Saran Keïta Diakité and Traoré Oumou Touré, together with two other women, participated as female mediators in negotiations, held from 15-17 April in Ouagadougou, the capital of neighbouring country, Burkina Faso. Plunged into an unprecedented crisis following the military coup d’état perpetrated on 22 March 2012 by a military junta, the Malian authorities have embarked upon a process of transition. With the help of UN Women, women in Mali have been represented at the negotiating … [Read more...]
UN Women, women in Mali, following the military coup d’état
May 3, 2012 by Team Celebration
Filed Under: AFRICA, ASIA, CENTRAL AMERICA, EURASIA, EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST, NORTH AMERICA, OCEANIA, SOUTH AMERICA, WOMEN "Positive Action", WOMEN Taking ACTION, WOMEN that "Share in Positive Action" for Our World!, WORLD ISSUES Tagged With: A Celebration of Women, Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, following the military coup d’état, Mali, negotiations, Saran Keïta Diakité, Traoré Oumou Touré, UN Women, women at table, women in Mali, women.