{"id":8833,"date":"2026-03-23T05:02:53","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T05:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/?p=8833"},"modified":"2026-03-23T05:02:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T05:02:53","slug":"celebration-of-international-womens-day-at-the-ministry-in-charge-of-foreign-affairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/celebration-of-international-womens-day-at-the-ministry-in-charge-of-foreign-affairs\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebration of International Women\u2019s Day at the Ministry in charge of Foreign Affairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Tuesday, March 10, 2026, His Excellency Ambassador \u00c9douard Bizimana, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and Development Cooperation, together with all the senior authorities of the Ministry, joined the female staff to celebrate International Women\u2019s Day. The ceremonies were held at La D\u00e9tente in the economic capital, Bujumbura, under the theme: \u2018\u2019 the role of women in promoting human rights and justice for all.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8839 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/8-mars-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/8-mars-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/8-mars-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/8-mars-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/8-mars-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/8-mars-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mrs. Rose Ndayikeza, representative of the Gender Unit at the Ministry, expressed the team\u2019s gratitude on the occasion of the day. She emphasized that this year\u2019s theme calls for supporting development through sustained commitment. She also noted that March should be an appropriate time for self-assessment for all women. According to her, increased effort is necessary to realize Burundi\u2019s vision: \u2018\u2019an emerging country by 2040 and developed by 2060.\u2019\u2019 She also welcomed the appointment of women to positions of responsibility within the Ministry.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-8837\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/8-mars-ros-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/8-mars-ros-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/8-mars-ros-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/8-mars-ros-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/8-mars-ros-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/8-mars-ros-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/8-mars-ros-310x205.jpeg 310w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-8836\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/8-mars-part-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/8-mars-part-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/8-mars-part-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/8-mars-part-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/8-mars-part-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/8-mars-part-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/8-mars-part-310x205.jpeg 310w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-8840\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/8-mars1-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/8-mars1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/8-mars1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/8-mars1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/8-mars1-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/8-mars1-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/8-mars1-310x205.jpeg 310w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">His Excellency Minister \u00c9douard Bizimana spoke to wish all the women of the Ministry a happy celebration. He encouraged each of them to cultivate joy both in their homes and at work, reminding them that any activity is carried out better in a joyful atmosphere. The ceremonies took place in a festive mood and concluded at a reasonable time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8834 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/8-mars-min-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/8-mars-min-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/8-mars-min-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/8-mars-min-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/8-mars-min-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/8-mars-min-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, March 10, 2026, His Excellency Ambassador \u00c9douard Bizimana, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and Development Cooperation, together with all the senior authorities of the Ministry, joined the female staff to celebrate International Women\u2019s Day. The ceremonies were held at La D\u00e9tente in the economic capital, Bujumbura, under the theme: \u2018\u2019 the role &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":8839,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8833"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8841,"href":"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8833\/revisions\/8841"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mae.gov.bi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}