Caritas Mategeko Karadereye

Caritas Mategeko Karadereye was a Burundian politician and activist. Alongside Euphrasie Kandeke, who was named Minister for Women's Questions,[1] she became one of the first women to serve in the Burundian cabinet when she was appointed Minister of Social Affairs by Jean-Baptiste Bagaza in 1982.[2] At the time, she was the vice-secretary general of the Union of Burundian Women.[3] She remained in the cabinet until 1987.[4] During her career, she also spent time as a local representative for the Director General of UNESCO.[5] Mategeko was a Tutsi;[6] her sister, a student, was among those slain during the Burundian genocide of 1972.[7] Karadereye also wrote on the subject of women and Burundian society, publishing a paper on the subject in 1969.[8] It appears that she remained as a member of the government until at least 1992;[6] as of 1997 she was a member of the conseil des sages tasked with investigating the genocide of 1993.[9]

Caritas Mategeko Karadereye
Born
Caritas Mategeko
NationalityBurundi
OccupationPolitician

References
  1. Jeune Afrique. Les Editions J.A. 1982.
  2. "Net Press". www.netpress.bi. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  3. Women of the Whole World. Women's International Democratic Federation. 1983.
  4. "Burundi Ministers". www.guide2womenleaders.com. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  5. Le Burundi en images. Le Département. 1985.
  6. "Ce jour-là, 1er novembre 1976 : Coup d'Etat du Conseil suprême révolutionnaire". iwacu-burundi.org. 3 November 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  7. Jean-Pierre Chrétien; Jean-François Dupaquier (2007). Burundi 1972, au bord des génocides. KARTHALA Editions. pp. 491–. ISBN 978-2-84586-872-4.
  8. "Informations bibliographiques". Journal des africanistes. 47 (2). Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  9. "3–13 mars 97". www.netpress.bi. Retrieved 6 November 2017.


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