On 17 June 2006, Ouédraogo was elected president of the bar in Burkina Faso.[2] On International Women's Day in 2007, she spoke out against violence towards women, especially rape.[3] Ouédraogo is the president of the women's development association, and a member of a national climate change experts' group.[4] She has stated that uncontrolled land clearances, poaching and the search for new grazing pastures are exacerbating climate change.[4]