Day: June 23, 2023

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Source: Cameroon News Agency

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Indigenous women trained to defend rights against agro-industrial hazards in communities

The installation of some agro-industrial companies is said to be causing significant environmental and health hazards in communities around plantations in Cameroon.

These deathtraps have often posed a great danger to their existence and sustenance, experts have said.

It is against this backdrop that close to 30 women drawn from communities near agro-industrial settlements and project zones in Cameroon, have been equipped to defend their rights.

The women’s capacities were built during a two-day workshop organized by a civil society organization known in French as Reseau des Acteurs de Développement Durable, RADD, from June 21 to 22, 2023.

The workshop organized in Yaounde, was also supported by other non-governmental organizations like WoMin African Alliance, and Green Development Advocates, GDA.

According to the organizers, the training was aimed at equipping the participants with information about their rights and laws protecting them, methods, techniques, and strategies to make their struggles more dynamic to achieve positive results.

“The training is to make these women know that they have the right to say no in respect to all the violence they go through from these companies,” RADD’s Executive Secretary, Ngobo Marie Crescense, stated.

She continued: “We have been working for some years now with these women to tell them that the responsibility to defend their interest in the agro-industrial sector is left to them. So they have to mobilize themselves to be able to defend their interest”.

The training was also hoped to promote solidarity amongst the women and create opportunities for them to exchange ideas and become stronger in the face of these economic giants.

Going by one of the workshop facilitators and a member of the GDA, Mba Mbia Danielle, the training was equally geared towards bringing the women together to be able to defend themselves.

“This is because we realized that when an agro-industrial project is put in place, these women are the most affected and they are not able to fight for their rights. This will help them to be able to fight for their rights and even propose what they think will be right for them,” the workshop trainer explained.

At the end of the two-day capacity-building workshop, the community women say they feel fortified and determined to say NO to projects not in their interest and to fight for their rights when they return to their respective villages.

Source: Cameroon News Agency

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Alou D.O to sanction May 20, absentee teachers

Some teachers in Alou subdivision, Lebialem Division in the South West region, have said a move by some School Principals and the Divisional Officer, to sanction them for being absent from school, is a plot to punish those who never took part on May 20 national day celebration.

“Why we believe at a certain point that they seem to be doing their work, it’s surprising that they publish a list of recalcitrant teachers with names of teachers who have been in school doing their work throughout the year under the pretext that they never attended 20 May. This same thing was done after Youth Day,” a teacher narrated to CNA on the basis of anonymity.

Ngatchu Ephraim on June 22, 2023, published a list, which CNA obtained, of 22 teachers who allegedly were absent from ‘work and all celebrations of legal feasts,’ adding that they are awaiting a disciplinary hearing on June 27, 2023.

The whistle-blower said he thinks they are victims of circumstances because they live in a war zone, “We have not heard of names of punctual teachers in the Centre, West or Litoral regions, just to mention a few; published for punishment just because they didn’t attend 20 May or Youth Day.”

“I think the SDO of Lebialem and the Divisional Delegate for Secondary education for Lebialem should look into this. There are limits to how intimidation works. The worse thing is that the D O is convoking teachers during holidays and when some are moving already to Buea for GCE marking,” he cautioned.

Alou was once a hot spot in the ongoing armed conflict in the English-speaking regions of Cameroon.

Source: Cameroon News Agency

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DDR Bamenda graduates seven nursery school children

Some seven nursery school pupils have graduated from the Bamenda Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration, DDR centre school in the just ended 2022/23 academic year.

The children included, 4 were promoted to primary 1 and 3 others were promoted to nursery 2 in the 2023/24 school year.

The graduation ceremony took place Thursday, June 22, 2023, at the centre in the presence of the Coordinator, Kum Henry, the Divisional Officer for Bamenda II Nicholas Nkongho, parents of the kids and others.

While congratulating the children and teachers, the coordinator challenged their parents to follow the children at home during the holidays to help improve their studies.

“We make sure we have this ceremony every year to graduate the children from pre-nursery to nursery and to primary school,” Kum said.

During the ceremony, Kum also called on separatist fighters still in the bushes to drop their guns and come to the centre. He added that the Bamenda DDR centre is open to all ex-separatists to further their education or elsewhere.

“We are telling all the young people still carrying arms in the bush to drop them and come to the centre so that their children can also benefit from these opportunities,” Kum added.

