Empowerment of women and girls groups in rural Cameroon

This project aims to reduce poverty by strengthening economic rights of women and young girls in Cameroon. It is part of the 2021 to 2026 5-year plan developed by the local partner Afrique Future Cameroun which emphasizes rights and income-generating activities. This seeks to allow women to provide answers to the real needs of their living environment. Project activities include: (1) supporting the 5-year plan through a component focused on the financial autonomy of women and young girls. This autonomy is achieved through individual and collective production the development of markets for commercialization and a rights based component. These concern in particular their rights to physical health land rights and the right to literacy and numeracy; and (2) reaching directly 565 women and young girls 100 leaders among men and young men and about 20 men who are traditional authorities. It also intends to reach 30 men and 20 women representatives of state structures and indirectly family members and populations of 19 localities of at least 3 000 people.

The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) strengthening technical capacities for environmentally-friendly and health-friendly agricultural production. It also covers the marketing of the targeted products; and (2) strengthening the quality of commercial production on local and regional markets in the Nyong and Kellé departments; and (3) strengthening the rights of women and girls from 26 groups within local support structures. This strengthening also involves awareness-raising and training on women's and girls' rights.