the while breaking down gender barriers.<br />
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The two heroines highlighted in this storyboard are Warrior Princess Yennega and Princess Guimbi Ouattara. Yennaga is known as the "Mother of the West African Nation of Burkina Faso" and for her brave leadership of troops in the 14th and 15th centuries. She figures in the <a href="http://equalityburkina.blogspot.com/2009/11/women-of-vision-burkina-faso.html" target="_blank">Women of Vision Burkina series</a> earlier on this website, and currently in an exhibition at the Harvard Education Portal.<br />
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Princess Guimbi Ouattara defended her city in the West of Burkina in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She is revered in the region and is also designated as a Woman of Vision, Burkina Faso.<br />
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Both of these women exemplify the UNESCO priority theme of promoting gender equality, and notably disseminating positive images of women's roles and leadership. We hope that you too are inspired by <a href="http://brendamcsweeney.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Epic-storyboard_Nov2014.opt_.pdf" target="_blank">their story</a>, as well as those conveyed by the artists of the Harvard EPIC exhibit!<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313584748093992375.post-2844562757315210622014-04-17T12:12:00.000-07:002014-07-13T12:36:00.724-07:00Burkina Features at Boston Exhibition!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The Faneuil Branch of the Boston Public Library has been hosting an exhibition on West African Women's Empowerment for the past seven weeks. Featuring photos taken by Brenda Gael McSweeney of the Boston University-based UNESCO/UNITWIN Network, the exhibit opened with a reception held on International Women's Day in March. Over 100 members of the local community, political representatives, university colleagues and more came out to learn about the evolution of roles and rights of women in the West African nation of Burkina Faso from the 1970s onward.<br />
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<a href="http://unitwin.blogspot.com/2014/02/burkina-photo-exhibit-sponsored-by-bu.html" target="_blank">The exhibit</a> was co-sponsored by the Friends of the Faneuil Branch Library, Unbound Visual Arts, and the UNESCO/UNITWIN on Gender, Culture and Development. The exhibit was based on the work and research of Brenda with Scholastique Kompaoré, a pioneer of women's education and empowerment currently residing in Ouagadoudou, Burkina Faso.<br />
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More information about the exhibit, as well as a gallery of photos from the opening reception, can be found on Unbound Visual Arts' site, <a href="https://sites.google.com/a/unboundvisualarts.org/uva-website/exhibitions/exhibit-venues/faneuil-library-art-gallery/brenda-gael-mcsweeney-west-african-womens-empowerment" target="_blank">here</a>. The story of the advancement of Burkina's women over four decades can be viewed in storyboard format<a href="https://docs.google.com/a/unboundvisualarts.org/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=dW5ib3VuZHZpc3VhbGFydHMub3JnfHV2YS13ZWJzaXRlfGd4OjUwYzliZTcwMGMyYmIwZWU" target="_blank"> here</a>.<br />
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Boston University's Professor Emeritus John Hutchison took a keen interest in the research, and is currently integrating it into an <a href="http://alma.matrix.msu.edu/" target="_blank">African Languages website </a>that he hosts.<br />
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Photos from the opening reception may be found on <a href="https://sites.google.com/a/unboundvisualarts.org/uva-website/exhibitions/exhibit-venues/faneuil-library-art-gallery/brenda-gael-mcsweeney-west-african-womens-empowerment/brenda-gael-mcsweeney-west-african-womens-empowerment-opening-reception" target="_blank">Unbound Visual Arts' website,</a> and below!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Princess Yennenga </b></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">(around the 12th century) </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">was the female warrior considered to be the mother of the Mossi Kingdom. According to legend, </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">as a young teenager in northern Ghana </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">she valiantly fought in battle for her father, leading other courageous female warriors.</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> She later fled this patriarchal society on her stallion. </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">With a hunter named Rial<span id="result_box" style="color: black;"><span title="health">é</span></span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">, she had a son who founded the Mossi Kingdom in the heart of the territory now comprising Burkina Faso.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Naaba Saaga, </b>born 11 May 1947, is the last Interim Mogho Naaba (Emperor) of the Mossi Kingdom. Installed at age eleven, she was hidden away in a neighboring vicinity for her personal safety, and continues to this day to retain many traditional powers. She created a solidarity group for women in her village. See a video clip of our conversation with the Naaba Saaga, in November 2009, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df5U5zxeED4">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Monique Kabore </b>(1942-2000) was a dynamic leader in the rural areas of southeastern Burkina. She led her community in 'self-help' and income-generating activities, and also promoted women's literacy and empowerment. In recognition of her accomplishments, she was recruited as a <i>Monitrice </i>of the Project for Equal Access of Women and Girls in Education. Read more about Monique <a href="http://equalityburkina.blogspot.com/2011/09/devoir-de-reconnaissance-envers-monique_03.html">here</a>. <span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photo courtesy of her children.</span></span><br />
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Princesse Yennenga </b>(12</span><sup style="color: black;">ième</sup><span style="color: black;"> siècle), considérée comme la mère ancêtre
des Mossi, était une vaillante guerrière. Selon la légende, adolescente et vivant
au Nord Ghana, à la tête d’autres amazones courageuses, elle gagnait des
batailles pour son père. Plus tard, sur son étalon, elle s’enfuit de cette
société patriarcale. Au cœur du territoire formant aujourd’hui le Burkina Faso,
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la ville de Bobo-Dioulasso à l’Ouest de l’actuel Burkina Faso. Elle défendit la
ville contre les envahisseurs venant du Sud et a aussi donné l’abri aux
premiers explorateurs français. Un mausolée a été érigé à Bobo-Dioulasso en son
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span lang="FR" style="font-family: "verdana";"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Naaba Saagha</b><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">, née le 11Mai 1947 est la dernière chargée de
l’inté</span>rim du Moogho Naaba (empereur) du royaume mossi. Intronisée à l’âge de
11ans, malgré la tentative de sa mère de lui épargner les contraintes de sa
charge en la cachant dans un village voisin, elle continue à détenir de nos
jours de nombreux pouvoirs traditionnels. Elle a créé un groupe de solidarité
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span lang="FR" style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Estelle Christianne Ouedraoge</b>, seule femme mécanicienne pour
<span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">motos et mobylettes. Elle a d’abord exercé à Ouagadougou, capitale du Burkina
Faso puis elle est partie vers l’Ouest à Koudougou, ville plus petite. Elle a
déjà inspiré d’autres femmes. Elle rêve de gérer un jour son propre atelier de
réparation et sa boutique de pièces détachées. </span></span><b style="color: black;"><span lang="FR" style="font-family: "verdana";"> </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span lang="FR" style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Jacqueline Ki-Zerbo</b><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"> a été la première femme Africaine,
Directrice du Cours Normal de Jeunes Filles au Burkina (alors appelé Haute
Volta). Parmi ses nombreuses réalisations on peut inclure le succès remporté dans
son militantisme pou</span><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">r</span> une législation permettant aux filles renvoyées de
l’école parce que enceintes, de retourner après accouchement aux études. Jacqueline
a aussi été la première Coordonnatrice du Projet Pilote UNESCO/PNUD/Gouvernement
d’Egalité d’Accès des Femmes et des Jeunes Filles à l’Education. Plus tard,
elle a travaillé avec UNESCO dans un projet régional traitant de problèmes de
populations et ensuite avec UNIFEM en Afrique de l’Ouest et en Afrique
Centrale.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span lang="fr"><b>Scholastique Kompaoré </b>a passé sa vie à lutter pour l'éducation et l'avancement des femmes dont elle a longtemps partagé les dures conditions de vie et de travail. Nommée au poste de Coordonnatrice Nationale du Projet Pilote UNESCO/ PNUD/ Gouvernement d’Égalité d'Accès des Femmes et des Jeunes Filles à l’Éducation en 1974, Scholastique a contribué à la mise en œuvre réussie de ce projet largement participatif en Haute-Volta. Scholastique a également servi en tant que Directrice d'un Programme des Volontaires des Nations Unies (VNU) qui a facilité l'échange d'animateurs/trices entre communautés villageoises en Afrique au sud du Sahara et contribué à introduire dans les pays, de nouvelles cultures agricoles et d'autres habitudes alimentaires. Présidente de la Marche Mondiale des Femmes/ Action Nationale du Burkina Faso de 2005 à 2009, elle est considérée comme un exemple qui les inspire par la plupart des femmes interviewées pour le Projet de document Femmes de Vision.</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span lang="FR" style="font-family: "verdana";"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span lang="FR" style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Mariam Konaté</b> est une activiste Sociale et l’une des premières personnes
à écrire en langue Jula (Dioula) et à élaborer des documents d’alphabétisation
