2019 Elections: More Women Representation Recommended

Government, civil society and political parties are taking up actions and commitments to ensure that the number of women increase in councils and National Assembly.

As the time for the holding of the council and legislative elections scheduled for 2019 draws nearer, key political actors in Cameroon are multiplying efforts and measures to ensure the better representation of women in the various institutions. Government through the Ministry of Women’s Empowerment and the Family has intensified political empowerment and advocacy actions started in 2012.

The concrete manifestation of government and its development partner, UN Women came to the limelight on January 22, 2019. Minister Marie Thérèse Abena Ondoa Obama in the presence of other partners, as well as representatives civil society organisations in a ceremony at the auditorium of the Yaounde City Council presented copies of the revised edition of the Political Education Manual for Women in Cameroon and the National Action Plan for the Support of Women’s Participation in Decision-making in Cameroon.

She said the Political Education Manual for Women in Cameroon is a didactic tool that has been formulated for women who are engaged in to politics or who are interested by politics. Minister Abena Ondoa specified that, “It is intended for all the women, because, politics should not be seen by the latter as a male domain.” The Minister said the National Plan of Action for the Support to Women’s Participation in Decision making in Cameroon is a document drafted according to a participative approach just like the first document.

The plan of action is made up of a context analysis, a matrix that outlines detailed activities to be carried out, strategies to implement, actions to undertake, expected results, results indicators, sta keholders and costs. After the presentation of the political training manual in Yaounde, the document has to be popularised in the 10 Regions of Cameroon by Regional Delegates of the Minist...

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