CAEPA Celebrates Indigenous Peoples Day 2024, In Grand Style

Caepa celebrates indeginous people’s day 2024, in grand style October 1, 2024 Minorities Holding on to this year’s theme “Protecting the rights of indigenous people in voluntary isolation and initial contact, CAEPA commemorates the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People . This time around, celebrations were taken down to Sabga, a locality in the […]

Community Agriculture and Environmental Protection Association Statement on the Just-Ended Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi, Kenya

Community Agriculture and Environmental Protection Association Statement on the Just-Ended Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi, Kenya October 1, 2024 Climate Change , Environment The Community Agriculture and Environmental Protection Association (CAEPA) commends thesuccessful conclusion of the Africa Climate Summit held in Nairobi, Kenya. This significant gatheringbrought together leaders, policymakers, scientists, and grassroots organizations from across […]

Position paper on eradicating Gender-based violence against women in Balikumbat Subdivision

Position paper on eradicating Gender-based violence against women in Balikumbat Subdivision October 1, 2024 Environment Context In a statement released in March 2020, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka – UN under-secretary-general and UN Women Executive Director – stated: “Every day, on average, 137 women are killed by a member of their own family”. Though shocking, this statement belies […]

Position paper by Women’s Rights Organisations to address gender-based violence against women during the COVID-19 lockdown and the Anglophone Crisis

Position paper by Women’s Rights Organisations to address gender-based violence against women during the COVID-19 lockdown and the Anglophone Crisis October 1, 2024 Women Context and Definitions The North West region of Cameroon had been 2017 in a state of chaos due to the Anglophone crisis which was worsened by the arrival of the COVID-19 […]

Focus group discussions of gender based violence, Bamenda III, North West Region, Cameroon

Focus group discussions of gender based violence, Bamenda III, North West Region, Cameroon October 1, 2024 Minorities , Women Context The spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the already unstable situation in the North West Region of Cameroon. Gender-based violence (GBV) such as female infanticide, forced marriage, and, most commonly, intimate partner violence (IPV) […]

Local Action Planning Workshop For Disaster Reduction For Mankon

Local Action Planning Workshop For Disaster Reduction For Mankon October 1, 2024 Minorities Recently, Views from the Frontline (VFL), a program established by the Global Network for Civil Society Organizations for Disaster Reduction (GNDR) identified Mankon as one of the risk areas of the southern zone in a survey. Right after the identification, CAEPA Cameroon […]