Lucie Nizigama

Lucie Nizigama (1 May 1957 – September 2010) was a Burundian legal scholar and advocate for the rights of women. After working as the first female judge in Karuzi Province and opening a law firm in 2002, in 2004 she closed her practice to devote herself to defending women through the Association of Women Lawyers of Burundi (AFJ). She was president of Christian Action for the Abolition of Torture in Burundi. Quotes The war has made women even more vulnerable. We must give them legal assistance. On joining AFJ, 2004, reported by APO Impunity for sexual violence must end. The law must protect women, not just on paper. OMCT Shadow report on violence against women in Burundi, 2008 “We have found that the primary cause of all the violence and submission which women undergo is discrimination, and it is this which makes us more vulnerable than the others.” Opendemocracy “The first was women’s education, trying to give women a minimum core knowledge base so that they can reclaim their rights…” Opendemocracy “…the fact that there is a part of the population which has the right to inheritance and another, constituted by women, which cannot inherit, means that at the end of the day women are second rate citizens.” Opendemocracy “The government needs to realise that not only should it not endorse violent against women, but that as long as it does nothing to protect against it, it is responsible for this violence.” Opendemocracy “Because when it’s a few women fighting in a single country it doesn’t go very far, but when the fight involves all the women of the world, a large number of women from all sorts of different backgrounds, it becomes massive.” Opendemocracy External links Lucie Nizigama Category:1957 births Category:2010 deaths Category:Burundian lawyers Category:Burundian women lawyers Category:Burundian activists