fonctionnelle en jula Elle a joué
un rôle crucial dans l’équipe du Projet d’Education des Femmes basée à Banfora
à l’Ouest du Burkina Faso. Même de nos jours, elle organise à Bobo-Dioulasso
des rencontres avec les anciennes monitrices du Projet des Femmes à
Bobo-Dioulasso où elles ont constitué un groupe d’entraide<b>. </b>Voyez un spectacle par Mariam <a href="http://equalityburkina.blogspot.com/2010/01/performance-by-mariam-konate.html">ici</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span lang="FR" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: x-small;"><span lang="FR" style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>Bernadette Dao Sanou</b> est poète et activiste communautaire. </span></span><span lang="FR" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: x-small;"><span lang="FR" style="font-family: "verdana";">Présentement, elle est Directrice des Innovations Educatives au</span></span><span lang="FR" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: x-small;"><span lang="FR" style="font-family: "verdana";">
Ministère de l’Enseignement de Base et de l’Alphabétisation Fonctionnelle. Elle a produit des
textes scolaires en jula et
français pour des élèves du primaire élémentaire. Bernadette est une poétesse et
féministe. Ses œuvres inclus une sensibilisation sur les stéréotypes et
préjugés à l’égard des femmes et des jeunes filles (2005), document réalisé pour
la Marche Mondiale des Femmes du Burkina Faso et quote-part, un recueil de poèmes
(Juin 1992). Elle a aussi fondé le club Guimbi Ouattara, collectif d’épargne de
femmes. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana";">Ecoutez
Bernadette lisant <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRFJfmLVQ1I">une dédicace</a>. </span><b> </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Aminata Ouédraogo Bancé</b> est la Coordonnatrice du Centre
International pour l’éducation des Filles et des Femmes en Afrique (CIEFFA),
qui a un statut consultatif auprès de l’UNESCO. L’objectif général de son
centre est la promotion de l’éducation des femmes et des filles en vue de leur
pleine et entière participation à l’élimination de la pauvreté et un
développement durable. Elle considère son organisation comme étant
« l’enfant du travail de Scholastique Kompaoré sous les auspices du projet
UNESCO/PNUD/Gouvernement d’Egalité d’Accès des Femmes et des Jeunes Filles à
l’Education.<b><span lang="FR" style="font-family: "verdana";"> </span></b></span><br />
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<span lang="FR" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: x-small;"><b><span lang="FR" style="font-family: "verdana";">III. Etablir des orientations nouvelles Mettre en place des
orientations nouvelles: <o:p></o:p> Culture, Sciences et activisme s<span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">ocial</span></span></b><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><b> </b></span><span style="background-color: white;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;"> </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Maimouna Dembélé </b><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">était une dynamique ménestrelle traditionnelle
de l’ouest du Burkina Faso. Farouchement indépendante et féministe convaincue,
beaucoup de ses chansons paient tribut au projet UNESCO d’éducation des femmes
et à l’importance de l’alphabétisation fonctionnelle pour les femmes. La photo
la montre entourée de deux de ses enfants et portant l’uniform</span><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">e de la
Fédération des Femmes Voltaïques.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span lang="FR" style="color: black; font-family: "verdana";"><b>Suzanne “Suzi” Ouédraogo</b>, née en 1975, est peintre
basée à Ouagadougou. Elle eu à surmonter d’incroyables obstacles pour pratiquer
sa profession. Elle a participé à des expositions individuelle et de groupe au
Burkina Faso et dans plusieurs pays européens et a obtenu le prix de la
biennale Dak’art. Plusieurs de ses œuvres peignent les horreurs des mutilations
génitales féminines. Elle dépeint la bestialité humaine à travers des images
d’animaux. Elle dirige également une école d’art pour les enfants à
Ouagadougou. Pour voir <span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">plus de photos de Suzi et de ses oeuvres, visitez notre
page </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1264268390297" style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Flickr.</a> </span></span><span lang="FR" style="color: #632035; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;"><b> </b></span></span><br />
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<span lang="FR" style="color: #632035; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Monique Kaboré </b>(1942-2000) a été un leader dynamique de la zone
Sud est du Burkina Faso. Elle dirigea sa communauté dans des activités
d’entraide et des activités génératrices de revenus. Elle s’est aussi consacrée
à la promotion de l’alphabétisation des femmes et au renforcement de leurs
capacités. En reconnaissance pour tout ce qu’elle a accompli, elle a été
recrutée comme monitrice du Projet d’Egalité d’Accès des Femmes et des Jeunes
Filles à L’Education.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="FR" style="color: #632035; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Odile Germaine Nacoulma </b><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">est une scientifique renommée et en plus
la première femme Chancelière de l’Université de Ouagadougou. Professeure en
biochimie, sa thèse de Doctorat porte sur les plantes médicinales et les
pratiques médicales traditionnelles au Burkina Faso. Elle a contribué à la
définition d’une politique nationale dans ce domaine. Odile Nacoulma est membre
fondateur d’une Association de femmes cheffes d’entreprise.</span></span><b> </b></span></span><br />
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<span lang="FR" style="color: #632035; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Joséphine Guissou
Ouédraog<span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">o</span></b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"> <span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">es</span>t sociologue. D’abord fonctionnaire pendant une dizaine d’années,
Joséphine a ensuite travaillé pour un organisme de consultation en
développement. Ce travail de terrain, comme par exemple dans les vallées des
voltas, mettait l’accent sur les rôles spécifiques</span><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">d</span>es femmes. Elle occupa plus
tard le rang le plus élevé jamais occupé par une femme burkinabe dans le
système international : Secrétaire Exécutive Adjointe de la Commission
Economique des Nations Unies pour l’Afrique (CEA) dont le siège est à Addis
Abbeba, puis, Directrice du Centre pour les femmes en Afrique de la CEA.
Poursuivant son travail pour un
développement humain durable, ell<span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">e est actuellement Secrétaire Exécutive
de « ENDA Tiers Monde » à Dakar.</span></span><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"> </span></span></div>
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Connecting women in Tanzania and Massachusetts around the
theme of female education and empowerment, the photo exhibit “Educating the
SEGA Girls of Tanzania” brought a global feel to Women’s History Month in
Brighton. In the exhibit, photographer Warren Zelman depicts the students of
the SEGA Girls School, a secondary boarding school for vulnerable girls in
Tanzania. The striking photographs will be on display at Athan’s Café Art
Gallery from March 6 - July 6, 2014. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--8CWr-h0fqg/U4dhwyvMHUI/AAAAAAAAAMw/K4ZzS8Yl8Iw/s1600/SEGA1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--8CWr-h0fqg/U4dhwyvMHUI/AAAAAAAAAMw/K4ZzS8Yl8Iw/s1600/SEGA1.jpg" height="210" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(l to r) State Representative Kevin Honan, Nusura Gundi of SEGA (Secondary Education for Girls' Advancement),<br />
and UVA Executive Director John Quatrale</td></tr>
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To celebrate the opening of this powerful exhibit, Nurturing
Minds, Inc. (a cosponsor of the exhibit) brought in Nusura Gundi to share the
story of the SEGA Girls School. As the first exchange student from the school,
Nusura came from Philadelphia to Boston to speak about her experience. The
installation and opening reception were cosponsored by Nurturing Minds and
Unbound Visual Arts, Inc. (UVA), a UNESCO/UNITWIN affiliate.</div>
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For more information about the exhibit and the SEGA Girls School, as well as pictures from the opening reception and photographs in the
series, please see <a href="https://sites.google.com/a/unboundvisualarts.org/uva-website/exhibitions/athans-cafe-art-gallery/educating-the-sega-girls-of-tanzania">Unbound
Visual Arts’ website</a>.<br />
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Caseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10105885773494481354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313584748093992375.post-25019057002772221922014-02-03T18:10:00.000-08:002014-12-17T12:14:45.599-08:00Devoir de reconnaissance envers Monique Kaboré<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
par André Zouré, Maire de Garango, ville natale de Monique<span style="font-family: "MS 明朝";"> </span><br />
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Monique, une femme au cœur d’or que j’ai
côtoyée et appréciée depuis ses
origines paysannes, très modeste, que rien ne prédestinait à un avenir
plein de
félicité et pourtant!<br />
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Mariée, Dieu merci, à un instituteur, ils ont
évolué loin des conforts douillets
des quelques rares métropoles des années 60 à 90, Monique a vite compris
qu’elle avait une mission humanitaire à accomplir autour d’elle pour
transformer les mentalités rétrogrades d’antan, notamment la condition
de ses
consoeurs des milieux ruraux.</div>
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Ainsi donc, Monique, sans doute grâce à la
tolérance de son mari, a
démarré, dans les années 70, une mission titanique d’encadrement de ses
sœurs
de Zoaga d’abord, Zabré ensuite. D’associations en groupements, elle a
réussi
avec ses qualités exceptionnelles de femme battante à braver les
préjugés, oh!
