Kadiatou Konaté

"As for crafts and tourism, I insisted on the fact that this pandemic forces us to reflect on the internal resources to be developed to promote local tourism and, also, a local market for crafts in order to make culture accessible to women and to delve into our cultural depths for everything that rehabilitates women, everything that revalues ​​women, so that they are stronger, more combative, more dignified."

"Have faith and conviction. Its a job that hardly feeds its man. If youre not driven by faith and conviction, you can get discouraged...But you know, its like everything else, the most important thing is to believe in what you do."

"I suffered during my high school years because I had no real predisposition for these scientific studies. I certainly got my baccalaureate C, but in pain! I was still a good student, and I received a scholarship to study in France. And there, I had to negotiate with my parents but especially my father who thought it was too early to leave my country and that ultimately it was not necessary to go and study in France that I could do in Mali. I had to cheat, find studies or courses not available in Mali. I suggested doing a preparatory class for HEC (higher business studies). My father ended up accepting…. In addition, by choosing this course, I subtly escaped the scientific world of physics, chemistry or biolog"

"What I mentioned is that without engaging in politics, we can truly translate into concrete actions what politics can do by relying on a commitment that is both social and intellectual. I also spoke about equality issues and the battles that remain to be fought: the battles of education, culture... Girls are not receiving the education they would like, there is a lot of school dropout among girls and the problem of access to education, period"