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The preparation of Note No. 2012-0027/MATDS/SG/DGLPAP on the
implementation of Law No. 10-2009/AN of 16 April 2009 establishing quotas
for legislative and municipal elections in Burkina Faso;
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The conduct of advocacy for political leaders towards increasing the number
of women on electoral lists in 2012;
The organisation of a workshop to popularise the law on quotas in the 13
(thirteen) regions for administrative, customary and religious authorities, as
well as political leaders in 2012;
The organisation of a training workshop on women’s leadership for female
candidates in the 45 (forty-five) provinces of Burkina Faso in 2012;
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The conduct of a study on the monitoring of the law on quotas in the 2012
elections.
Elimination of discrimination against women
42. The Commission commends Burkina Faso for:
i.
ii.
Prohibiting all forms of discrimination, including gender-based discrimination,
in its Constitution (Article 1), Labour Code (Section 48) and Penal Code which,
under Section 132, provides for an imprisonment of 1 to 5 years for all acts of
gender discrimination.
Organising several awareness-raising campaigns aimed at popularising the
provisions of national and international instruments for the promotion of
women. In this regard, in 2011 the MPFG disseminated 2,000 copies of the
Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of
Women in Africa.
Right to dignity
43. The Commission notes with satisfaction the following:
i. The measures taken by the Government, as part of efforts to combat violence
against women, to rehabilitate women’s dignity, through the activities of the
ministries of women’s affairs, social protection and national solidarity, and
justice and human rights which have units for the reception, guidance and
counselling of victims of human rights violation, including women.
ii. The existence, at the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Security, of a unit
for the reception, guidance and handling of cases of women or children who are
victims of human rights violation.
iii. The establishment, at the Ministry of Women’s Affairs and Gender, of a unit in
charge of cases of women victims of gender-based violence.
iv.
The prohibition and punishment of sexual harassment in the workplace (Section
37 of the Labour Code), prostitution by soliciting and procuring (Sections 423 et
seq. of the Penal Code).
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