YAWC Network Cameroon capacitates youths on career orientation and social development.

The YAWC Network Cameroon Chapter Focal Point Representative for the Southwest Region SWR, Joan Tambelin has trained some 126 youths across the ages of 13 to 36 on career orientation and social development.

This was thanks to a single and youth seminar organized by the Revival Gospel Ministeries at the mile 16 Community in Buea recently.

As usual the YAWC Network Cameroon Chapter gender advocate spoke extensively on the devastating effects of Gender Based violence, pinpointing rape as a case study.

Joan brings to the limelight that more than 80% of rape cases in our communities happens in the home periphery. She called on parents, siblings, neighbours as well as church leaders and pastors not to underestimate the cheap occurrences of rape cases happening under their roofs. She lamented that today, it is very common to see a father, brother as well as a neighbour or family friend who are the least of people, we could least expect to be violent perpetrators of rape.

Talking to the media, Joan cautions parents to teach their kids to be bold enough to speak out in the face of rape and not believe in the lies of perpetrators who will always come up with threats like "if u tell your mom or dad, I will kill them and kill u too," adding that such is a tool used by rapists to perpetually keep their victims mute for fear of the consequences.

she called on the youths not to adhere to psychological violence of visual and emotional pornography introduced to them by their peers.

"Rape is not a family secret as most families turn to make it look, it's a sin, and a crime called incest and its punishable by the Cameroonian law. The only way to denounce rape is by speaking up, SPEAK UP," the resource person of the day highlighted.

Thrilled by the youths who expressed a lot of satisfaction and confidence to expose any form of rape they come across; the session ended with a campaign slogan on

"NO TO RAPE."

Photo credit: @Rosaline Obah

By Rosaline Obah

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