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Participants  The experiences and role of women and girls during and after conflict is different from what boys and men go through. Women and girls have been targets of war,  constantly subjected to different forms of gender-based violence. In commemoration of International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, Common Action for Gender Development, COMAGEND, have held talks with women leaders in Bamenda to discuss the harmful practices suffered by women and girls in peace and conflict times and deliberate on how the Women, Peace and Security Agenda can be followed to  fight such obnoxious crimes perpetrated against women and girls. COMAGEND'S Founder, Sally Mboumien  The one day consultation meeting which took place on Saturday 18th June 2022, at COMAGEND office Savannah Junction, was facilitated by COMAGEND's founder, Sally Mboumien. Rape, incest, sexual harassment, female genital mutilation, child soldiers amongst others were identified by these w...

                                        With the mission to reduce Gender Based Violence (GBV) in Cameroon through the start, awareness, support, action, SASA Methodology, the Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Africa, CHRDA, has organized a one day seminar to discuss and improve Women's knowledge on violence prevention against women and girls through changes in behaviours, practices and attitudes. This was in a day workshop that took place at Common Action for Gender, COMAGEND office on Saturday May 7th 2021. Opening the session, the executive director for CHRDA Fokum Violet who also doubles as the project lead elucidated that there many contributing factors to GBV like gender, culture but Power imbalance is one of the main factors which the SASA Methodology has come to solve. Executive Director CHRDA, Fokum Violet. The Methodology which was first implemented in Uganda seeks t...

  About 20 young journalists in Bamenda chief town of the North West region have been equipped with skills and tools on countering Fake news, Hate Speech, misinformation, Disinformation and reporting issues of child abuse and protection in conflict times. This was the focused of a one day workshop organized by Community Solutions Media, CSM on Saturday April 16th, 2021 at Blue Pearl Hotel , Nkwen, Bamenda. Participants at the workshop  According to the founder of CSM , Sah Terence, the workshop is the beginning of a New breed journalist series, a CMS's program which has an objective to inculcate principled journalistic values in the younger generation of media persons void of sentiments, bias while encouraging objective and fair reports which seems to be an issue in the journalism community.  Madam Jose Pearl whose focus was on reporting child abuse in conflict time with the region as a case study highlighted that, journalist are the watchdogs of the society and should b...

  Women in Cameroon have been called upon to claim their rights and break stereotypes so as to contribute in the economy growth of Cameroon. This was amongst many recommendations made at the end of a panel discussion organised by the Denis and Loretia Foundation this November 30, 2021 in Yaounde under its project to promote Women's Economic Rights, WERC. With theme of focus, "Advancing Women's Liberty for a Sustainable Economic Growth", three panelists identified barriers to women's economic liberty and prosperity in Cameroon and then proposed solutions to tackle these problems. The obstacles to women's economic liberty highlighted include: limited access to education in some localities, limited access to health services, limited access to loans, constraints in justice systems and vulnerable jobs. One of the Panelists, Dr Wilfred Pathe, a Lecturer on Human Rights, insisted that women grab their rights and break stereotypes. He explained that women should stop ...

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...