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Workshop Participants and  CPS Coordinators  As part of measures to spread peace through communication, the Civil Peace Service of Bread for the World organized a 5- day workshop on radio drama production on the theme "Radio Drama: A Veritable Tool for the Promotion of Peace".The workshop which was held at the PCC Synod office in Buea brought together 17 CPS partner organizations from all over the country. Opening the training workshop, the representative of the Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Cameroon, the National Peace Coordinator, Rev. Nta William Nche disclosed that the workshop is coming at a time when all avenues have to be exploited to preach peace, and radio drama is one of them. During the 5-day training workshop, the participants were drilled on peace, peacebuilding, conflict, history of radio drama, elements of a good script amongst others by Julius Nzang and Achaleke Christian, who were the main facilitators. Cross section of Participants during the Works...

For decades now, gender stereotypes have kept women confined in spaces where they have been told there is only a certain job they can pursue. Most times, there is that face of amazement when a woman is seen in a male-dominated sector like driving, carpentry, and engineering amongst others. Although women have been pushing societal boundaries for ages,  breaking the glass ceiling by entering jobs that were traditionally done by men, the Anglophone crisis seems to have encouraged many to brave the odds. In Bamenda chief town of the North West Region, women now are into driving, weathering,  carpentry, and most especially funeral home business The Meta Quarter street which is popular for funeral homes, a business sector dominated by men seems to have changed in recent years as many women are fast engaging in the business. Speaking to Kiming Odilia, a co-owner of True Love Funeral home, she explains that her quest for survival during the phase of the crisis encouraged her to ventu...

  According to UNICEF,  the coronavirus pandemic which has accelerated the use of digital platforms for learning, earning, and connecting have also increased the gender digital divide. In this light, Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW) alongside some ten heads of women-led organizations in Bamenda have had a consultation session to ponder on the key obstacles that refrain them from fully utilizing the digital space and the way forward. Organized by Common Action for Gender and Development, COMAGEND, Cameroon at their office in Bamenda on Saturday, October 9th, 2021. The seven-hour session was in commemoration of the International Day of the Girl Child, celebrated annually on October 11. Observed this year on the theme "Digital generation, our generation", the participants facilitated by COMAGEND's founder Sally Mboumien, discussed how poor power supply, limited access to digital gadgets, high prices set for data bundles, body shaming, and many others have limited thei...

Participants  About 25 journalists  from diverse media outlets  in Bamenda have strengthened their skills on Conflict sensitive reporting at hilltop hotel, on the 29 and 30th July 2021.The  training which lasted for two days was marked by a series of presentations  facilitated by different trainers while highlighting  to these media practitioners the ways to go about reporting to prevent or de-escalate conflict.    During his presentation on sensitive conflict reporting, conflict management and fake news, Mr Eugene Nforngwa  highlighted that, journalist pen could either influence a crisis negatively or positively.  Training session facilitated by Eugene Nforngwa.  "Journalist need to realise that they have a lot of power in what the say which could influence how people think. They  need to use the power they have to influence their communities in a positive way by showing  the different parties in conflict zones alt...

Over one thousand women have converged on Palais des congrès Yaoundé, to renew their stands towards peace as a united force in the first ever National Women's Convention for Peace in Cameroon.  Drawn from ten regions across the country, the Convention for Peace in Cameroon aims at discussing issues related to ongoing conflicts in the country and how it can be transformed. The convention, which is expected to last for three days, kicked off on Thursday 29th July with an opening ceremony cheered by the Minister of Women Empowerment and the Family, Madam Marie-Thérèse Abena . Minister of Women Empowerment and the Family, Madam Marie- Thérèse Abena. Speaking to participants  during the opening ceremony, the Minister noted that women's role in conflict transformation is very prominent as they are the most affected group during crisis situations. The opening was characterized by different activities such as a special presentation of Women's Anthem, artistic display for peace an...

  A story of any kind should be like a short rope, long enough to cover the subject but short enough to be interesting. In respect to this, filmmakers, journalists and CSOs have been trained on how to develop good stories by paying attention to salient details. Organized by Draufsicht Bamenda in Collaboration with the Cameroon Community Media Network (CCMN), the 6-hour session which took place over the weekend at Church Center Makon Hall, had subsets of presentations on what a good story is, the foundation of a good story, storytelling approaches, tackled by communication and Multimedia professional Bakah Derick. Bakah Derick, Communication and multimedia professional While building the capacity of over 40 journalists, Filmmakers and CSOs, the trainer highlighted that a story developer should always pay attention to in vital details when developing a story while making sure to answer some organized questions like what the central point is, what central evidence is, what the cent...

  Fake news continues to be a never ending problem which has affected the trust between the population and  journalists. With respect to that, fellows of the ongoing African Fact Checking fellowship based in Bamenda have recently had a talk with Students of Communication and Development studies at the University of Bamenda on information verification and fact Checking to enable them do their work in the future diligently.   These students who gathered for an academic internship orientation, had a chance to be schooled on the importance of information verification and fact-checking and digital rights as well as responsibilities to prepare them for the outside world upon graduation. It was thanks to Defyhatenow in Yaounde in partnership with UBa.      Defyhatenow Team in Action. The advent of the internet which has made information of any kind accessible, given  that people are free to share information received has made the dissemination of fake ne...