combien tenaces et négatifs d’une société qui ne concevait pas la femme
en
dehors du foyer. C’est justement en partant de cette conception
anachronique et
négativiste qu’elle a pris le contre-pied de ses détracteurs pour
baptiser son
œuvre en l’appelant «Pag la yiri»* (la femme
c’est le foyer). C’est comme pour dire qu’elle n’était nullement en
porte-à-faux avec les traditions, mais que c’est cette notion
absolutiste de la
femme maintenue dans l’obscurité et l’obscurantisme qu’elle voulait
plutôt
effacer du comportement des hommes.</div>
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Aussi, en développant
le rôle social et économique qu’une femme formée
et éduquée peut jouer en faveur de l’émancipation de la cellule
familiale
d’abord, puis de la société entière, Monique, petit à petit, avec
ténacité et
patience, a acquis la confiance des uns et des autres et a, au fur et à
mesure
emporter l’adhésion des plus sceptiques;
et le rayonnement des résultats obtenus
grâce aux divers projets que ses nombreux partenaires ont appuyés, a
fait le
reste.<br />
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Au
fil des ans, Monique s’est révélée un stratège en matière de
développement
participatif et une visionnaire de son temps, aidée en cela, il est
vrai, par
un réseau relationnel riche tant à l’intérieur qu’à l’extérieur du
Burkina
Faso, au sein duquel viennent en première ligne, les prêtres de Zabré,
Mme «Scho»
(Scholastique Kompaoré) comme elle aimait à l’appeler, sans oublier Mme
Nignan
Marie, qui furent ses meilleures conseillères et guides jusqu’à son
dernier
souffle.</div>
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Aujourd’hui, 10 ans après sa disparition, il est
loisible de lui rendre
hommage à travers quelques témoignages en guise de devoir de
reconnaissance
car, faut-il l’occulter? Monique est tombée les armes à la main, oui les
armes
à la main puisque c’est lors de ses multiples missions à l’étranger que
s’est
accentué le mal qui la rongeait malicieusement et silencieusement, elle
qui n’y
accordait pas de l’importance tant elle s’était vouée à sa mission
sacerdotale.</div>
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C’est donc malgré les efforts de la médecine et le
soutien de tant de
parents et d’amis que Monique a quitté prématurément ce monde laissant
derrière
elle ce vaste chantier inachevé et surtout ses nombreux enfants éplorés à
qui
elle a légué son image de bonne mère exemplaire, qui ne s’est jamais
dérobée à
ses devoirs maternels malgré le surcroît de travail qui l’absorbait
constamment.</div>
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Seul le ciel peut être
sa récompense.</div>
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*
Note des Editeurs : Chez les Mossi, "Pag la yiri" est une idée de
base. Par ailleurs, le Projet Unesco intitulé "Egalité d'accès des
femmes
et des jeunes fille à l'education" était reconnu partout sous
l'appelation
de "Pag la yiri."<br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;">Click below for the </span><span style="color: #a64d79;">ENGLISH </span><span style="color: #741b47;">version!</span><br />
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Tribute to Monique
Kaboré<o:p></o:p></div>
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By André Zouré, Mayor
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">(English translation by Cassandra Fox)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Monique,
a woman with a heart of gold whom I have known and appreciated since her humble
beginnings, very modest, whom nothing prevented from a future full of
happiness, and yet…!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Married,
thanks be to God, to a teacher, they lived far from the cozy comforts of the
rare metropolises of the 1960s to 1990s. Monique quickly understood that she
had a humanitarian mission to accomplish around her to transform backwards
mentalities, notably related to the condition of rural inhabitants. <o:p></o:p></div>
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And
thus, Monique, without a doubt thanks to the tolerance of her husband, began in
the 70s the titanic mission of the education of her sisters in Zoaga initially,
then Zabré afterwards. With group associations, she succeeded with her
exceptional qualities of a female warrior to face prejudices, oh! How much
stubbornness and negativity of a society, that did not imagine a woman outside
of the home. It is from this archaic conception and negativity that she took
the opposing side from her critics and baptized her work by calling it “Pag la
yiri”* (The woman is the home). This is to express that she was not at odds
with tradition, but that the absolute notion that the woman should be
maintained in obscurity, and that it is obscurity that she wants, should be
erased from the attitude of men. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Additionally,
in developing the social and economic role that an educated woman can play in
favor of emancipation of the nuclear family first, and second society as a
whole, Monique, little by little, with tenacity and patience, acquired the
confidence of people, and eventually won the support of skeptics; and the
influence of these results, thanks to diverse projects that her numerous
partners had implemented, did the rest. <o:p></o:p></div>
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After
many years, Monique developed a participatory development strategy, which was
visionary for her time, aided by a rich network within and outside of Burkina
Faso, on the front lines of which were the priests of Zabré, Mme “Scho”
(Scholastique Kompaoré) as she liked to be called, and not to forget Mme Nignan
Marie, who were her greatest advisors and guides until her last breath. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Today,
10 years after her death, we pay her homage through several testimonies filled
with gratitude because why should we avoid it? Monique fell sword in hand, yes
sword in hand because through her multiple missions abroad that accentuated the
evil that silently and maliciously ate at her, she did not accord it
importance, as she was devoted to her sacred mission. <o:p></o:p></div>
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It
was thus despite the efforts of her doctors and the support of her relatives
and friends that Monique prematurely left the world, leaving behind her vast
unfinished work and her numerous children in tears, whom she left with an image
of an exemplary mother, who never abandoned her parental duties despite the
work that constantly absorbed her. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Only
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*Editors’
note: According to the Mossi, “Pag la yiri” is a fundamental idea. Furthermore,
the UNESCO Project titled “Equality of Access to Education for Women and Girls”
was recognized throughout by the title “Pag la yiri.” <o:p></o:p></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313584748093992375.post-48467805512689522862014-01-08T08:59:00.001-08:002014-01-08T09:01:41.688-08:00Next Generation Development Worker in Neighboring Ghana!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
We would like to introduce Micayla Rivin, an exceptional high schooler from Needham, Massachusetts, USA. Given her experience in Burkina's neighboring country Ghana, Micayla was chosen to introduce Brenda Gael McSweeney at a recent Distinguished Career Award ceremony at Needham High.<br />
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Expressing interest in global development from a young age, Micayla traveled to Ghana as a volunteer to work with children at a rural primary school. She kindly shared the following pictorial representation of her work. Congratulations to Micayla!<br />
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Micayla Rivin helping a four year old Ghanaian boy make a hand print. Volunteers worked with a kindergarten class in Ntranoa, a small section of Cape Coast, to make a tree of life that consisted of all </div>
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Micayla Rivin photographed with two young girls from Kumasi hills, Ghana. Ruphina (7) on the left and Jennifer (4) in the middle, are two girls who attend the Ebeneezer school in Kumasi Hills, Ghana. The volunteers are seen dancing and playing games with the children in the background. </div>
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Micayla Rivin holds seven year old Ruphina in this picture. In the background is the edge of the Ebeneezer school where volunteers play games with students. The ratio of girls to boys in primary school in Ghana is 99%!</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313584748093992375.post-24535593123639697302013-12-14T20:12:00.000-08:002014-01-15T11:49:29.363-08:00Women Shaping History in Burkina Faso, featured at Boston's City Hall!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We're excited to announce the launch of an exhibit on women shaping history in Burkina Faso at City Hall in Boston, Massachusetts, as a part of a larger "All Things Change" show hosted by Unbound Visual Arts (UVA) and the Mayor's Office of Arts, Tourism and Special Events. The component of the exhibit titled "All Things Change: Evolving Roles of Burkinabé Women" follows the progression of roles taken on by women in this West African nation, and the impact that they have had on the development of the country. "<a href="http://equalityburkina.blogspot.com/">Equality Burkina</a>" team member Scholastique Kompaoré features prominently among the six Burkinabé women whose work and achievements are highlighted in the exhibit. The "All Things Change" exhibition, curated by UVA Executive Director John Quatrale, was showcased in an article in the Boston Globe, <a href="https://sites.google.com/a/unboundvisualarts.org/uva-website/press/all-things-change---globe-recommendation">here</a>! </div>
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The exhibit will be on display from late November to December 31, 2013, at City Hall in the Scollay Square Gallery. On December 12, a reception was held for the public and the artists. Brenda Gael McSweeney and Rose O'Connell-Marion represented the Boston University/Equality Burkina team at the reception, enthusiastically sharing the story of female empowerment in Burkina Faso. </div>
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The All Things Change Exhibit has now been invited to show at the Harvard Educational Portal for the first several months of 2014! </div>
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Pioneer of female education in Burkina, Scholastique Kompaoré, at left<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">At left, Unbound Visual Arts Executive Director John Quatrale, with UVA Founding Member and Exhibiting Photographer Brenda Gael McSweeney - Léontine Kaboré, a 1st-ever female village chief, figures in Brenda's photo.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313584748093992375.post-7970968258209848022013-06-05T12:34:00.002-07:002013-06-05T18:43:13.743-07:00Women's Empowerment in Burkina Features at Visual Arts Exhibition!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Four photographs depicting a glimpse of the journey of Burkina's women were selected by a jury for an exhibition marking the launch of a partnership between Unbound Visual Arts (UVA) and the Harvard Allston Education Portal. This flagship event celebrated the work of numerous artists from Brighton-Allston and neighboring communities. At the popular Grand Opening Reception, sculpture, paintings, and photographs were shared with the public.<br />
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Among these was the Burkina set of photos, that depict the phenomenal workloads of women of all ages in this West African nation. This series of photos also portrays the story of workload lightening technology managed by the women themselves. The end result was time freed up for the women, who could then opt for income-generating activities and encourage their daughters to go to school. The concluding photo captures the Interm Empress of the Mossi Kingdom. The photos were taken over a period of four decades by UVA Council of Advisors Founding Member Brenda Gael McSweeney, based on her work in Burkina Faso alongside Scholastique Kompaoré, National Coordinator of the UNESCO-led Equal Access of Women and Girls to Education Project.<br />
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See the full set of photographs of the UVA-Harvard Allston Education Portal exhibition launch <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gender_equality_burkina/sets/72157633953245858/" target="_blank">here</a>!</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313584748093992375.post-26311676790843146272013-04-25T06:42:00.003-07:002013-07-01T16:55:40.838-07:00Another View of Africa: A Photo Essay!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E4QuQ8DNomg/UXkv4m0RR4I/AAAAAAAACa8/GJmILHKMsoc/s1600/Woman_Leader_blog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E4QuQ8DNomg/UXkv4m0RR4I/AAAAAAAACa8/GJmILHKMsoc/s200/Woman_Leader_blog.jpg" width="126" /></a>We are so pleased to announce that the recently released e-book <i>Gender Perspectives in Case Studies Across Continents </i><span class="s1"><i>–</i></span><i> </i>published by the Global Network of UNESCO Chairs on Gender <span class="s1"><i>–</i></span> features a photo essay from Burkina Faso! This chapter (at page 67), entitled<i> </i>“Another View of Africa: A Photo Essay on Female Education and Empowerment in Burkina Faso”, was produced by Brenda Gael McSweeney and Scholastique Kompaoré, with Cassandra Fox. </div>
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6rIcgbXowrE/UXkw2VmIesI/AAAAAAAACbI/fSSQkmZXynQ/s1600/RuralGirl_FunctionalLiteracy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6rIcgbXowrE/UXkw2VmIesI/AAAAAAAACbI/fSSQkmZXynQ/s200/RuralGirl_FunctionalLiteracy.jpg" width="131" /></a>“Another View of Africa” aims to present a hopeful image to contrast with typical media depictions of life in Africa. These images illustrate the progress in rural Burkina Faso, where the implementation of time-saving technology and greater access to education for females led to the empowerment and growing public participation of local women. These programs were the Equal Access of Women and Girls to Education Project and the Multi-Functional Platform initiatives, which recognized how heavy gendered workloads inhibited women’s opportunities. The photos in this essay reveal the changes in communities as these workloads were lifted. This essay is also available in French (“Un autre regard sur l’Afrique<i>”</i> at page 72).</div>
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Another West Africa chapter of great interest (at page 112) is “God First, Second the Market: A Case Study” prepared by the Sirleaf Market Women’s Fund. This case study demonstrates how Liberia’s market women have been pivotal in the rebuilding of the country’s social and economic foundations, and explores several market women’s individual stories. As with “Another View of Africa”, “God First, Second the Market” highlights as well the importance of women’s education and participation in the economy. (<span style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">Photo </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 16px; text-align: left;">©</span><span style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000;"> </span>SMWF)</span></div>
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<i>Gender Perspectives in Case Studies Across Continents </i>also features a foreword from the Director of the UNESCO Division for Gender Equality, Saniye Gülser Corat, who unveils UNESCO’s priority in promoting gender equality through 2021, and emphasizes the importance of these case studies in promoting understanding of different realities and challenges, and providing for the possibility to formulate reality based policies and procedures. We encourage you to explore the Burkina Faso and Liberia essays, as well as the other fascinating case studies the e-book offers. View the entire publication, co-edited by Gloria Bonder and Brenda Gael McSweeney, <a href="http://goo.gl/31btQ"><span class="s2">here</span></a>.<br />
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Une autre vision de l'Afrique: un reportage photo! Nous sommes très heureux de porter à votre connaissance que le document intitulé Perspectives genre paru dans les études de cas réalisés à travers les continents par le réseau mondial des chargés de programme genre de l’UNESCO publié dans e-book figure un reportage photo du Burkina Faso! Ce chapitre (page 67), intitulé «Une autre vision de l'Afrique: un reportage photo sur l'éducation et l’autonomisation des femmes au Burkina Faso", a été produit par Brenda Gael McSweeney et Scholastique Kompaoré, avec Cassandra Fox.
