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Wednesday, July 10, 2019
UN Women has trained 37 gender/statistics focal points and other statistics officials from of government on gender mainstreaming in the production of statistics from administrative sources during a workshop organized by UN Women from the 10th to the 13th of July 2019. This training session resulted to the commitment of the gender/statistics focal points to contribute to the production of a Policy brief on "the issues and challenges of gender mainstreaming in the production of statistics from administrative sources in Cameroon".
From where I stand: “Girls need to believe in themselves”
Tuesday, July 9, 2019
Using football as a tool for empowering girls and young women, Moving the Goalposts is helping girls and women stand on their own feet and make their mark, both on and off the field.
Monday, July 8, 2019
UN Women welcomes the conviction of Bosco Ntaganda by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on 8 July 2019 for crimes committed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2002 and 2003. The former rebel leader was found guilty on 13 counts of war crimes and 5 counts of crimes against humanity, including rape, sexual slavery, displacement of civilians, and enlisting and conscripting child soldiers under the age of 15 and using them to participate actively in hostilities.
Friday, July 5, 2019
From 3 to 5 July 2019, 25 young girls from the Cameroon Network of Adolescents and Positive Youth (RECAJ+), took part in the training organized by UN Women Cameroon at Departmental Hôtel at Mbalmayo. The aim was to provide participants with tools to strengthen their participation in decision-making on HIV/AIDS policies and programs in Cameroon; to instill leadership skills by integrating gender aspects into their actions to ensure that the gender dimension is better taken into account
Tuesday, July 2, 2019
UN Women organized a set of tree capacity building trainings to build capacities of over 117 youths most of them young girls, on "Mediation, peace education and social cohesion" during from 18th April to the 21st June in Nkongsamba, Ebolowa and Ngaoundere respectively).
Gender Mainstreaming Critical for effective Humanitarian Action
Sunday, June 30, 2019
Recognizing that crises affect both men and women differently, with women bearing the brunt of disasters in the region, UN Women conducted a five-day training of trainers (TOT) on ‘Gender in Humanitarian Action’. The regional training was convened to equip humanitarian programme advisors and specialists, with the tools and knowledge to strengthen their roles in humanitarian action including disaster preparedness, response and recovery- with issues of women and girls at the center
Namibia Launches its first National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security
Friday, June 28, 2019
the Namibian government launched the country’s first-generation National Action Plan (NAP) on Women, Peace and Security. The five-year plan will guide Namibia’s implementation of the United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 and subsequent resolutions on Women, Peace and Security. Based on the four pillars of participation, prevention, protection, and relief and recovery, the Women, Peace and Security Agenda is critical to advance the role of women in conflict prevention, negotiation and peace-building.
Friday, June 28, 2019
On June 28th 2019 Elections Cameroon with UN Women support organized at Yaounde Azur hôtel, a workshop under the theme “2019 legislative and municipal elections: building the capacities of political parties for adopting gender-sensitive internal”.
Friday, June 28, 2019
A total of 31 managers, coordinators and sector experts took part in a capacity building session of the staff and partners of the Agricultural Value Chain Development Project (AVC-DP) on gender mainstreaming into projects planning and programming cycle. The training was organized by UNWOMEN, from the 26t h to the 28 th of June 2019 at Hôtel le Paradis in Kribi. The main objective was to provide participants with tools and techniques for effective and efficient integration of the gender...
Friday, June 21, 2019
From 19 to 21 June 2019 ,20 focal points of the National AIDS Control Committee (NACC) in charge of monitoring the local and sectoral responses of the Regional Technical Groups took part in Mbalmayo at the capacity building workshop on the collection and analysis of gender sensitive data organized by UN Women. The aim of the training was to improve programmatic performance in the monitoring, collection and analysis of gender-sensitive data
Wednesday, June 19, 2019
UN Women Executive Director, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, represented the United Nations at the first African Summit on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and child marriage taking place in Dakar, Senegal on June 16-18. The summit aims to translate the commitment of governments, religious leaders, traditional leaders, and other stakeholders into action on the ground that eliminates these harmful practices.
UN Women Executive Director to attend the 1st African Summit on FGM and Child Marriage in Senegal
Friday, June 14, 2019
UN Women Executive Director, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, will represent the United Nations at the 1st African Summit on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and Child Marriage (CM), taking place in Dakar, Senegal on June 16-18.
Tuesday, June 11, 2019
The national dialogue for the consolidation of democratic governance for Sierra Leone’s peace and national cohesion was held from May 23 to 25 2019 at Bintumani International Conference Center in Freetown. The conference referred to as Bintumani III aimed at uniting the country which has been divided along political and ethnical lines following the general elections which took place in 2018.
Tuesday, June 11, 2019
On 21 May, 2019 His Excellency Rtd Brigadier Julius Maada Bio, the President of Republic of Sierra Leone joined the world leaders as HeForShe Champion. With pulpable; deep sincerity, His Excellency President Julius Maada Bio reiterated his unwavering commitment to speak out, take action and eliminate impunity in particular, rape of girls and women while addressing all forms of violence against women and girls.
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Unelected women candidates gather to build on their experiences
Monday, May 27, 2019
Over 3000 women from Kinshasa and the provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo have joined forces to launch, with the support of UN Women, UNDP and Canada, the National Dynamics of Women Candidate – DYNAFEC in order to capitalize and build on the experiences of unelected women candidates from the December 2018 elections.
UN Deputy Secretary General tasks African Women on Peace Building
Monday, May 27, 2019
Ms Amina Mohammed, the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General charged Nigerian women to ensure active contribution in the peacebuilding process, transformation and stability of Nigeria. Ms. Mohammed made the call in Abuja via a video message during the inauguration of the steering committee of the African Women Leaders Network (AWLN), Nigeria Chapter, on 2 May 2019 at Transcorp Hilton hotel, Abuja Nigeria.
UN Women, UNODC and OHCHR strive to improve women's access to legal aid in Senegal
Monday, May 13, 2019
On May 9th, 2019, UN Women Senegal Program hosted a workshop on the "Improving Access to Legal Aid for Women" project. The objective was to plan the activities to be carried out jointly with UNODC and OHCHR and to determine the implementation, coordination and monitoring methods of the project.
Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Five companies in Ethiopia have committed to become signatories and promote women empowerment principles (WEPs). This has been a monumental breakthrough for UN Women, as in Ethiopia, the private sector has been very skeptical about affirmative action and promoting gender equality in the work place. The commitment presents motivation for many others who will soon see that promoting women’s empowerment in the work place increases profit margins in business.
Cameroon Government and UN Women hosts Side Event on CSW63
Friday, April 19, 2019
On March 14th, 2019 the Government of Cameroon with the technical and financial support of UN Women organized a Side Event under the theme "Partnership for the empowerment of women in rural areas: Promoting the empowerment of women living in rural areas in Cameroon through access to sustainable infrastructure " with the objective of showcasing the actions of the government of Cameroon towards achieving SDG 5, by facilitating rural women's access to sustainable infrastructure and Climate Resilient Agricultural techniques.
OFAD and partners brainstorm on pathways to promote women's entrepreneurship in Cameroon
Thursday, April 18, 2019
From 27 to 28 March 2019 the organization of African Women and the Diaspora (OFAD) organized its 5th edition of Economic and entrepreneurial Forum of African Women and of the Diaspora. The conference which took place at the Yaoundé Congress Centre saw the participation of over 500 visitors was an opportunity for stakeholders to debate and propose solutions to improve female entrepreneurship in Cameroon.