Amongst the activities carried out during the graduation ceremony were singing and reading rhymes by the children, and award of certificates and prizes.

Prizes were awarded to the best in the French language, best in the English language, best in Mathematics and the overall best.

The DO of Bamenda II used the opportunity to tell ex-separatists at the centre, that the DDR is the best decision they have taken. He also challenged them to use the opportunity to help their friends who are still in the bushes to drop their arms and join them at the centre for better opportunities.

Source: Cameroon News Agency

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Public service minister tells candidates, fraudsters cannot help them pass exams

More than two thousand young Cameroonians according to Minister Joseph Le will be recruited into public service this year.

While launching the public service examinations on Wednesday, June 21, 2023, in Yaounde, the Minister of Public Service and Administrative Reforms, Joseph Le, urged candidates seating in for the competitive entrance exams to stay away from fraudsters brandishing themselves as middlemen capable of helping them pass the exams.

During the press briefing, the minister announced that 2,235 youths will be recruited into the public service in the 2023 financial year and an additional 450 professionals hoping to have career upgrades.

Minister Le, stated that “I urge you to be more vigilant, so as not to give in, to merchants of illusion who vainly promise you success in exchange for money. It’s a pure scam, so don’t give in, to them,”

” You can even denounce them, by contacting MINFOPRA’s anti-corruption unit,” the minister continued

According to him, the examinations and other processes involved in the recruitment process will be extremely strict and transparent with no room for any manipulations.

Source: Cameroon News Agency

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After weeks of closure, D.O unseals shops in Mbengwi

There is joy and excitement in Mbengwi, Momo Division after the Dividioanl Officer unsealed all shops and business premises he placed seals on about a month ago.

D.O Ngidah Lawrence came out Friday, June 23, 2023, together with Pastors and the Mayor of Mbengwi, and removed all the seals.

The Administrative Officer warned the population that any business person who continues to respect Monday ghost towns will have their shops sealed forever. He has vowed to eradicate ghost towns in the area.

Since January 9, 2017, separatists in Cameroon instituted a civil disobedience ghost town, observed every Monday in the two Anglophone regions. On many occasions, they had to reinforce the ghost town by invading markets and banks, to compel them to respect the order. in Some cases, the structures are set on fire. This is the main reason why shopowners prefer to respect ghost towns than get their shops burned.

Source: Cameroon News Agency

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13th Widows Day: Cameroonian widows feeling heat in hands of husband’s family

Statistics from the United Nations, indicate that more than 258 million widows around the world are left unseen, unsupported, and unmeasured in our societies.

These women whose life partners lost their lives in one way or the other are celebrated every June 23. International Widows Day this year is the 13th edition and is being observed in Cameroon under the theme “Psychological and Economic Empowerment of Widows”.

Widows, particularly in Cameroon often experience discrimination, social isolation, and economic hardship following the death of their husbands. They may face obstacles in inheriting property, accessing education and healthcare, and participating in the workforce and many widows and their children are trapped in a cycle of poverty, vulnerability, and marginalization.

“My husband passed away 2 years ago and since then it’s been a nightmare for me. He left me with 4 children. I really suffer sending them to school. He was a carpenter and his goods were all taken by his brothers because the family says we had not completed the traditional wedding procedures” a widow, Cecilia told CNA during a discussion in Mbouda town.

This is just one of the thousands of cases many widows undergo in our societies. The Ministry of Women’s Empowerment and the Family has undertaken some measures to improve the living standards of widows.

” First of all, widows fall under the category of vulnerable persons in Cameroon and when they lose their husbands, they are doubly affected. The Ministry of Women Empowerment and the Family has resources to help them in psycho-social assistance, and capacity building so that they set up their own businesses” declared Mrs. Motso Francisca, Director in charge of the promotion and protection of families and children’s rights at the Ministry of Women Empowerment and the Family.

Most of these women in many cultures especially in the grass field, when they lose their husbands, undergo some traditional rites which expose them to health risks. Some are left to sit on the floor, shave their hair and mourn for weeks. They spend at least a year, dressed in black. Some widows are even inherited as properties by their in-laws and even children.

Practices that are not done when men lose their wives, defenders decry.

International Widows Day is marked to raise awareness about the plight of widows worldwide and to advocate for their rights and well-being. The day serves as a reminder of the challenges faced by widows and the need to address their unique social, economic, and legal issues.

Source: Cameroon News Agency