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 […]
Day 5 at #CSW68 was a highly productive day with multiple events we took interest in such as: *Find out a way to Strengthen Empowerment of women in the Context of Conflict. *Promote Women’s Political participation for equitable and strong public institutions. *Strengthening the socio-economic Resilience of Women and young people to prevent violent extremism. […]
Day 6 at #CSW68 Linking Agendas, Bridging Silos: Comprehensive Sexual Education (CSE) and the Prevention of Gender-Based Violence. It is worth noting that CSE equips young people to navigate platforms and get knowledge to prevent GBV. Furthermore, CSE empowers young people in the face of resilience and global climate change is central. Key commitments from […]
“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 […]
