Female Empowerment at BIT
BIT women become the architect of their own making
We created a platform where our female students can feel self-determined, strong, and bold to share their dreams & ideas for their future. The Female Empowerment Program supports our female students from the Burkina Institute of Technology. The Program aims to support & make an impact for our girls in the following areas:
- Strengthen the female student’s perception in society
- Learn more about themselves & gain confidence in topics they usually do not get in touch with
- Intensify their role as students
- Support of the student’s everyday life
- Maximize the students’ career opportunities
According to my point of view and my own experience Women Empowerment is great opportinity for women to know themselves, to know their strengths, their weaknesses, and that permit to improve themselves, and make a good planning in their daily life.
Esther Wendyam SEGUEDA
For my part, women empowerment is a session that I really appreciated because it allowed me to learn how to combine my study life and my personal life. I think it is an interesting experience that every girl or woman must have.
Carmella COMPAORE
Hi I hope you’re fine!!! It is with real pleasure that I tell you about this wonderful workshop that we have at BIT. This is Women Empowerment, it is a workshop that taught us how to deal with certain situations in daily, professional and socio-professional life. Indeed, during these Female empowerment sessions, we learned to: Develop our creativity, Manage our work and distraction time, Knowing how to live and behave in society. Knowing how to deal with sexism in companies. Knowing how to prove our value in the tasks assigned to companies, Prepare for an interview And others.In addition to everything I mentioned above, we had the opportunity to discuss and exchange with special guests who shared their experience and their inspiring story with us.I deeply thank Ms. Charlotte RAHE, for her availability and all the effort she made for us. I hope that workshop will always remain at BIT and continue to train young girls. Thank you so much!”
Soumayatou Fawsia KABRE
It still needs to be said, the issue of women’s empowerment is a constant struggle. Therefore, we can only praise the initiative from COGNOS International & Friedrich Naumann Foundation of Freedom, which allows us to create new ways of learning, sharing & empowering. It is always a great pleasure for us to come & share our experiences and receive new ones in our weekly sessions.
I was very pleased with the presentation on women’s leadership. I learned a lot and I was able to fight my shyness. I was able to express myself freely in front of my classmates and it was very exciting. They asked the questions and made additions. They asked the questions and added to them, so I was able to improve my English language despite some difficulties.
I enjoy the female empowerment sessions as they help me overcome difficulties through shared experiences and support. Discussing topics like time management and focusing on strengths has been incredibly helpful. I’ve improved in managing stress and public speaking, and the strategy of managing multiple tasks by starting with quick tasks has boosted my productivity. Guest speakers have shown that with a good work-life balance, women can excel as mothers, wives, and professionals. This encourages my dream of becoming a woman entrepreneur to impact Africa. Overall, I’ve gained invaluable skills from the weekly sessions.
This is how we do it
We meet once a week in our hybrid classroom where we discuss, reflect & share.
Our Female Empowerment Program offers different formats of group work, peer & tandem learning and is supported by speeches & talks from other girls and women from Africa.
Here are some of our topics:
- Financial Basics
- Role of women in Modern Society
- Balancing Family & Work
- Dress Code
- Time and Self-Management
- Well-Being
- Stress Reduction
- Decision Making
- Positive Thinking & Mindfulness
Are you interested in becoming a supporting partner of our program in terms of Scholarships, Workshops, Deep Dive Sessions, 1 to 1 Coaching & Mentoring?

Get in touch with us:
Charlotte Rahe
+ 0151 61 777 77 1
Head of Female Empowerment Ambassador of the Burkina Institute of Technology
Or support us by donating
The Stern Stewart Institute e.V.
Donner & Reuschel AG
IBAN: DE14 2003 0300 0136 0103 07
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