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The Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Africa CHRDA, organized a workshop over the weekend to train youths, women and men as community educators in combating Gender Based Violence GBV using the SASA methodology. Gender Based Violence remains prevalent in different parts of Cameroon caused by socio-cultural norms that supports violent behaviors, practices, attitudes with the ongoing armed conflict in the North West which has made matters worse.     The capacity building  which is a follow up of  CHRDA's  project since  2020 aimed at  ending violence against women and girls in the North West and South West regions of Cameroon, saw presentations on sexual reproductive health Rights, GBV case Management, SASA Methodology and the role of Community Peer Educators. What really caught the attention of the founder and Executive Director of CESCOMPSUD, Rosaline Obah and volunteers who were in attendance  was the strategy  used by CHRDA to mobilize, strengthen knowledge and

Members of the YAWC Network Cameroon Chapter benefited from a trauma healing and psycho-social support session recently. The virtual session was aimed at giving YAWC members the opportunity to re-examine their lives and learn new self-care skills as well as learning how to manage stress in a crisis context. With the different crisis faced by the country coupled with the Covid-19 pandemic that has greatly affected Cameroon, women and girls remain the most vulnerable group, as a result, the session was also   to enable them to be resilient   as well as support others in the same condition and more.   In her opening address, the YAWC Network chapter president Rosaline Obah thanked members for taking part in the workshop. She said such a workshop will enable them to be useful to their community, adding that it was important that women gain new skills on self-care and stress management. The Trauma healing and psychosocial expert Ainebyoona Sharlotte Kigezo from #defyhatenow, took time

Over 26 media men and women have been trained by Women in Alternative Action (W.A.A) Cameroon, on the role of the media in peace building and conflict, ethical and responsible reporting, which will ensure peace and safety. The training that took place at the Catholic Women Immaculate Conception Home Finance junction, on May 6th 2021, aimed at equipping media personnel, with skills on humanitarian reporting which will go a long way to build peace in the region. According to the facilitator of the day Madam Rosaline Obah, a journalist's pen has so much power and whatever is reported, will either go a long way to incite hate, violence or build a peaceful society. Therefore, the duties and responsibility of a journalist, is to  report fairly, report the  background of the conflict and its causes, present the human side of the story and also  report on peace efforts being made and not only dwell on the negative angle. economictimes.indiatimes.com Afterwards, the facilitator walked