IWD 2023: WOMEN CALLED TO HELP EACH OTHERS.

Women in Menchum Division have been called to support each other in order to grow, to shun fear and take a deep reflection to significantly contribute to end the current anglophone crisis rocking the anglophone regions of Cameroon and Wum with it. The call was made during the celebration of the 38^th International Women Day, with a focus on inclusive digital world, innovation and technologies for gender equality, which highlights the role of innovative technologies in promoting gender equality and meeting the health and development needs of women and girls. Despite the fact that women can be innovators and help transform the health of all people on the continent, much still needs to be done in order to close the digital gender divide, which mainly affects vulnerable women and girls, especially those in rural and remote areas with low levels of education and low socio-economic status.

Councilor Sih Marie Zenobia,2nd Deputy Mayor of Wum Council.

The 2^nd Deputy Mayor of Wum Council, Councilor Sih Marie Zenobia, in her welcome address, reminded women of their complementary role to men so as to sustainably advance our societies. She shuns the injustices perpetrated by women on fellow women and called on them to support each other.

Divisional Delegate of Women Empowerment and the Family Menchum, Kineh Bah Edwin

Ogoh Geraldine, Women Forum President

The Divisional Delegate of Women Empowerment and the Family for Menchum, Kineh Bah Edwin and Ogoh Geraldine, President of the Women Forum, in harmony, called on the women who are in most cases, victims of the current stalemate, not to change their direction towards taking care of humanity and building peace, but to adjust their sails to always reach their destination.

Abdoullahi Aliou SDO of Menchum Division.

The Senior Divisional Officer SDO of Menchum Division, Abdoullahi Aliou, challenged the women to talk to their children to drop their guns and join the Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Center, DDR Center, and be reformed and transformed to become better people again. He also appreciated the massive turnout of women this year to observe their day.

PICTURAL OF THE IWD IN WUM MENCHUM DIVISION

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