WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY

WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY

Women and youth speak out for peace campaign

 

  1. Campaign Overview

Tailored to Cameroon’s socio-political landscape, the “Women and Youth Speak out for Peace” Campaign aims to mobilize women and youth across the country to advocate and act for peace, justice, social cohesion, and inclusive governance throughout the electoral period. The campaign brings together women, girls, boys, and men from across Cameroon and beyond to raise their voices for justice and peace.

As part of the campaign, national and international Peace and Human rights activists will share powerful messages through radio, television, newspapers, social media, and mobile platforms. Their stories of everyday peacebuilding will promote awareness of UN Security Council Resolutions 1325 (Women, Peace and Security) and 2250 (Youth, Peace and Security), showing that peace is not just a goal but a daily practice.

   2. General Objective

To mobilize and empower women and youth to speak out, take action, and become key agents of peace and justice in Cameroon during the electoral period.

   3. Target Audience

Women and youth from diverse regions and backgrounds, including rural, peri-urban, and urban communities across Cameroon.

   4. Key Strategies

  • Community engagement: Organize dialogues, workshops, and focus groups that bring women and youth together to build trust and create local peace strategies.
  • Media and communication: Disseminate peace messages through local radio, television, social media, SMS, and WhatsApp campaigns. Promote stories of courage and reconciliation.
  • Cultural expression: Use music, dance, poetry, and theater to communicate peace messages and foster unity across communities.
  • Partnerships: Collaborate with grassroots organizations, influencers, traditional leaders, and faith-based actors to extend the campaign’s reach.

   5. Key Messages

  • Peace is Possible: Let’s Build a Better Cameroon
  • Women and Youth: United for Peace and Change
  • Together, We Can Create a Peaceful Cameroon
  • Peace Takes Action, Not Just Words   

   6. Suggested Activities

  • Community meetings featuring community leaders, partners, and campaign ambassadors
  • Sessions of community peace dialogues in targeted communities to foster reconciliation and collective solutions
  • Peace action days, youth-led street campaigns, peace murals, music festivals, and symbolic marches
  • Digital campaigns, weekly storytelling and awareness posts across platforms with visuals, testimonials, and peace quotes.
  1. Organizing partners

The Campaign is organized by WILPF Cameroon in partnership with Target Peace. It involves regional partner organizations members of the Women’s Situation Room, including:

  • Action de Solidarité pour les Droits Humains et la Démocratie (ASDHD)
  • Association pour la promotion de la lutte contre les violences faites aux femmes et la participation au développement de la Femme africaine (LUCOVIFA)
  • Cameroon for a World BEYOND War (CWBW)
  • Centre International Bilingue d’Accueil et d’Encadrement des Enfants Vulnérables (CIBAEEVA)
  • Femmes pour la Promotion du Leadership Moral (FEPLEM)
  • Forum des femmes Autochtones du Cameroun (FFAC)
  • Ligue des Droits et Libertés (LDL)
  • Ligue des Femmes pour l’Education (Life Cameroon)
  • Women’s Peace Initiatives (WOPI)
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