Balbine MANGA on Women in Peacebuilding
#defyhatenow_Cameroon had a brief chat with Barrister Balbine MANGA on the role of women in peacebuilding, and we hope you are as smitten with her as we were. Read on….
Une conversation avec Mme Sandrine Moussima
Questionnaire de #defyhatenow pour les femmes dans la construction de la paix
A conversation with Ndi Nancy Saiboh
The #defyhatenow Cameroon initiative caught up with Ms. Ndi Nancy Saiboh about her work, here is our conversation;
World Press Freedom Day 2022: Women in Media Share Experience & Network!
World Press Freedom Day 2022: Women in Media Share Experience & Network! In line with its #Women4Peace mandate, #defyhatenow in collaboration with Civic Watch organised a ladies’ afterwork with three […]
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 […]
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 […]