"Un autre regard sur l’Afrique" a pour but de présenter l’image d’une Afrique d'espoir contrastant avec les représentations médiatiques typiques de la vie en Afrique. Ces images illustrent les progrès dans les régions rurales du Burkina Faso, où la mise en place de technologies permettant des économies de temps et un meilleur accès à l'éducation ont conduit à une participation publique et une autonomie croissante des femmes au niveau local. Ces programmes étaient le Projet d’égalité d'accès des femmes et des jeunes filles à l’éducation et celui de la plate-forme multifonctionnelle, qui reconnaissent comme le partage des charges de travail fondé sur le genre inhibe les chances des femmes par leur lourdeur. Les photos de cet essai montrent les changements opérés dans les communautés où ces charges ont été levées. Cet essai est également disponible en français («Un autre regard sur l'Afrique» page 72).
Un autre chapitre d’Afrique de l'Ouest qui est d'un grand intérêt (à la page 112) est «Dieu d'abord, le marché après: une étude de cas », préparé par le Fonds Shirleaf pour les femmes du marché. Cette étude de cas montre comment les femmes du marché du Libéria ont joué un rôle clé dans la reconstruction des fondements sociaux et économiques du pays, et explore les histoires individuelles de plusieurs femmes du marché. Comme "un autre regard sur l’Afrique ", "Dieu d'abord, le marché après», souligne ainsi l'importance de l'éducation et de la participation des femmes à l'économie. (Photo © SMWF)
Perspectives de genre dans les études de cas à travers les continents contient également un avant-propos de la Directrice de la Division de l'UNESCO pour l'égalité des sexes, Saniye Gülser Corat, qui dévoile la priorité de l'UNESCO est la promotion de l'égalité des sexes jusqu'en 2021, et souligne l'importance de ces études de cas dans la promotion de la compréhension des différents réalités et défis, et pouvant conduire à la possibilité de formuler des politiques et des procédures basées sur la réalité. Nous vous encourageons vivement à explorer les essais du Burkina Faso et sur le Liberia, ainsi que les autres études de cas fascinants qu’offrent e-book. Voir toute la publication, co-édité par Gloria Bonder et Brenda Gael McSweeney, ici.
~ Par Lucia Hsiao, étudiante-chercheur associée à Brenda Gael McSweeney, Centre de recherche et d’Études sur les femmes / Université de Brandeis</div>
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<span style="font-family: Times;">We are pleased to inform you that a representative from UNESCO has
recently contacted Brenda Gael McSweeney to request the right to use
photos from her photographic collection in a specific
cultural project entitled <i>Women Figures in African History: An
E-learning Tool. </i>Please see the letter below for more information on
this exciting initiative:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times;">"Dear Dr. McSweeney, </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1628; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I trust you thrive. I am writing to you, from UNESCO, Paris, to enquire as to the possibility of acquiring the rights to a selection of photographs which appear on the website <b><span style="color: #a60f6c;"><a href="http://equalityburkina.blogspot.fr/">http://equalityburkina.blogspot.fr/</a> </span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1628; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">for usage within a specific cultural project. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1628; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I don’t think I am mistaken in thinking that the beautiful photographs
in the section ‘Women of Vision – Burkina Faso’ - are copyrighted to you,
despite their being part of UNITWIN. The Culture, and Communication and
Information Sectors at UNESCO are presently working on a project entitled <i>Women
Figures in African History: An E-learning Tool</i>. Comfortably nestled within
the cadre of the two global priorities of the organisation, gender and Africa,
the project has the following remit:</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #4c1628;">-</span><span style="color: #4c1628;"> </span><span style="color: #4c1628;">to improve, the <i>General History of Africa</i> at
the level of content (hitherto scant on women, alas);<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #4c1628;">-</span><span style="color: #4c1628;"> </span><span style="color: #4c1628;">to complement phase 2 of the <i>General History of Africa</i> (the
elaboration of history curricula and pedagogical materials);<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #4c1628;">-</span><span style="color: #4c1628;"> </span><span style="color: #4c1628;">to bind ICTs (e-learning tools) and culture (immaterial heritage)
in providing civil society (particularly young, African women, at primary and
secondary school level) with an accurate understanding of the importance of
women in the economic and social development of Africa, thereby, one hopes,
empowering them.</span><span style="color: #4c1628;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #4c1628;">The project will consist of 5
interactive, e-learning modules, each of which is to focus on an important
woman, or group of women, in African history (& the diaspora), up until the
present. Each module will consist of</span><span style="color: #4c1628;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #4c1628;">-</span><span style="color: #4c1628;"> </span><span style="color: #4c1628;">an illustrated comic strip;<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #4c1628;">-</span><span style="color: #4c1628;"> </span><span style="color: #4c1628;">a pedagogical dossier, with information about the character, the
broader region, historical sources (including specific notes on oral sources in
African historiography);<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #4c1628;">-</span><span style="color: #4c1628;"> </span><span style="color: #4c1628;">a small test.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1628; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">One of the e-modules, whose principal
subject is Princess Yennenga, broadens to embrace remarkable women in
present-day Burkina Faso. Were you to grant us free permission to use your
photographs for this project, they would appear within the
pedagogical dossier of the e-module, with a link to the UNITWIN and equality
websites. Full accreditation and descriptions would of course be ensured.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #4c1628;">I am most grateful for your time, and
look forward to hearing from you soon. And bravo for all the work in this
area.</span><span style="color: #4c1628;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #4c1628;">Sincerely,</span><span style="color: #4c1628;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #4c1628;">(Mr.) Obioma Ofoego</span><span style="color: #4c1628;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #4c1628;">Women Figures in African History: An
E-Learning Tool</span><span style="color: #4c1628;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #4c1628;">Knowledge Societies Division</span><span style="color: #4c1628;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #4c1628;">Communication and Information Sector</span><span style="color: #4c1628;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #4c1628;">UNESCO</span><span style="color: #4c1628;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">UNESCO's request to showcase images of women who have carried out extensive work on behalf of women's empowerment and education in Burkina Faso is great news for the two themes of our blog: Gender and Africa. We look forward to sharing more with you about this forthcoming project in an upcoming post.<span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="FR" style="font-size: large;">UNE SUITE DU PROJET EGALITE : </span></b><br />
<b><span lang="FR" style="font-size: large;">reboisement à Bérégadougou</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="FR" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">par</span> Scholastique Kompaoré</span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="FR">Pour un succès, cela a été vraiment un franc succès à tous le<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">s
niveaux : </span>des préparatifs, à la réalisation du reboisement. Avant d’en parler, l’historique de
l’évènement s’impose.</span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="FR" style="font-family: inherit;">Historique<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b><br />
En 1975, Année Internationale de la Femme. Femmes et Développement,
membre du Service Civique International invite le Projet à envoyer une
monitrice en France pour un séjour formation auprès d’un certain nombre
d’organisations de la place. Une Monitrice de Banfora, Delphine Bélemsigri a
été la première à bénéficier de ce placement. En 1978, la Coordonnatrice du
projet UNESCO pour la région de Banfora, Mariam Konaté a d’abord participé à un
séminaire sous régional organisé à Bohicon au Bénin au cours duquel un reboisement
a été réalisé.<br />
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Cela a beaucoup intéressé Mariam qui dans les villages, autour
des bâtiments du Projet, s’évertuait à créer ce qu’on appelait alors des
bosquets pour disposer de bois de cuisine et d’abris pour les rencontres des
femmes. Elle a ensuite séjourné en France et visité des réalisations avec
lesquelles elle entretient des collaborations multiples. Elle a ainsi créé
Femmes et Développement Bobo. Le reboisement de Bérégadougou après ceux de
Tarfila, un autre village du projet Haute Volta/UNESCO voisin, et de Manga,
s’inspire de cette expérience auquel ont pris part, deux représentantes de
Femmes et Développement France.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="FR"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Bérégadougou est très vite devenu dans les années soixante dix un
village pilote du projet UNESCO grâce à la village forte implication du chef et
des notables. Comme son voisin Tarfila, une bonne partie des terres<b> </b>de ce village ont été affectées à la
production de la canne et de l’usine de production d sucre. Les femmes doivent
donc faire des kilomètres pour tenter de trouver du bois de chauffe, qui se
fait de plus en plus rare, ce qui conduit à des disputes avec d’autres villages
lorsqu’on franchit les frontières. Certaines femmes recourent même à la paille. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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Sita, une monitrice originaire de ce village, affectée depuis la fin du
projet au Ministère de l’Action Sociale et de la Solidarité Nationale n’a
cessé de se battre pour son
développement et s’est beaucoup investi à servir d’intermédiaire et de liaison
entre tous les participants et à rechercher des appuis pour réussir le
reboisement. Membre également de Femmes et Développement Bobo, elle a donc
porté le projet de Bérégadougou à cette association. Informée, Femmes et
Développement France annonce qu’une dizaine de ses membres viendront de France
pour participer au reboisement.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: normal;">Tout le monde, contacté de vive voix ou par écrit, se montre intéressé: les autorités
coutumières et administratives, plus particulièrement le Ministère de
l’Environnement et du Tourisme, les ressortissants de Bérégadougou résidant à
Ouagadougou et à Bobo, et singulièrement la SOSUCO, l’usine de production du
sucre.</span><br />
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<span lang="FR"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Scholastique Kompaoré, </span></span><span lang="FR"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Auteur de l'article</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: normal;"> </span><span lang="FR"><span lang="FR" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Il est decidé que le reboisement se déroulera en 5 jours au cours
desquels, les soirées seront consacrées à des causeries/débats animées par des
spécialistes sur des thèmes d’intérêt pour les femmes de la région. Les sujets
étaient variés et l’audience, surtout féminine importante tous les soirs. On a
néanmoins déploré le peu d’intérêt marqué par les hommes pour ces sujets. On a
ainsi parlé de :</span></span></span></div>
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</span></span><span lang="FR">VIH/SIDA et des maladies sexuellement transmissibles ;<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><span lang="FR"> Lutte contre
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</span></span><span lang="FR">Mobilisation des femmes pour la gestion des affaires
de la commune ;<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><span lang="FR"> Droits,
devoirs et rôles de la femme dans la société ;<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><span lang="FR">Femmes et changements climatiques. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Une troupe théâtrale a présenté une pièce suivie de discussion sur
