Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa , with a population of about 20 million and an area of 274,000 square kilometers. The official language is French. All the land is located on the southern edge of the Sahara Desert . The formerly known as the capital of Walter, Ouagadougou, is located in the center of the country. It is the largest city in Burkina Faso and also a cultural and economic center. Burkina Faso is one of the lowest literacy rates in the world, with only about 23% of the citizens literate. The country is one of the least developed countries in the world.
Burkina Faso map
On March 8th every year, Burkina Faso has a day off nationwide to celebrate Women's Day. Moreover, it is all on holidays regardless of gender, age and age. It is really rare for other countries. There are only more than 20 countries around the world regard Women's Day as a statutory holiday, while there are only two countries in West Africa, Burkina Faso and Guinea-Bissau .
The super sharp speech of the aunt in the country of Burma
Burma has always claimed to be the most advanced country in feminism in West Africa. It often shows off, saying that local women have the same rights as men, going to school, working, driving, and elections.... Among the 32 cabinet members in the cabinet, women account for 7, which is a model country for gender equality.
At a Women's Day conference, a representative came to the stage and said: "The , Women's Day, holiday in Burkina Faso is nothing more than one more day for men to have fun. It is actually a superficial festival. In Burma, boys have been instilled with the idea that on March 8, men should be kind to girls, and the husband should cook for their wives to eat, because the remaining 364 days a year can be at ease. Be able to enjoy the service of women at home... And you girls, dressed beautifully on this day, are complacent. Have you ever thought about what you actually got? After today, you will return to your original miserable life and live your life with a slouching voice..."
, a slightly extreme and heavy-tasting remark, made the audience whistle and applaud. After a commotion, everyone scattered. Everything returned to normal, as if nothing had happened.
In Burkina Faso, women are still suffering from oppression
Reports on women's living standards and labor participation in newspapers and magazines are limited to numerical statistics. Most women not only have no feelings, but also have no right to speak and cannot express their suffering. In a male-dominated society, who will report on women hurt by domestic violence? The media will only pick beautiful numbers, make shows, and be proud.
In the southern township, micro loans for women were issued, which were only for unemployed women to apply for small-scale entrepreneurship, such as purchasing sewing machines, threshing machines, and farming tools, so that they can be financially independent and no longer rely on men to survive. At that time, many women applied enthusiastically, but after several years of tracking, the results were not as beautiful as imagined. Most women are very glorious after getting a loan, and are dedicated to the men around them, but they like girls' money. After getting married and having children, the money was cheated out by the boy. The girl who had no money was abandoned. As a result, before she bought the tailoring machine, there was another child around her to raise, and she still had to pay back her debts. Her life was even worse than before she borrowed a loan.
The admission rate of women is indeed increasing year by year, but women have to help with housework and do business in spare time; helping with housework, cleaning houses, and taking care of babies naturally affects the academic performance of female students, forming the illusion that girls are less able to study.
Girls who can study until college are either excellent or lucky, and their family background allows them to concentrate on studying. But I often hear people who have to give up their studies because of an unexpected pregnancy. Abortion in Bun Country is illegal. When encountering such a thing, girls have only two ways: one is to find a private doctor and secretly abort; the other is to interrupt school and give birth to a child. The man may not be responsible, but the original family will drive his daughter out of the house because of shame. There is no good ending in both stories, and it is all the girls bear it.
Women's Day that enhances meaning, in countries like this, celebrating Women's Day every year, it seems a bit pretentious. On a day off, everyone grilled chicken, grilled fish, sang and danced, and they were very happy but no changes were left.It may be more meaningful to use this festival to let women speak out, listen to their difficulties in life, remind the public of the contributions brought by women, and think about how to improve women's social status and improve their medical, educational and employment resources.
cloth The tradition of National Day to celebrate Women's Day is to launch a piece of commemorative floral cloth every year. In order to support Women's Day, everyone will order a large number of this piece of floral cloth to make tops, pants, long skirts... For a moment, it seemed that the people of the whole country were wearing the same clothes. Logically speaking, the textile industry is the strength of women in the country of cloth, and the people consume a lot, and women benefit. However, the bad businessmen saw the business opportunities behind it, imported a large number of women's day floral cloths from neighboring countries Nigeria , and dumped at a low price. The people were unaware of it, and they thought they were helping women's economy when purchasing. The textile industry in Buguo was eroded like this and several factories went bankrupt for a time.
However, the situation has changed in recent years. Everyone has discovered that the International Group has dumped Women's Day floral cloth and has expressed their support for the domestic Women's Day floral cloth. For those who are more particular, they will also buy traditional floral fabrics woven by hand-made cars in women's groups. Although the production of handmade cloth is not large and cannot cope with market demand, awakening is a good start. From the changes in floral cloth, it can be seen that the significance of the Women's Day in the Country of Cloth is increasing.
