Regional Director of UN Women for West and Central Africa, Mr. HOUINATO Maxime, visits Cameroon from 5th to 9th June 2024 – UN WOMEN

The Regional Director of UN Women for East, South, West, and Central Africa; Mr. Maxime Houinato, was on a working visit to Cameroon from 5th to 9th June 2024. This visit, which coincided with his maiden tour after he was recently appointed to this role was geared at: 

Firstly, building and strengthening strategic alliances with key national actors involved in the promotion of gender equality and women's empowerment; and, 

Secondly, providing sustained support for the UN Women Office's internal and external activities in Cameroon, particularly in the context marked by the humanitarian situation.

This tour also sought to revitalize the collaboration between civil society organizations local authorities and government institutions and the United Nations System, in a bid to find practical ways to uphold women's and girls' rights in Cameroon.

The inauguration of the Gender Equality Resource Center, the formal launch of the Japan Supplementary Budget Project, the delivery of kits to internally displaced people in Bafia, and audiences with strategic partners, most notably the Minister of External Relations, Mr. Lejeune Mbella Mbella, and the Minister of Women's Empowerment and the Family, Professor Marie Thérèse Abena Ondoua, were major highlights of the tour.