désertification et reboisement. <br />
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<b>Le bosquet reboisé. </b><br />
1150 arbres à l’utilité reconnue dans la la région et même dans le
pays, ont ainsi été plantés dont:</div>
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<span lang="FR">300 nérés dont les gousses offrent une poudre très appréciée tel quel
ou frit comme des galettes par les enfants: les graines transformées en condiment très apprécié en Afrique de
l’oest, est une source de revenus très importante pour les femmes;</span><br />
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<span lang="FR"><span lang="FR"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">300 acacias: une décoction de ses feuilles soigne la toux des enfants - les repousses sont rapides et fournissent du bois pour la cuisine;<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="FR"><span lang="FR"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">100 baobabs dont les fruits et les feuilles sont riches en fer: les
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<span lang="FR"><span lang="FR"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">100 moringas est presque indispensable dans les sauces de couscous de
mil: elles sont utilisées également pour traiter les problèmes de tension
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<span lang="FR"><span lang="FR"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">200 mélénas<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="FR"><span lang="FR"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">150 caïlcédrats<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="FR"><span lang="FR"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ces deux derniers éléments pour le bois de chauffe et de menuiserie. </span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="FR">Une solidarité agissante.</span></b></span><br />
Les plants ont été offerts par la direction Régionale de
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<span lang="FR"><span lang="FR">De la musique de balafons a rythmé le travail. Le déjeuner, préparé par
les femmes a été offert sur place aux participants. Les cotisations des
bénéficiaires, de leurs amies de Femmes et Développement de Bobo et de France
et la contribution des ressortissants de Bérégadougou résidant hors du village
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<b>Leçons tirées de
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A l’évaluation, on a estimé que la participation n’a pas été aussi
importante qu’espérée car la période choisie correspondait à un moment où les
femmes étaient très occupées dans les champs. Il a donc été décidé de placer le
reboisement restant à une date plus appropriée. On a aussi recommandé que les
amis ne décident pas à la place des
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Equal Access of Women and Girls to Education Project: Reforestation in Bérégadougou</div>
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In 1975, International Women's Year, Women and Development, a member of the International Civic Service, invited the Upper Volta/UNESCO Project to send a fieldworker to France to spend a period of time training with a number of organizations based in France. Delphine Bélemsigri of the Banfora region was the first to benefit from this initiative. In 1978, Mariam Konate, the UNESCO Project Coordinator for the Banfora region, attended a sub-regional seminar in Bohicon in Benin; a region in which reforestation was realized. There was a lot that at the seminar that was of interest to Mariam; around the buildings in the Project in Banfora, Mariam strove to create groves that would provide wood for cooking and shelters for gatherings of women. After the seminar, Mariam then spent some time in France, visiting successful projects of organizations with which she maintains multiple connections. From there, Mariam went on to create Women and Development Bobo. The reforestation of Bérégadougou was inspired by the reforestation experience in Tarfila, a neighboring village in Upper Volta, and that of Manga to the south. The project in Bérégadougou was visited by two representatives of Women and Development France.<br />
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In the seventies, Bérégadougou became a pilot village of the UNESCO Project - thanks to the strong involvement of the village chief and its elders. Like its neighbor Tarfila, a large portion of the village's land were being used for the production of sugarcane. Sugarcane production meant that in order to find firewood, women had to walk kilometers. As firewood was becoming more and more scarce in the seventies, disputes with other villages over this resource were not uncommon. Scarcity of wood also meant some women even had to use straw for cooking.<br />
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Sita, a fieldworker from Bérégadougou, who was later appointed to the post of Minister of Social Action and National Solidarity, continuously fought for the village's development and invested herself heavily. She served as the intermediary and as a key liaison between all participants of the project. Sita worked to seek out the support that would help to make the reforestation in Bérégadougou a success. Also a member of Women and Development Bobo, Sita was responsible for bringing the draft of the project in Bérégadougou to the attention of that association. Informed about the project, Women and Development France announced that ten of its members would come from France to participate in the reforestation initiative.<br />
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Everyone contacted either in person or in writing was interested; the traditional and administrative authorities (in particular the Ministry of Environment and Tourism), those from Bérégadougou residing in Ouagadougou and in Bobo, and the SOSUCO sugar production plant.<br />
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It was decided that the replanting would take place across five days. The evening hours of these fives days were devoted to expert-led lectures and discussions on topics that were of interest to women in the region. The subjects were varied and the audience almost always consisted of only women. The lack of interest shown by the men was deplored by those involved in the project.<br />
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- HIV/AIDS and other STDs<br />
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A theatrical group presented a play about desertification and reforestation. The performance was followed up with discussion on the two related topics.<br />
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1150 trees, recognized for their utility both in the region and the country as a whole, were planted. These included:<br />
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- 300 African Locust Bean trees that provided a powder popular in the region. This powder was sought after both in its original form and as a key ingredient with which local children fry into patties. The seeds of this tree's fruit can be turned into a condiment that is popular in West African cuisine. Selling these seeds also provides an important source of income for the women.<br />
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-300 Acacias<br />
A brew made from the leaves of the Acacia tree is used to treat the coughs of children. Acacia trees regrow quickly and provide wood for cooking.<br />
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-100 Baobab trees<br />
The fruit and leaves of these trees are rich in iron. Porridges and sauces made from the fruit and leaves are used to help fight malnutrition.<br />
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-100 Moringa trees<br />
These trees provide ingredients indispensable in the making of sauces eaten with millet couscous. The seeds of these trees are used to treat high blood pressure.<br />
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-200 Melena trees and 150 caïlcédrats<br />
These types of trees are used primarily for firewood<br />
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The plants were provided by the Regional Environmental Management and by SOSUCO - mentioned earlier in this report. Representatives from five of the surrounding villages participated in this reforestation project. Balafon music was played during the replanting and lunch, prepared by the women, was offered to on-site participants. The contributions of the benefactors - friends of Women and Development Bobo and France, and the contributions from nationals residing outside of the village- funded the activities.<br />
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During the evaluation period, it was decided that female participation was not as significant as expected because the replanting period corresponded with the time when women were occupied in the fields. It was therefore decided that the remaining reforestation should be moved to a more appropriate date. It was also recommended that those stakeholders chiefly affected by the success of the project in the longterm should be the ones to make the decisions concerning the project's set-up and implementation.<br />
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REFLEXIONS SUR L’EGALITE DES GENRES ET LA PROMOTION DE LA FEMME AU BURKINA FASO </div>
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Entretiens et échanges d’idées avec<br />
Hortense Diendjéré Kaboré <br />
de la Coalition Burkinabé pour les Droits de la Femme <br />
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Brenda Gael McSweeney, Scholastique Kompaoré et Aminata Kiello <br />
Ouagadougou, novembre 2009-juillet 2010<br />
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Au départ, Hortense Kaboré a surtout parlé de son expérience de coordonnatrice nationale du projet régional Droits et Citoyenneté des Femmes en Afrique Francophone (DCF). <br />
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Hortense Diendjéré Kaboré - 2005</div>
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En parlant de sa perception sur la notion de « femme modèle », elle nous a confié que dans une province, lors d’une formation des femmes leaders politiques, dans un exercice qui consistait à identifier des femmes modèles de leur région qui pourraient donner du tonus pour les booster, elles ont répondu qu’elles ne voyaient pas de femmes pouvant servir de modèles. C’était très dur d’entendre cela. L’idée du quota (30 %) pour un meilleur accès des femmes aux instances de prise de décisions est partie de là. <br />
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Une femme de vision, selon Hortense, c’est une femme capable d’anticiper. Il faut voir comment une telle femme fait la lecture de l’environnement dans lequel elle vit, afin de devancer les choses. La créativité manque beaucoup de façon générale. Son constat est que, on est attentiste et souvent, on imite après. On manque de créativité de façon générale.<br />
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Hortense a eu des difficultés à plusieurs occasions, à faire accepter des idées visionnaires auprès de certaines femmes de la Coalition Burkinabè pour les Droits de la Femme, CBDF (mise en place pour la réalisation du projet DCF) parce qu’elles n’en voyaient pas l’importance. C’est quand ces mêmes idées sont énoncées plus tard par d’autres personnes que ces femmes reconnaissent avec regret la pertinence desdites idées et disent que Hortense avait raison. <br />
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GENRE ET CULTURE <br />
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Pour Hortense, la démarche consiste à retourner à la racine pour recommencer, mais les gens n’ont pas la patience. Pour faire bouger les mentalités, il faut, au cas par cas, retourner à la source pour savoir quel est l’état des lieux. Il faut un état des lieux, un diagnostic pour mieux identifier les actions à mener et les stratégies de mise en œuvre adéquates.<br />
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Hortense - Ouagadougou, 2009<br />
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CODE DE LA FAMILLE ET DES PERSONNES <br />
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Pour Scholastique, on a trop vite écarté la tradition, même dans ses aspects qui étaient favorables aux femmes. Il faudrait provoquer une relecture du Code de la Famille et des Personnes afin de prendre en compte ces éléments. <br />
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Hortense fait observer que les idées nouvelles restent souvent au niveau des décideurs, ces idées ne descendent pas. On n’a pas l’occasion de les partager avec le peuple, faute de moyens pour leur concrétisation ; Hortense a proposé que le travail se fasse avec les chercheurs, les universitaires pour une meilleure diffusion des idées car même si elles sont bonnes et valables, si la personne qui les énonce, qui les émet n’est pas connue, les idées restent lettre morte ; elles ne passent pas.<br />
