PSEA: CCMN MEMBERS TAKE LESSONS.

Some members of the Cameroon Community Media Network CCMN, have rounded up a two-day capacity building workshop on the concept of Protection against Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, PSEA.

The training which brought onboard Civil Society Organizations CSOs, and government stakeholders involved in PSEA, was organized by Society for the Promotion of Initiative for Sustainable Develipment and Welfare SOPISDEW, a local NGO.

The project dubbed Enhancing Communities Communication on Protection against Sexual Exploitation and Abuse ECC-PSEA has CCMN as technical partner, and shall in the next couple of weeks produce and disseminate media content to curb sexual violence in the NW/SW communities.

This project is aimed amid growing concerns, to promote effective and principled humanitarian action through civil society and community based initiatives within the context of the NW-SW crisis.

During the workshop, the lead resource person and National Coordinator of the Cameroon Community Media Network CCMN, Rosaline Obah, engaged the stakeholders on a media mapping strategy on how the project will be implemented via a push from the media represented in the project by the CCMN.

Speaking to the press after the workshop, the coordinator of the CUEPD Mr Agbor, who heads this leading coordinating unit for Persons Living with Disabilities ( PWDs) for the South West Region, expressed his interest to collaborate in ensuring the development and dissemination of inclusive communication and outreach materials on PSEA targeting vulnerable groups such as PWDs.

It should be noted that PWDs and women are the most exposed persons to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse under any situation of an escalated conflict.

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