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GIDICom challenges online users to respect rights of women online

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GIDICom challenges online users to respect rights of women online By Ngekwi Eunice GIDICom Executive Director flanked by Members Rose Akah Obah far left Ignatius Nji far right Active online users in the North West region of Cameroon end 11 days of online activism to end violence against women on the internet and online spaces as well as to discourage fake news, hate speech and misinformation. The campaign is christened #Act4peace237 under the #Defyhatenow campaign, a campaign that aims at creating public awareness on the dangers of misinformation, fake news, violence against women and hate speech in Cameroon. Very often, violators resort to creating Photoshoped images of women in nude pictures and videos which they threaten to publish them on social media for the world to see if they are not given a ransom. Global Initiative for digital Inclusion and Communication, a online and offline rights based civil society organization run by Journalist and gender activist Pedmia Shatu
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South West North West Women Task Force SNWOT Hopeful that dialogue will calm crisis

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South West North West Women Task Force SNWOT Hopeful that dialogue will calm crisis Read Below the full submission of the SNWOT to PM Dion Ngute.   SNWOT Women after meeting with PM at Star Building SNWOT women crying for peace in Bamenda    The South West North West Women Task Force SNWOT after the consultative talks with the prime minister and head of government still remains optimistic that the national dialogue is taking place to solve the crisis in the English Speaking regions of Cameroon. However, we wish to put forth the following observations: Many more Cameroonians must be given the space to voice what they want and how they think the current stalemate can be resolved. In this line, the South West North West Women Task Force SNWOT noted that the 20 days time frame to host pre-consultations ahead to a National Dialogue of this magnitude was too short.  Ø   More time should have been allowed, for consultations at all levels in order to gather the
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International humanitarian day celebration, Plan Cameroon UNOCHA battle with GZ challenges

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International humanitarian day celebration, Plan Cameroon UNOCHA battle with GZ challenges  By Ngekwi Eunice Commemorating the International Humanitarian Day in the North West and South West Regions of Cameroon last Saturday August 17 2019, specialized United Nations Agencies and their partners ranging from local civil society organizations to international Non Governmental Organizations converged at the multipurpose hall of the Mankon metropolitan Cathedral to celebrate women humanitarians as this year’s theme indicates. Celebrated at a time when the English speaking regions of the country are currently going through a humanitarian crisis that has been termed the fastest growing humanitarian crisis in Africa by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance UNOCHA  in 2018, Civil society organizations working in humanitarian concerns came out to showcase to the public and the United Nations what they have been doing. The United Nations wh
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