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Egalité des genres au Burkina » est le thème d’un blog, dit Brenda. On y traite de thèmes entre autres, de l'éducation de la femme et de la jeune fille, les corvées des femmes, les mutilations sexuelles, etc. <br />
Le projet de Hortense est terminé, mais elle reste notre référence en ce qui concerne les formations genre et développement, et l’élaboration de plans stratégiques de programmes et projets de développement des femmes, souligne Scholastique. <br />
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Hortense parle de frustration parce qu’on n’avance pas. Il y a de plus en plus de femmes qui se disent « engagées » au Burkina, mais l’engagement, n’est pas profond. Les femmes dites « engagées », en ne s’occupant que de problèmes ponctuels, ont bloqué l’élan. Elles n’ont pas de vision et c’est là, le drame. Mais, c’est en forgeant qu’on devient forgeron et les femmes finiront par comprendre qu’une approche prospective, participative, et intégrée est nécessaire pour qu’on avance. Si le lien entre les femmes de la base et celles qui occupent portefeuilles et fauteuils est établi les choses commenceraient vraiment à bouger. <br />
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Scholastique mentionne, en appui à ce que vient de dire Hortense, le cas du Code de la Famille et des Personnes. Lorsque Préfet de Toma et chargée de l’expliquer et de le discuter avec les femmes, elle était très contente d’annoncer aux femmes le contenu dudit Code, notamment la suppression de la polygamie. « Qui a dit qu’on ne voulait pas de la polygamie ?» protestèrent les femmes. Scholastique était stupefaite et s’est demandé comment partir des besoins réellement exprimés par les femmes pour amorcer les changements. <br />
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Brenda demande si Hortense peut énumérer des femmes de conviction au Burkina. Pour Hortense, il y a des femmes battantes, mais qui ne sont pas connues, d’où la difficulté de lister des femmes de vision au Burkina. Elle ajoute que malheureusement, la politique gâte tout. Les femmes n’osent pas s’exprimer pour ne pas perdre leur prestige, elles font des petits calculs. Il faut débusquer les femmes de vision, inconnues. <br />
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Hortense précise qu’elle avait proposé des regroupements de femmes, par centres d’intérêt, dans les régions. On lui demande de nouveau de citer quelques femmes de conviction, des femmes battantes. Hortense réfléchit. Scholastique dit alors que des femmes ont attrapé l’orteil du monstre pour essayer de le terrasser. Elles ont réussi à l’égratigner, elles ont réussi à essayer quelque chose pour que leurs successeurs continuent. Scholastique rajoute que des femmes sont sorties des ghettos dans lesquels on les avait placées, pour faire quelque chose. Même s’il y a eu des obstacles, Hortense par exemple s’est battue.<br />
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Ensuite, Brenda, Scholastique indiquent qu’elles veulent poser les questions essentielles aux « femmes de vision ». Nos discussions avec d’autres interlocuteurs nous ont amené à décider de commencer avec, comme « femmes de vision » celles qui paraissent dans le blog dans sa forme actuelle. <br />
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Hortense signale que l’Agence Canadienne de Développement International avait financé dans le cadre du projet DCF l’opération cartes d’identité qui a été ensuite abandonnée, faute de moyens et Monique Ilboudo, pendant qu’elle était Ministre de la Promotion des Droits Humains, avait réussi à inscrire dans ses plans d’action, l’établissement des cartes d’identité, jugements supplétifs, etc.pour favoriser l’exercice de la citoyenneté. Monique a une très grande ouverture d’esprit. Visionnaire, elle l’est, capable d’imaginer des stratégies porteuses à court et long terme, obligeant l’Etat à prendre ses responsabilités. Elle fait des recherches et publie souvent des écrits sur les femmes et leurs préoccupations.<br />
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Brenda demande à Hortense, quelle est sa vision pour l’avenir. <br />
La réponse de Hortense : « Socialiser l’enfant dans une perspective genre », car tout part de l’éducation ; amener les femmes à partir de leur réelle volonté d’améliorer ou de changer leurs pratiques quotidiennes pour éviter de débourser plein d’argent, de s’activer pour rien et d’arriver à très peu de résultats concrets. La politique nationale « genre » a été adoptée, mais elle est logée au Ministère de la Promotion de la Femme ! Des plaidoyers pour la loger au Premier Ministère afin que tous les Ministères se sentent concernés et parties prenantes, n’ont rien donné. <br />
Ce qui pourrait contribuer à faire bouger sensiblement les choses, c’est l’exploitation judicieuse de « La Maison de la Femme » construite dans tous les chefs lieux des 45 provinces ; Chaque maison de la femme peut élaborer son plan stratégique visant à rendre les femmes autonomes, et rechercher les financements pour sa réalisation.<br />
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Hortense dit avoir un rêve qui est celui de réaliser au Burkina Faso un programme « Socialiser l’enfant dans une perspective genre » avec des partenaires techniques et financiers intéressés.<br />
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Brenda précise que l’UNESCO a choisi pour la période 2008 à 2013, deux priorités mondiales : 1) = Egalité des genres ; 2) = Afrique, ce qui est encourageant. <br />
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Il convient de voir, comment les femmes visionnaires, pourront être à l’origine d’une réflexion sur la promotion de l’égalité des genres. <br />
Scholastique estime qu’il faut apprendre à discuter, à confronter filles et garçons dès l’école (1er ou 2ème cycle) pour intérioriser le genre. Il faut apprendre aux filles à s’exprimer, à argumenter, à confronter leurs idées avec celles d’autrui, fille ou garçon. C’est ce qu'elle a vu au Zimbabwe où des joutes oratoires opposent régulièrement des candidats et candidates. <br />
Hortense suggère que l’idée de vacances/culture soit développée. La télévision et la radiodiffusion doivent s’y mettre, selon Scholastique. Au-delà des écrits, il faut s’engager sur le terrain. Il faut des gens pour continuer le combat du genre. Il faut tenir compte des aspirations diverses et changeantes. « La cause dépasse nos petites individualités et on continue à y croire », conclut Scholastique. <br />
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Brenda cite le proverbe jamaïcain, "one-one coco, full basket" qui signifie « si chacune de nous apporte même une seule noix de coco, bientôt le panier sera rempli ». Scholastique ajoute que même si on piétine, il faut y croire et aider la relève à continuer le combat. <br />
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Hortense clôt l’entretien en se rappelant que dans l’Association « Vive le Paysan » à Saponé, avec Eugène Ilboudo, il y avait une femme qui n’a jamais fait l’école, mais qui était très engagée ; c’était une battante et elle a inspiré des tas de gens et créé des émules. C’était une femme extraordinaire et on peut essayer de la retrouver. <br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313584748093992375.post-88658720700403888582011-08-10T12:22:00.000-07:002011-08-19T12:16:54.164-07:00Six Interviews: Capturing enduring challenges in Burkina and beyondDuring his time as the BBC’s Correspondent based in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, the late Peter "Pierre" Kazoni carried out a series of interviews on issues related to the situation of Burkinabé women and girls. The interviews were on such topics as the importance of breastfeeding, innovative educational initiatives, and combating violence against women and girls. These issues have endured as challenges in Burkina and beyond. Below are the summaries of six stories that Peter captured through his investigative journalism.
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<br />1. Peter Kazoni, BBC Correspondent in Ouagadougou, investigates the celebration of World Breastfeeding Week in Burkina Faso, supported by the Burkinabé government and UNICEF. The week was instituted in 1992 by the United Nations, and is meant to encourage mothers to resort to breastfeeding; it is estimated that 99% of mothers in Burkina Faso breastfeed, but only 4% continue after six months. Kazoni profiles mothers who breastfeed their children, speaks to the UNICEF Representative in Burkina Faso who stresses the important health benefits for babies who are breast fed, including the formation of a strong immune system. Recommendations are given for mothers regarding when to breastfeed and when to reassess whether to breastfeed.
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<br />2. Kazoni profiles a theater troupe of Burkinabé students and young adults who use skits as an educational tool to address the issue of child sexual abuse and violence, and to draw attention of the authorities in Burkina Faso, including judges and attorneys, of this serious epidemic sweeping the country. The troupe’s members convey that their aim is to totally eradicate the problem from their country. He interviews the Head of the Child Protection Unit of UNICEF in Burkina Faso who tells of the serious nature of the problem of sexual violence against children, especially in the capital city of Ouagadougou. The philosophy behind the theater troupe is to use their talents to sensitize the Burkinabé population about the issue; the troupe has already reached over 3 million people in Burkina Faso, empowering citizens to report incidents of sexual violence against children.
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<br />3. Peter looks at a new Burkinabé education policy strategy that promotes young girls’ education. He follows President Blaise Compaoré of Burkina Faso on a visit to one of the primary “satellite” schools recently opened for young girls, running from grades 1 through 3. The educational methods employed in the schools, using local dialects initially (and moving on into French in later years) are designed to teach girls to how to read and write, and prepare them for elementary and secondary education. Kazoni interviews the UNICEF Representative in Burkina Faso who shares the pragmatic reasons why the schools were set-up. He also interviews President Compaoré and the Burkinabé Minister of Elementary and Basic Education who both strongly support the initiative.
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<br />4. Kazoni reports on the World March of Women’s grand finale entrance into Ouagadougou, where women marchers presented their petition to Burkinabé lawmakers, highlighting issues facing women in Burkina Faso and around the world. The World March of Women is a global feminist action network that works to combat poverty and violence against women, and holds a relay ‘march’ around the world, stopping off in key countries to show solidarity with the women there. Peter finds out that Burkina Faso was selected as the final stop on the march because it is an African nation where there is a strong women’s movement despite the economic and social realities facing the majority of Burkinabé women.
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<br />5. Peter follows the visit of the Slovenian/UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador on her visit to a mining town in northern Burkina Faso, where over 100 teenage girls have been successfully ‘rescued’ from child labor in the mines, and are now gaining educational, health, and livelihood skills through local non-profits supported by UNICEF. Kazoni speaks to several educators, international workers, and policymakers about the importance of reaching girls through educational initiatives in order to prevent and curtail the damage of child labor and combat the larger problem of poverty. The UNICEF and local non-profit work, funded in large part by the Slovenian government, is designed to also teach parents and communities about the detriments of child labor regarding a child’s education and livelihood possibilities.
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<br />6. In the final piece, Peter Kazoni reports on a new joint Plan International and UNICEF campaign in Burkina Faso aimed at educating parents and communities about the importance of registering their babies at birth with the Government of Burkina Faso. He interviews the UNICEF Representative for Burkina Faso and the Plan International Representative who both outline the campaign’s methods and goals. The campaign uses the medium of film, and special occasion of a film festival, to offer the Burkinabé population a poignant means to understand the importance of registering their children with the Government.
