23 law and order and public health, or for reasons of the ethics or the fundamental rights and freedoms of others. Article 31 of the same Constitution had been deliberately formulated to respond to the concerns expressed in Article 18 of the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights. It specifies that: « The freedom of expression is guaranteed. The State respects the freedom of religion, of thought, of conscience and of opinion ». It can be observed from the foregoing that the Burundian legislative framework is adequately equipped to respond to the different obligations in relation to the respect for the rights relative to the freedom of expression. As for the Administrative, Judicial or other Authorities whose decisions are likely to impact human rights, these generally are, the Administrative Heads at all levels, the Courts and Tribunals and the Defence and Security Forces. On the means of appeal available to an individual who may claim that his rights have been violated, the means of appeal are vailable everywhere within the nomenclature of the Burundian judicial system. Article 9: The Right to the Freedom of Opinion and of Expression 1. Every individual has the right to information. 2. Every individual has the right to express and disseminate his opinions within the law. This right is the same for both men and women. In practice the fact that the rural woman is generally illiterate restricts her access to information and moreover the newspapers which inform about the socio-political situation are very expensive except the Ndongozi newspaper which costs one hundred francs, but unfortunately only the activities carried out by the Catholic Church are in it. Even in the households which have radio sets the women tend to listen to them, to the NINDE programme and the news around 18h.00 and that is due to lack of time since they get up early and go to the fields; in the face of this situation the radio sets remain at the disposal of their husbands who do not have much work to do on a day to day basis. The Association of Women Journalists carried out a study on the «Place of the Burundian Woman in the Media in 2001» and the data shows that the women journalists represent 32.8% of the active members of the journalistic profession but only constitute 18% of the Journalists that hold a Managerial position.