#AFFCameroon: #defyhatenow accueille la 6e Cohorte de la Bourse pour la vérification des faits en Afrique !
Pour la sixième cohorte baptisée “Spécial Grand Nord”, 15 boursiers issus à Ngaoundéré, Garoua & Maroua chemineront pendant les trois prochains mois. 75 ! Il ne s’agit pas d’un chiffre […]
#defyhatenow Field Guide in Pidgin English
On the 8th and 9th of April,2022 members of the Association of Broadcasters in Pidgin English, a widely spoken local language in Cameroon, translated the #defyhatenow short guide (A1 Poster […]
Carole Leuwe on Fostering Women’s Participation in Peacebuilding
We had a chat with Carole LEUWE about her work and the role of women in peacebuilding. I was born in Dschang in the west region of Cameroon. I grew […]
#defyhatenow South Sudan trains over 10 community ambassadors to counter rumours for peace in Juba
#defyhatenow South Sudan through its 211 Check project in partnership with Junub Open Space’s Hagiga Wahid supported by Code for Africa concluded a two-day workshop on rumour tracking and fact-checking […]
Rashida Adong Oketcha: encourage active participation and meaningful inclusion
Rashida Adong Oketcha is the Executive Director for Women Peace Initiatives – Uganda (WOPI-U), a feminist grassroots women’s organization based in Lira city that focuses on promoting gender equality and […]
Aunty Gla- Empowering young girls to women who change their communities.
We had a talk with Yaah Gladys Shang Viban – fondly known as Aunty Gla, during International Women’s day and below is our conversation; I was born in Cameroon, and […]
“For peacebuilding, we need dialogue and cohesion”
We asked Georgette Che, a gender activist and PhD student at the University of Dschang, to talk about the role of women in peacebuilding and what has to change. “For […]
“Women are essential to preventing conflicts and sustaining peace”
Meaza Gidey Gebremedhin is a feminist from Tigray advocating for the human rights of women and girls who are enduring unspeakable suffering and weaponized conflict-related sexual violence in the war-torn […]
Martha Lingong: “Women should occupy any space that is ‘occupiable’.”
To celebrate International Women’s Day, we asked Martha Lingong, founder of the African Industrious Ladies in Cameroon, to tell us their thoughts on women’s rights and peace building. Here is […]
Rosebell Kagumire: We need systems that serve the people.
We recently talked to Rosebell Kagumire about women’s rights and peacebuilding. Rosebell is a powerful Pan-African feminist voice, as well as curator and editor of the African Feminism web platform. […]