<br />The Couscous Diarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04003766613344575966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313584748093992375.post-52811544496061175892010-06-18T12:46:00.000-07:002014-04-02T08:43:54.256-07:00In her words: Interview with Scholastique Kompaoré by Brenda McSweeney<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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"I'm proud of my journey. All that I undertook was aimed at the same objective. This was, in fact, where I succeeded in my studies. I had suffered from the poverty and the lot of women. For instance, women and girls needed to go very far to find water, so sometimes they would sleep at the well and wait for the water to come up. By necessity, I too would go long distances for fire wood for cooking, so I lived the same misery as other women and girls. We would pound and crush the millet and also work in the fields - - plus study! I sold produce in the market, like gombo, also pancakes and donuts. I was the butt of the boy's jokes - it was truly harassment."<br />
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"So, I fought to improve the situation of women. An occasion came to express these ideas in 1962 to the President of the Republic, Maurice Yameogo. Very few girls were allowed to go to school, around 6% at the time. So I asked the President to lower the suffering of women and to fight against their fears and inhibitions. In college, I wished to succeed in life so I took my studies seriously; but even before that, in primary school while I was preparing meals I would be doing arithmetic in the fire wood ashes and, as I was pounded millet, would be looking at books. I was the only one in my class who got a scholarship to go to college. With this idea in my head that women suffered so much, I often spoke of this issue."<br />
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"After my studies I became a professor in Ouahigouya. I went to the markets to talk with the women who would be working there and in the fields until the very day of a baby's delivery. In 1968, I spoke on these issues at a conference and asked the Préfet what was being done. My husband-to-be, Julian, was working as a livestock assistant, inspecting meat and making lots of friends as well in the markets. He was someone who was reflective and associated with the MLN (Mouvement de la Liberation Nationale). There was a conference on the role of women in development that touched on issues like girls not even being able to study at the primary school level because of household work and then of pregnancies. The husbands didn't care, they wanted to be waited on. They didn't help in the household and had polygamous marriages. I spoke about the plight of women at the conference and read a lot of sociologists on the topic at Centre Voltaic de la Recherche Scientifique. I married before even finishing high school. I taught and had children and received my university 'license' in three years. The fourth year I earned my Master's. I was then recruited in 1969 for the UNESCO Project for equal access of women and girls to education; I carried out the sociological baseline studies in two very different geographic areas: Kongoussi and Pô."<br />
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"I was able to put into practice several ideas, especially for tackling the plight of women. This was the perfect environment to show what was possible to accomplish. My path was set out before me and I invested my body and soul in it. An objective of the project was to lighten the workload of the women, and then introduce other possible activities. The UNESCO International Project Team seemed to think they needed to say 'do it this way,' rather than persuading the population (especially the men) through advocacy. Gabriel was in Kongoussi, Mariame Konaté and Gabriel Tamini were in the Banfora zone, and Gérard Aduabou was sent to Po. In 1974, I became the head (national coordinator) of the Women's Education Project."<br />
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"Gabriel pointed out that in Kongoussi, the chiefs run everything. So it was a challenge for me to meet with the women. Through the Federation of Voltaic Women, there were gatherings to exchange ideas. I was proud of advancing the position that city women are not to feel superior to village women - they all need to interact! In 1975, I organized La Nuit de la Femme, a woman's evening to have a chance to share with a broader public the concerns of women in the villages and towns. Women from the three project regions met, especially the village women; the women from Kongoussi acted out a skit around the issues of fetching water and child care. The women from Pô danced and Maimouna, the traditional minstrel from Banfora, sang. The women themselves could draw lessons from the messages in these activities."<br />
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"The Project was an amazing forum from which to speak to the country about women and development. There was an important audio-visual component led by Narcisse Kompaoré and Tamini; in one of the villages, there was even a woman called La Radio! Overseas, I overcame any hesitation about speaking of the situation of African women, especially in Canada. We expanded the scope and mission of the project thanks to Brenda McSweeney, and together also brought in other partners like USAID and UNICEF. There were obstacles, and at the outset I had the unconditional support of my husband. Later, however, this changed - there was a lot of pressure from society, and this was to break up my household. Some people felt that the Project and its reach were important to attract women into the political parties, and this was not my objective. I felt that all political branches had their place in the Project and in the work, in contrast with the RDA (Rassemblement Démocratique Africaine) that saw the Project as a way to recruit women. So in 1978, I was replaced as the head of the project and after a year went over to educational planning. Then I was awarded a scholarship to work on my Masters in Educational Sciences at Laval in Canada for six months; my thesis was on measurement, evaluation, and educational planning."<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>aimed to lighten women's workloads</i></span></div>
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"Later I was called to join the United Nation's Volunteers that Brenda headed up. I was with UNV from 1989 until 1998. This gave me a chance to accomplish a lot of things for women that I held dear to my heart. I was able to demonstrate a number of solutions that were possible to help women out. I was also an international advisor and led a grassroots rural exchange program for Africa south of the Sahara. I was based in Harare, Zimbabwe to head up this exchange of community fieldworkers. I particularly contributed to training the team in participatory methods. I brought in Robert Toé to help with this important initiative."<br />
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"I published a lot of journal articles on advancing women's employment and debated issues ranging from women and water to women's enterprises and new technologies."<br />
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"Relatedly, right down to the present, I am pursuing this same objective: now I'm President of the Marche Mondiale des Femmes - Burkina, and on the Advisory Board for Canadian CUSO/VSO."<br />
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propres mots : Interview avec Scholastique Kompaoré par Brenda McSweeney<br />
Ouagadougou , le 8 Novembre , 2009</b><br />
<br />
«Je suis fière de mon parcours . Tout ce que j'ai entrepris visait le même objectif.
C’était, en fait, réussir dans mes études. J'ai souffert de la pauvreté et du
sort des femmes. Par exemple, les femmes et les filles devaient aller très loin
pour trouver de l’eau, de sorte que parfois elles dormaient autour du puits attendant
que l'eau suinte du fond. Par nécessité, je devais moi aussi parcourir de
longues distances pour le bois pour la cuisine. J’ai en quelque sorte vécu la
même misère que les autres femmes et les filles. Nous devions piler et écraser
le mil et aussi, travailler dans les champs – plus les études. J'ai vendu également
des produits au marché, comme le gombo, mais aussi des galettes et des beignets.
J'étais la cible de blagues des garçons – un vrai harcèlement ».<br />
<br />
«Alors, je me suis battue pour améliorer la situation des femmes. Une occasion
s’est présentée pour moi d’exprimer ces idées en 1962 dans une adresse au
Président de la République, Maurice Yaméogo lors de sa visite à notre collège.
Très peu de filles alors étaient autorisées à aller à l’école, autour de 6% à
l'époque. J’ai demandé au Président de réduire la souffrance des femmes et de
lutter contre leurs peurs et inhibitions. Au collège, je voulais réussir dans
la vie ; j'ai donc pris mes études au sérieux. Même avant le collège, à
l'école primaire, pendant que je préparais les repas, je faisais mes devoirs d'arithmétique
dans les cendres à côté du foyer. Je pilais le mil, en jetant des coups d’œil
dans les livres ouverts à côté. J’ai été la seule dans ma classe à obtenir une
bourse pour aller au collège. Avec en tête l’idée que les femmes souffrent
beaucoup, J'ai souvent évoqué cette question. "<br />
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Scholastique parle avec les femmes d’un village dans les années 1970<br />
<br />
«Après une partie de mes études, je suis devenue professeur à Ouahigouya. Je fréquentais
les marchés et les champs pour discuter
avec les femmes qui souvent, y travaillent jusqu'au moment d’aller accoucher.
En 1968, j'ai parlé de ces questions lors d'une conférence que j’ai
presqu’imposer au préfet et aux fonctionnaires auxquels j’ai demandé ce qu’ils
faisaient pour les femmes, histoire de las conscientiser. Mon mari -Julien, Assistant
d’élevage, inspectait les viandes dans les marchés et se faisait beaucoup d’amis
ce qui me facilitait la tâche dans mon entreprise d’éveiller la conscience des
commerçants sur le sort de leurs femmes. C'était quelqu'un de très réfléchi et militant
du groupe politique MLN (Mouvement de Libération Nationale) d’avant-garde à
l’époque. Une conférence sur le rôle des femmes dans le développement a abordé des
questions comme l’impossibilité pour beaucoup de filles même de fréquenter même l’école primaire, en raison des travaux ménagers,
puis des grossesses. Les maris ne s’en soucient guère, ils veulent être servis,
c’est tout. Ils n'aident pas dans le
ménage et sont polygames. J'ai parlé de la situation des femmes à cette
conférence et lu beaucoup de sociologues sur le sujet au Centre voltaïque de la
Recherche Scientifique, où j’ai bénéficié d’une formation sur le tas auprès de
chercheurs comme Jean Capron et Thierry Quéant. Je me suis mariée avant même la
fin du lycée. J’enseignais tout en mettant au monde et prenant soins de mes
enfants(quatre) et en poursuivant des études universitaires jusqu’à la licence.
