WFAC BUEA

News from our WFAC Cameroon coordinator Zoneziwoh.

Join WFAC Buea in congratulating Ambe Odette who is going to be awarded a BA in Gender Studies from the University of Buea.

Ambe Odette is among the first five overall best female students from the University of Buea, and the 2nd best student from the department of Womens and Gender Studies UB.

The university ceremony will take place on Friday the 11th December 2009.

Ambe Odette is the Secretary General of WFAC Buea and a she is one of the main bones behind WFAC Buea.

Congratulations from all of us Ambe Odette!

More news and images soon from WFAC Buea who launched their group on Saturday 28th November in the Alliance Franco theatre, University of Buea.

FIRST WFAC ASSOCIATE GROUPS

In 1984, a remarkable woman, Grace Louma, began a personal crusade to help the women of of a small impoverished Ugandan town, Kaabong.

This isolated township is in a severely deprived, semi-desert and warrior region of Uganda, bordering Sudan. Drought is an ever-increasing problem and HIV is rife.

However, twenty-five years on, well over 250 women are better empowered to help themselves.

They have a central office, a large orchard, a grind mill and a small industry producing craftwork. The disabled are cared for, and HIV positive women get together to stage awareness-raising dramas.

The collective, renamed ‘Aware Uganda’, is starting to expand into other areas of Karamoja and beyond.

Aware Uganda is the first organisation, along with WORD from Pakistan, to become a WFAC Associate, under the WFAC Umbrella, and Women for a Change will be helping to promote their valuable work.

Learn more about Aware Uganda here

THE WFAC CENTER

Funding WFAC

We are delighted to tell you that we have reached the next stage of the funding application to help develop the WFAC Centre and begin the pilot project in Uganda.

Chris (and the team) have been invited to Oxford, UK, on January 5th to make a short presentation to Nominet's trustees about the application.

Over the next few weeks we'll be working hard to bring together the information that they have asked to be presented with.

We will be keeping you updated.

FIRST WFAC ASSOCIATE GROUPS

WFAC Associate Group in Pakistan

Determined to promote Women's rights in Pakistan, Agsa Khan has set up a new Women's organisation which is the latest WFAC Associate group.

In June this year, a determined young Pakistani woman, Aqsa Khan, set up Women's Organisation on Rights and Development (WORD).

WORD is based in Islamabad and focuses on promoting women’s rights and gender equality by working with the Government, Civil Society Organisations, National and International organisations.

WORD’s vision is to see women and girls gain confidence, leadership capacity and participate in decision-making, to lead a life of dignity freedom from want, fear and violence.

They work with poor women, girls and excluded groups to fight poverty, discrimination and injustice through working with pro-women organizations, government and movements on women’s rights.

WORD is one of the very first WFAC Associate organisations, coming under the WFAC Umbrella. Women for a Change will be keeping you up to date with their activities and promoting their influencial work.

You can find out more about WORD here

AWARE UGANDA SUPPORTS

Safe World for Women Campaign

"Dear sisters,

We are all aware that our sisters at grassroots level and the majority of women face several dilemmas and experience unique violations and imbalances in all social, economic and political spheres.

Women's human rights and equal status continues to face formidable challenges which include but not limited inequalities indecision making, sexual violence,looming level of economic empowerment, high levels of illiteracy and inadequate health care among other.

During this 16 days of Activism we should all put pressure to our governments to create partnership and increase support for gender machineries and initiatives.

Thank you

Grace

Founder

Aware Uganda"