SI-Burundi WRAP (Women’s Rights Awareness and Protection)

BI2022SIN328A102 01/09/2022 - 31/08/2024 Burundi’s constitution guarantees a set of fundamental rights to its citizens, but in practice awareness and protection of these rights are often lacking. To close this gap, this project seeks to promote a constitutional culture among legal professionals, students, civil society, public institutions, and Burundi’s citizenry. The focus is on women’s rights. The project strategy is based on 3 pillars. (1) The research component intends to valorize the partner promoter’s PhD (Dr. Pacifique Niyonizigiye, PhD Univ of Antwerp, October 2021; funded by VLIRUOS) and to conduct follow-up research on the role of Burundi’s constitutional court, with specific focus on gender equality and the protection of women’s rights. (2) The education component will target both students of the Faculty of Law and Political Science and legal sector professionals. A selection of students will be involved as researchers and agents of change in a new ‘Advanced Constitutional Law, Politics and Gender” Master’s course. (3) Societal uptake will be realized through the involvement of constitutional court officials, a women’s rights organization and local media professionals.