The factors most associated with this underprivileged status were level of education and profession.
"When you raise the level of the underprivileged, you raise the level of the whole city," she said.
The goal of feminism is bringing the underprivileged up to the same level as those with power, not bringing the privileged down.
Policy to promote earlier symptomatic presentation should also include strategies to promote confidence to discuss potential symptoms, and allay embarrassment among the underprivileged and people with low levels of social support.
Applications and admissions from students from underprivileged backgrounds are at a record level.
One of the projects run by Fawe Burkina in Ouagadougou, the resource and training centre, offers training to adolescent girls from underprivileged backgrounds, who generally have a low level of formal education.
He sees education as a social justice issue; his job is to level the playing field for underprivileged kids.
"The homogeneity helps bring in a level of comfort among the underprivileged children and helps them settle down in a reformed environment".
Laws and regulations can help -- they can be a bridge, they can provide a more level playing field for the underprivileged, but they'll never take the place of a change of hearts.
