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Burundi: Using Men to Empower Women

The 'Abatangamuco' ("those who shed light") are men who are identified by the community and together with an NGO help to empower women by raising men's awareness of gender-based violence.
Jane Some/IRIN

Women leaders in Mutimbuzi commune, Bujumbura-Rurale Province in Burundi.

  • Burundi:   Using Men to Empower Women

    UNIRIN, 2 December 2010

    For a long time, Merthus Ntahobakuriye, 53, did not think much of being drunk daily or refusing to help out with household chores. He sold the little they had to maintain his… Read more »

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