“Heads of state committed to address this issue and to find a lasting solution [and] the project on the prevention, fight against sexual exploitation, abuse and gender-based violence and assistance to victims was proposed. The aim of the Goma conference was to summon new momentum for these objectives”, she said. 
  
The Vice-Minister in charge of Gender and Human Rights, Rose Nduwayo, stated that the Burundi government is looking into sexual violence in line with the Goma recommendations. “In fact it carried out a bottom up mobilisation of the administration and the police force to curb this problem. Furthermore, to combat this problem, “we need to strengthen women’s economic power and bring back peace”, she said. Ms. Nduwayo also outlined the national strategy for the fight against gender-based violence. It includes areas such as: health, justice, education, security and social rights. "Once the strategy is implemented, the aim will be to equally implement the Goma Declaration recommendations”, she added. 
  
ERSG and president of the Working Group on Gender, Youssef Mahmoud, indicated that the Burundian government roadmap builds on the last UN Security Council Resolution of 19 June, 2008 on sexual violence. He emphasized that peace and security is incomplete as long as gender-based violence remains a challenge. He congratulated the Burundian government, which is addressing this problem openly and is making efforts to end it.