The 8th of March is celebrated around the world as International Women's Day, and here in Burkina Faso la Journée internationale de la femme is a grand occasion!
The theme chosen for 2013 is women's empowerment and economic participation, an urgent call that can be read on the specially produced cotton fabric which many women have had tailored to their own design and are proudly wearing today in the ochre coloured streets of Bobo Dioulasso.
The issue of gender equality is an important development issue here in the Sahel. A less serious expression of today's fête is the tradition of men going to the market today to shop for the groceries.
Bon fête à tous!
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