J'ai ensuite été recrutée en 1969 comme assistante de recherches puis en 1972
comme Coordonnatrice Nationale du projet
Haute Volta/UNESCO/PNUD d'égalité d’accès des femmes et des filles à
l'éducation. J'ai participé aux études sociologiques avant
projet dans deux zones géographiques très différentes: Kongoussi et Pô " .<br />
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" J'ai pu mettre en pratique plusieurs idées, en particulier pour lutter
contre le sort fait aux femmes. C’était l'environnement idéal pour montrer ce
qui est possible d'accomplir dans ce sens. Mon chemin était tout tracé et je
m’y suis investie corps et âme. L’objectif du projet était d'alléger la charge
de travail des femmes, puis introduire d'autres activités possibles. L’équipe
internationale du projet UNESCO semblait croire qu'il fallait dire aux
populations de « faire de cette façon » plutôt que de les persuader-les
hommes surtout- par des plaidoyers comme
je le pensais alors avec Gabriel à Kongoussi , Mariam Konaté et Gabriel Tamini
se dans la zone Banfora , et Gérard Adouabou à Po . en 1974, j’ai été nommée à la
tête du projet (coordinatrice nationale).<br />
<br />
" Gabriel a souligné qu’à Kongoussi , les chefs dirigent tout et imposent
leur volonté à tous. C'était donc un défi pour moi de rencontrer les femmes. Grâce
à la Fédération des Femmes voltaïques, un collectif d’ONGs dont j’étais la
trésorière, il y avait des réunions pour échanger des idées. J'étais fière de
faire d’y défendre l’idée que les femmes de la ville ne doivent pas se sentir
supérieures aux femmes du village - elles ont toutes besoin d'interagir. En
1975, j'ai organisé la Nuit de la Femme, un soir pour se donner une chance de
partager avec un public plus large les préoccupations des femmes des villages
et des villes. J’ai mis sous forme théâtrale un écrit d’Henri Lopes, Monsieur
le Député que la Fédération. Cela a été l’occasion pour les femmes en
particulier celles des trois zones du projet de se rencontrer et de faire
connaissance. Les femmes de Kongoussi ont présenté un sketch autour des
questions de corvée d'eau et des soins aux enfants ; les femmes de Pô ont dansé
en tirant ambassadeurs et autres internationaux sur la piste de danse, et Maimouna
, la ménestrelle traditionnelle de Banfora , a chanté. Avec son groupe. Toutes
les femmes présentes on tiré des leçons de cette expérience (facilité ou
difficulté à paraître et s’exprimer en public, tenue vestimentaire et propreté
corporelle, contact plus ou moins malaisé avec les sœurs de la ville, etc. <br />
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" Le projet a été une tribune extraordinaire à partir de laquelle parler au
pays, des femmes du milieu rural et du développement. Il y avait une composante
audiovisuelle importante tenue par Narcisse Kompaoré et Jean Zigani, Gabriel Tamini
et Michel Podiagué. Dans les comités villageois mis en place par les femmes, celle
chargée de l’information et du plaidoyer et règlement des conflits était
appelée : la radio. Dans un des villages, on l’appelait meme : Radio
Outre-mer. j'ai surmonté toute hésitation à parler de la situation des femmes
africaines , en particulier au Canada. Nous avons élargi la portée et la
mission du projet grâce à Brenda McSweeney, et également intéressé d'autres
partenaires à ses activités comme l'USAID, l'UNICEF Oxfam Québec, Assistance
Médicale Internationale, l’ACDI, CUSO, Danchurchaid, etc. J’ai eu à surmonter beaucoup
obstacles. Au bénéficié du soutien inconditionnel de mon mari. Plus tard
cependant, cela a changé. Beaucoup de pression de la société, et des
convoitises individuelles et politiques, ont brisé mon foyer. Certaines
personnes ont estimé que le projet et sa portée sont importants et bons pour
attirer les femmes dans les partis politiques, et ce n'était pas mon objectif
et le recrutement du personnel le prouve. J'ai estimé que toutes les obédiences
politiques avaient leur place dans le
projet et dans le travail, contrairement au RDA (Rassemblement Démocratique
Africain) qui a vu le projet comme un moyen de recruter des femmes. Alors en
1978, j'ai été remplacée à la tête du projet et après un an passé au service de
la Planification de l'Education, J’ai bénéficié d’une bourse de la Fondation
Ford d’un an et demie pour une maîtrise en sciences de l'éducation option administration
scolaire à l'Université Laval au Québec/Canada. <br />
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Scholastique et Aminata Kiello visitent une plate-forme multi- fonctionnelle, <br />
conçue pour alléger le travail des femmes.<br />
<br />
"Plus tard, j'ai été recrutée pour travailler avec le Programme des Volontaires
des Nations Unies (VNU) que dirigeait Brenda à l’époque. J'ai servi dans ce
corps, de 1989 à 1998. Cela m'a donné une chance d'accomplir avec les femmes,
beaucoup de choses qui me tenaient à cœur. J'ai pu alors montrer l’efficacité
d’un certain nombre de solutions possibles pour aider les femmes à s’en sortir.
De conseillère internationale j’ai ensuite été Directrice de ce programme
d’échange intercommunautaire de travailleurs sociaux entre pays africains au
sud du Sahara basé à Harare, au Zimbabwe. J’ai particulièrement contribué à la
formation de l'équipe aux méthodes participatives en recrutant Robert Toé pour
aider à cette importante initiative. A la fin du programme, Robert Toé a été
affecté au siège des VNU à Bonn pour familiariser l’ensemble des VNU aux
approches participatives.<br />
<br />
" J'ai publié beaucoup d'articles de journaux sur femmes et emploi des et
débattu de questions allant de femme et accès à l’eau potable, femmes entrepreneures
et aux nouvelles technologies. "<br />
<br />
" Dans le même ordre d’idées, jusqu’à présent, je poursuis le même
objectif : maintenant je suis présidente de la Marche Mondiale des Femmes -
Burkina et membre du Conseil consultatif de CUSO / VSO, un organisme de
recrutement de volontaires. "<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r5492WVs6Mo/TBvKdcYFmwI/AAAAAAAAA5k/p4faZUBBgmA/s1600/Scho_Colors.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r5492WVs6Mo/TBvKdcYFmwI/AAAAAAAAA5k/p4faZUBBgmA/s320/Scho_Colors.jpg" /></a><br />
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<span lang="FR" style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span><span lang="FR" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></i></span><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span lang="FR" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none;">Benoît Ouédraogo</span></span></i></div>
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<span lang="FR" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">L</span></span><span lang="FR" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none;">es femmes de
conviction ont des caractéristiques communes qui font d’elles des femmes
exceptionnelles. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none;">Une
femme de conviction est une femme qui s’attaque résolument à un problème de
société dont les effets sont inacceptables pour elle. Pour la résolution de ce problème elle structure ses idées, propose et
défend une nouvelle façon de voir,
de penser, de comprendre et d’entreprendre des actions qui s’attaquent à la
cause profonde du problème, convaincue qu’elle parviendra à changer la tendance
dominatrice du dit problème dans son environnement.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none;">La
femme de conviction est une entrepreneure sociale qui cherche coûte que coûte à
transformer radicalement certaines pratiques insoutenables dans la société. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none;">C’est
une femme d’exception, une femme visionnaire qui a implicitement ou
explicitement des objectifs stratégiques et tactiques qu’elle se fixe. C’est
une femme qui ne recule pas devant les obstacles sociologiques et politiques,
les risques qu’elle encoure pour sa façon d’être, de penser et d’agir. Elle est
prête à faire face à tous les risques pour ses convictions, ses prises de
position et les solutions qu’elle
créées pour résoudre le problème auquel elle s’attaque. Et les risques sont
nombreux :<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none;">-<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span lang="FR" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Le risque
d’être incomprise et prise à partie par d’autres femmes qui ne se sont pas
construite une vision stratégique et tactique et ne s’intéressent par
conséquent qu’aux intérêts pratiques immédiats.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none;">-<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span lang="FR" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Le risque
d’être incomprise, humiliée voir rejetée par un conjoint qui ne tolère pas sous
son toit une femme insoumise, qui n’a pas les pieds sur terre et qui se
comporte « hors norme sociale ».</span></span></div>
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A woman of vision is a woman who ardently tackles a social problem whose effects are unacceptable to her. To solve this problem she formulates her ideas, proposes and defends a new way of seeing, thinking, understanding and taking action that addresses the root cause of the problem, convinced that she will eventually change the problem’s tendency to dominate in its environment.
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The woman of conviction is a social entrepreneur who seeks at all costs to radically transform unsustainable practices in society.
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- The risk of being misunderstood, humiliated and even rejected by a spouse who does not tolerate a strong woman in his house, who is not realistic and who behaves "out of the social norm." <br />
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Women of conviction should bring forward at the national, regional and international levels a framework for concerted action, synergy and complementarity to support their initiatives and their struggle. One of the challenges is: how to achieve this synergy at the national, regional and international levels? How to adjust the pieces of the puzzle? I’ve had the impression that this is the challenge you seek to address. So, remain women of vision.
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Our dear friend and dynamic Equality Burkina team member Peter "Pierre" Kazoni was suddenly called to the beyond on June 7, 2010. He will be dearly missed. As an affectionate tribute to Peter, we are sharing photographs of his radiant smile, and Peter-in-action in Burkina from November 2005 to November 2009; these pictures are available <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/10266745@N03/sets/72157624231508970/">here</a>.<br />
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From renowned filmmaker Steve Atlas, independent producer, comes this short film "White Gold," on the impact of US cotton subsidies on farmers in Burkina Faso. While this film mainly focuses on the negative impact of cotton subsidies in relation to small farmers in West Africa, it also depicts the situation of rural dwellers in Burkina, as well as the workloads of women who labor in the cotton fields. In Burkina, as in much of Africa, women carry out the bulk of food production on top of household tasks - typically, with the help of their daughters - then, assist with cash crops as well.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Education specialist and development leader Mariam Konaté, re-enacting (in French) a skit on literacy in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, in November 2009 - in honor of the dynamic traditional minstrel Maimouna Dembelé. Mariam herself was one of the first people to write the Jula (Dioula) language and to prepare functional literacy materials in Jula. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Here, Mariam is re-enacting a skit created by Maimouna Dembelé (pictured above), a minstrel renowned in the western regions of Burkina Faso. Strongly independent and a committed feminist, many of Maimouna's lyrics paid tribute to the work of the UNESCO/UNDP Women's Education Project and the importance of functional literacy for women.</span><br />
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Reprise ici par Mariam Konaté Spécialiste en éducation et développement, d’un sketch (en français) sur l’alphabétisation en l’honneur de la dynamique ménestrelle traditionnelle Maïmouna Dembélé. Mariam elle-même a été l’une des première s personnes à mettre par écrit la langue Jula (Dioula) et à préparer du matériel pour l’alphabétisation fonctionnelle en Jula.<br />
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Ici, est entrain de rejouer une saynète, créée par Maîmouna Dembélé (photographiée ci-dessus) une ménestrelle de renommée régionale dans l’ouest du Burkina Faso. Farouchement indépendante et féministe engagée ; plusieurs des chanson de Maïmouna loue le travail du projet UNESCO/PNUD/Gouvernement d’Education des Femmes et l’importance de l’alphabétisation fonctionnelle des femmes.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com