Women and children on the spot light of UN-women

On how women and children can be protected against insecurity, Elise Ziemine of Society of UN women handed, tools to police forces so that they can fulfil their missions successfully, on Monday at Mbalmayo.

According to Adama Moussa, representative of UN women in Cameroon, police forces work daily alongside base committees. Not without neglecting the work they carry out on land, she said their capacity for the protection and promotion of the rights of women and children should be strengthened.

This is what explains the holding of a training workshop for the police forces in Mbalmayo on Monday.

During the first day of the six-day conference, they handed weapons to trainers. The training Director at the general delegation of national security, the Divisional Commissioner, Thomas Assiga was the representative of DGNS at the workshop.

Speaking at the occasion, he welcomed the initiative of the UN women, because after them, 150 police officers will be trained on the recording, the conduct of investigations and the management of violence based on gender, among others.

This is aimed at the development of training modules to enhance the technical capabilities of men in this area. As explained by officials of this entity of the United Nations, women and children are usually the most vulnerable in times of armed conflict or not.

Cameroon is not yet at this point, but the instability in the Central African Republic and the war against the terrorist sect Boko Haram converged many refugees into the country. More than 250,000 Central Africans, most of who are women have been recorded in the East.

In the Far North, there are 52 858 refugees of which 53.1% are women, according to the UNHCR at the Minawao camp. The problem of protection of these women and children is priority, according to UN women. After police forces, the structure has also strengthened the capacity of civil society organizations on advocacy and monitoring of gender-sensitivity, in budgets and programs.