RuWCED
Rural Women Center for Education and Development (RuWCED) works to promote health, education, livelihoods, and rights of women and children in north-west Cameroon.
Voice of Women Initiative
At the grassroots level, VOW Initiative works with girls undergoing harmful traditional practices like breast ironing, FGM, as well working with rape victims. We also work with widows, and women and young people in prisons, and sex workers....
WFAC Cameroon
WFAC Cameroon works to promote and protect Cameroonian young women's human rights, and to support, connect, and encourage women to work together to create a caring community.
Grassroots News - Cameroon
New Womens Magazine for Cameroon
The first edition of the Women for a Change Magazine is now available.
19-year-old SRHR college peer educators talk Feminisms
In most parts of our society, the word “Feminism” still remains a bitter pill for so many people to swallow, however, to Wfac’s college SRHR Peer educators, the ‘F’ word is about change, empowerment of all and transforming lives.
Cameroon: Six Years of Women for a Change
It's hard to believe that WFAC is already 6 years old. Looking back and counting our accomplishments and impact of our work on the lives of youth – especially women and girls, I feel more than proud and humbled at the number of lives touched, empowered, and…
Girls Excel in Rural Cameroon - Sharing and Learning Together
The International day of the Girl Child still goes unnoticed in many rural communities in Cameroon. Thanks to Girls Excel, a new field project of Voice of Women Initiative, this event was highly commemorated in the North West Region of Cameroon.
Cameroon: Skills, Knowledge and Education for Rural Women and Girls
RuWCED is recognised as a training center for dressmaking, computer software, and secretarial duties by the Ministry of Employment and Vocational Training. Our programmes target girls and women, including victims of GBV who are either out of school or escaped…
“Youth Power. It’s Down to Us!”
On International Youth Day we celebrated our activism, participation and involvement in the post 2015 process. Let’s continue every day to build on more momentum, as well as using our Youth Power to galvanize and with positive pressure for an integrated and…
Representing Women for a Change Cameroon at a Global Level
I was honoured to represent WFAC Cameroon at the third FfD3 Summit. Of all the discussions, I was particularly interested in tax justice and domestic resource mobilization... especially to see how politicised tax discourses were being addressed at the global…
Celebrating Women & Girls in North-west Cameroon
RuWCED joined women all over the world to celebrate on a day dedicated solely for women – International Women's Day... We also participated in a handball tournament as a way of bringing girls together in the community.
Being African and a Young Woman
As a young African woman, I feel the need to speak as to how I would like to see our potential built. Young women are currently disproportionately affected by the high unemployment rates on the continents and for those who are employed they are prey to sexual…
Promoting the Rights of Women and Girls in Boyo Division, Cameroon
Most of the women in the local communities where we work have no voice in the choice of whom they marry, and there are many cases of early marriages and school-drop-out amongst girls... Girl children are often considered as a commodity to their parents and…
UN Member States Promise the World - Again
On 22nd September 2014, at the UN headquarters in New York, along with world leaders, Zoneziwoh Mbondgolo joined colleagues from the community service organisations (CSOs) and public/private sectors, and listened to member states renewing their promises...
Cameroon Post-2015: Gender Equality, Youth Sexual & Reproductive Health & Rights
It is imperative that the Cameroon government, among others, supports young people’s access to sexual and reproductive health services, including comprehensive sexuality education, gender equality, and investment in youth capacities and leadership...