On September 6, 2025, a visit was conducted to the St. Arnile Marie Handicap/Orphanage Center to support 100 pupils as part of the AWEC Back to School Campaign. Essential didactic materials, including books, pens, pencils, rulers, and erasers, were distributed to empower the children for their educational journey. The event was marked by the presence […]
“Empowering Communities for Climate Resilience and Social Justice! We are thrilled to share the completion of our 6 months project themed: “Empowering Communities for Climate Resilience and Social Justice” in Mabanda, Douala! From July to December 2024, the Association for Women Empowerment Cameroon (AWEC) worked closely with the Mabanda community to build their capacity to […]
“Rebuilding After the Abuse” As part of the 2024 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, Association for women Empowerment Cameroon-AWEC in collaboration with Mother Of Hope Cameroon – Mohcam carried out sensitization activities in several schools in Douala including: @CEGETCollege @NguessonCharlesCollege @DivineVisionNurseryAndPrimarySchool We discussed critical topics such as toxic masculinity and school-related GBV, empowering […]
International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2025 theme is: ” Unpacking STEM: Her Voice in Science “. This day is intended to recognise the significant achievements and contributions of women and girls in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The commemoration also marks the importance of gender equality and the empowerment of women […]
AWEC’s Community Sensitization Campaign for International Women’s Day 2025 Association for Women Empowerment Cameroon-AWEC joins the international community to commemorate the 40th Edition Of the International Women’s Day! The campaign highlighted six essential messages: Equal Rights, Equal Opportunities, Equal Power, Zero Discrimination, Zero Violence, and Peace and Security. The AWEC team emphasized their commitment to […]
For ALL Women and Girls: The Beijing+30 Action Agenda: UN Women has organized a high-level side event to mark the global launch of the Beijing+30 Action Agenda. Description The proposed Beijing+30 Action Agenda aimed to achieve the following for ALL women and girls: 1-A digital revolution 2-Freedom from poverty 3-Zero violence 4-Full and equal decision-making […]
The UN Secretary-General speaking at the #SGTownhall meeting. “In these days of danger, civil society is the driver that makes a difference, and we proudly stand in United Nations with all those women’s rights defenders around the world: demanding equality, demanding your rights, ensuring that women and girls are heard, and holding leaders to their […]
One of today’s side events was on the theme: Reflections and Resolve: Civil Society Pathways to Push Forward for Gender Equality. The side-event offered an invaluable opportunity to unite civil society voices across the regions, including Generation Equality stakeholders, harness shared experiences, ite civil society voices across the regions, including Generation Equality stakeholders, harness shared […]
Today, on this 55th anniversary of World Earth Day – April 22, 2025 – we at AWEC join the global call under the powerful theme: “Our Power, Our Planet.” Let’s renew our unwavering commitment to protecting the precious environment that sustains us all, with a strong emphasis on achieving a double increase in renewable energy […]
Empowering Tomorrow: Youth, Biodiversity, and the Call to Action Once upon a time—not long ago—the global community woke up to a shared realization: our planet’s incredible variety of life was vanishing. Forests were shrinking, coral reefs were bleaching, and species that once roamed freely now faced extinction. In response, the world came together in 1992 […]
