Who am i?
By Comfort Mussa Growing up, i always introduced myself by saying who my parents were. The question was never who are you? It was always- whose child are you? I became a woman and the question is, whose wife are you? The question that eliminates room for being a single […]
Menstrual Hygiene – Let’s Break The Bloody Taboo!
By Comfort Mussa It’s over a year now, since the government of Cameroon banned the use of non biodegradable plastics. Like other Cameroonians I still grapple with the insufficiency and high cost of the alternatives. Shop owners often do not provide packaging for goods bought. Customers pay for plastic […]
Rotary International -Bamenda Club honors Founder of Sisterspeak237
By Y.N Faith The founder of Sisterspeak237.com , Comfort Mussa has been named recipient of the New Generation Award by Rotary International – Bamenda Club. She received the award during the President’s night at Blue Pearl Hotel in Bamenda on 4th April 2015 Announcing the recipient of the New Generation […]
IS THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION OF CONTINUOUS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FINALLY HERE?
By Ngobesing Linda Neh WHY THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE MAY NEVER BREAK …The most disheartening part of the story is that when she arrived at the hospital; she said the injury in her eye was sustained as she split wood. Really? Was she splitting the wood on her eyes […]
To girls whose thighs touch…
By Amina Doherty (aka sheroxlox!) There isn’t a day that passes that I don’t have to think about my body –how much I’ve moved it (or not), what I’ve put into it, what it looks like in whatever outfit I’ve chosen to wear. But thinking about my body isn’t something […]
Woman eh – Girl power !
By Comfort Mussa Have you ever wondered about what young girls in Cameroon have to say about Violence against Women and girls? I have. I was more than happy when my friend & CEO of Gender Danger, Chi Yvonne Leina told me that this year for IWD commemoration in Cameroon, […]
Call for applications – 2014 MILEAD Fellowship for young African women leaders
Moremi Initiative for Women’s Leadership in Africa, announces its annual call for applications for the 2014 Moremi Leadership Empowerment and Development (MILEAD) Fellows Program. The MILEAD Fellows Program is a long-term leadership development program designed to identify, develop and promote emerging young African Women leaders to attain and thrive in […]