Gender inequality is rife in many African countries, where women often do the vast majority of housework, childcare and look after entire families. But it doesn’t always have to be this way, at least not for some men in Burkina Faso. Men in the west African country are being offered the opportunity of attending what is known as “Husband Schools”. The aim is for men to learn how they can become better husbands and help their wives in all aspects of family life.
Alan Kasujja has been speaking with a family – a husband and his two wives – who say they’ve seen changes after the husband attended the school. He also spoke to Minata Coulibaly, a women’s rights activist on her thoughts about such schools, as well as our reporter in Burkina Faso, Sasha Gankin. But first he heard from Hamady Somtore - a project assistant for the Sahel Women's Empowerment and Demographics Project - or SWEDD – which is behind these schools