Akimbo » Cameroon http://blog.iwhc.org Standing Strong for a Woman's Right to a Just and Healthy Life Mon, 20 May 2013 18:19:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Clara Nkwemi http://blog.iwhc.org/2010/03/nkwemi-clara/ http://blog.iwhc.org/2010/03/nkwemi-clara/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:08:18 +0000 nkwemi clara http://blog.iwhc.org/?p=3134 I come from a rural locality where young people live in absolute ignorance. There is no information concerning safe sex practices and HIV prevention yet, and some do engage in sexual activities as early as age 14. The consequencies are early unwanted pregnancies and risky abortion practices. As we all know most organizations dueling on such issues seldom penetrate rural zones neither do we have internet and very few homes can afford television or radio. What I would do when I win the Young Visionaries contest grant, is to work with rural young (girls) people to organise informal meetings with them during which we wiill talk about these issues and all together set an agenda for the way forward which principally will be advocacy to religious and traditional leaders for sexuality education in all youth led spaces and in all events which involve young people. Together we will organize a mass campaign on sensitization education and communication on safe sex practices for the prevention of unwanted pregnancies, unsafe abortions, and HIV/STDs. This will occur during summer holidays, and will comprise of both male and female condom demonstrations. I will document case studies of the consequencies of unwanted pregnancies and unsafe abortions. To make it ongoing I will also advocate for a social bureau in our students association that will take charge of sexuality education during its cultural activities every summer holiday.

]]> http://blog.iwhc.org/2010/03/nkwemi-clara/feed/ 0 Ingrid Aude Agouak http://blog.iwhc.org/2010/03/ingrid-aude-agouak/ http://blog.iwhc.org/2010/03/ingrid-aude-agouak/#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:36:00 +0000 agouak ingrid http://blog.iwhc.org/?p=3084 I attended a session at the 4th Africa Conference on Sexual Health and Rights (AFSHR) talking about people living with disabilities and I was really touched. I realize that in Cameroon everything that is done at the level of sexual and reproductive health and rights (themes like violence against women; HIV/AIDS…), people living with disabilities are usually relegated to the backup plan, and even forgotten.

I also realize that as a peer educator myself I use to do work on sensitization in schools and youth associations but I never thought of rehabilitation centers.

Also, considering the fact that the percentage of violence against women that young women and girls living with disabilities are facing is higher than for able-bodied women and girls – the $1000 Young Visionaries contest grant, will help me to lead a special program targeting people living with disabilities and also orphans.

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