Government committed to issues on women and children (The Mirror, Saturday, March 15, 2008 Page 37)

Benjamin Xornam Glover, Tenkodogo, Burkina Faso
The Deputy Upper East Regional Minister, Mrs. Agnes Asangalisa Chigabatia last Saturday, joined the women of Burkina Faso to celebrate this year International Day of women at Tenkodogo in the South East Province of Burkina Faso.
Mrs. Chigabatia made the comment in an interview with journalist at Tenkodogo, in the South East Province of Burkina Faso when she led a Ghanaian delegation to celebrate this year’s International Womens Day.
International Women's Day (8 March) is an occasion marked by women's groups around the world. This date is also commemorated at the United Nations and is designated in many countries as a national holiday.
The theme for this years celebration was “Female and HIV/AIDS, lets fight stigmatization and discrimination.” The celebration was preceded by a week long forum attended by several women organization in Burkina Faso to deliberate on challenges facing women in the fight against the pandemic.
Mrs. Chigabatia said in Ghana toe thirds of District Directors of Education were women while out of the ten regional directors of Education, eight were women, adding that the highest position in the judicial system was headed by a woman.
The First Lady of Burkina Faso, Mrs. Chantale Campaore stressed the importance of the celebration and said it offered women an an opportunity to evaluate their performance in the past and plan ahead particular when it came to the role of women in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
She also pledged her commitment to war against the deadly disease in her country.
The event was marked by a march past by a number of women’s organization drawn from all over Burkina Faso.