GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT; DOES EQUALITY MATTER?
By Ateh Thomson Pepeah Hon. Attempted, Mezam Central constituency, Cameroon. According to UNESCO, the term gender refers to the socially and culturally constructed meanings and roles assigned to persons of different biological sexes: males and females. The concept also includes the expectations held about the characteristics, aptitudes and behaviors of […]
Cameroon Public health care below expectations
‘Public Health: Heath Care Below Expectations’ this article in Cameroon Tribune the national daily made my day. Cameroon Tribune is considered more or less like the PR paper for the government so things must be very bad at the public hospitals for them to write that “The services rendered in […]
Call for Applications: Project Animators
Cameroon Agenda for Sustainable Development (CASD) is recruiting Animators for the new project titled “ Girls’ Choice Ice Cream Project ”. The goal is to significantly improve access to quality and age-appropriate sexual and reproductive health education and services for girls aged 10-19 years in Bamenda, Cameroon.To maximize the impact […]
Kongossa – Rumor has it.
Who originates these silly text messages? Is it the marketing staff of some telecom operators in the bid to make more profits knowing that Cameroon is so fertile for propaganda? Last night, this text was forwarded to me by over 15 people in different towns in Cameroon.My friends and neighbours […]
Cameroon , toilet outage and its deadly effects
The Bamenda Main Market (in the city where I live) has approximately 5000 traders occupying about one thousand shops. The traders in the market and the thousands of people who shop there have access to just four toilets provided by the local council. Some inner city apartments don’t have toilets […]
Vacancies at Association Camerounaise pour le Marketing Social (ACMS)
Association Camerounaise pour le Marketing Social (ACMS) is an affiliate and platform of Population Services International, with programs in malaria, reproductive health, child survival, safe water, diarrhea, and HIV prevention and treatment. PSI/Cameroon promotes health products, services and healthy behaviors that enable low-income and vulnerable people to lead healthier lives. […]
UN Women, Civil Society Advisory Group Joins ‘Bringbackourgirls’ Campaign
By Leocadia Bongben Cameroon United Nations Women Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women and their Civil Society Advisory Group has added their voice to the global campaign for the release of the kidnapped Chibok girls. Boko Haram, an Islamic sect preaching against western education and instilling terror in […]
Erykah Badu traces roots to Cameroon
Erykah Badu traces roots to Cameroon
Mussa | May 26, 2014 | Woman eh | No Comments
baduErykah Badu recently took a DNA test to determine the country and even tribe where her ancestors came from. The test results prove that she is from the Bamileke tribe of the West Region of Cameroon.
Erykah Badu aka Badoula Oblongata; aka Sara Bellum; aka Maria Manuela Mexico; aka Annie the Alchemist; aka Fat Belly Bella; aka DJ Lo Down
Time to educate Cameroonian men about women’s rights
This article was originally published by Thomson Reuters Foundation on Fri,20 April 2012. Author: George Fominyen Men have to be involved in efforts geared at ending violence against women in Cameroon, the head of an association working with males to end violent and aggressive behavior against women, has said. […]
Job opportunity @ GP-DERUDEP
The Grassfield Participatory & Decentralized Rural Development Project (GP-DERUDEP) is recruiting a Chief of Antenna to be based in Widikum in the North West Region of Cameroon The Government of the Republic of Cameroon has received financing from the African Development Fund to cover the cost for the Support Project […]