UN Women championed Interactive sessions in prelude to 2024 women’s day celebration - UN WOMEN

UN Women organized a series of interactive session to grace the 2024 International Women’s Day in March under the theme "Invest in women: accelerate progress”. These interactive events organised both at its Bastos premises and at the University of Yaounde 1, focused mainly on experiences sharing as well as presentations by different agencies on gender equality and women’s economic empowerment in Cameroon. These interactions, which constituted the framework for knowledge, consultation and multi-stakeholder engagement, enabled female leaders (academic, economic and political) to reflect and share experiences on socio-professional, economic and political issues relating to the condition of Cameroonian women and girls. Moreover, it was a forum for proper analysis of the forms and foundations of women's vulnerability, and highlight barriers and opportunities linked to women's empowerment, a prerequisite for achieving the goal of equality and sustainable equity set out in SDG5. Ms. Marie-Pierre Raky Chaupin, Country Representative of UN Women Cameroon, made a presentation on: "Human rights in relation to the situation of women: state of play and global perspectives".