Burundi

Film: Burundi has one of the highest allocations of seats in parliament for women, numbering 36% of all MPs. There is also a 30% quota policy for women's political participation at lower levels of the administration. 

Despite this progress, women's voices are not always heard.

Representatives of several associations for the promotion of women in Burundi expressed the wish to see women represent 50% of the popular consultation on the mechanisms of transitional justice which will be launched shortly throughout the country.
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The Government of Burundi has sent a request to the Secretary-General asking for UN support for the 2010 presidential, parliamentary and local government elections. In this spirit, UNIFEM supported a workshop in Bujumbura aimed at formulating a harmonized strategy for women’s participation in the upcoming elections, bringing together representatives from civil society, political parties, the media and religious institutions.
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Women' associations are ready with a 'national strategy' for increased participation of Burundian women in the second post-conflict general elections that will start in May with the local elections, according to human rights activists in Bujumbura. The document has been drawn up by Partners for the Promotion of Women's Rights (SPPWR), a local feminine NGO, with a major ambition of increasing the number of women voting in elections and also putting themselves up as candidates.