About Wfac

Founded in 2009 as a feminist advocacy organization working with, and for women’s Sexual & Reproductive Health Rights, Leadership & Development.

Vision

To see a society where women and girls sexual and reproductive health and rights are respected, promoted and protected.

Mission

Wfac’s works is anchored around advancing women and girls SRHR through advocacy, campaigns, and training.

Milestones

The Journey...

  • Connected 10 young WHRD to donors and partners.
  • Led the 1st GenEgaliteECCAS delegation to CSW66 & COP27 and other major international events
  • Mentored and Coach WHRDs and movement actors
  • Supported and hosted the GenEgaliteECCAS feminist movement;
  • Provided strategic guidance and Mentorship to the adolescent movement Mifali;
  • Accredited with the UN ECOSOC status;
  • Served as an advisory member in the organizing of GEF Mexico and Paris;
  • Served as a member of the Global NGOCSW planning committee for upcoming CSWs
  • Created space for grassroots communities and voices to participate and actively engage and shape global debates and policies.

  • Convene one of the 1st and largest campaigns leading to Generation Equality Forums in 2021,
  • Co-create the GenEgaliteECCAS movement across 10 ECCAS and CEMAC region,
  • Support young feminists organizations and individuals with capacity leadership and resource mobilization skills,
  • Strengthened Wfac institutionally

 

  • Elected the 1st adolescent girl as Wfac Board Member
  • Trained and build a cohort of 100 girls feminist with deeper knowledge, understanding and skills in shaping global policies and programs.                   
  • Supported the participation of 5 adolescent girls in regional meetings such as the Beijing25 Regional Review in Addis, Ethiopia and ICPD25 Nairobi Summit in Kenya.
  • Supported and empowered 1000 adolescents with valuable information and education around gender, sexuality and health services and facilities.
  • Led and amplified voices of women and girls across central African region in the Beijing+25 process, including the Generation Equality Action Coalition campaign as well facilitated intergenerational learning, exchange and networking between hundreds of thousands of adolescents and tens of thousands of young women and women and allies of women’s rights.

 

 

  • Provided strategic support to the Ministry of Women’s Empowerment and the Family (Minproff) on the CSW62.
  • Hosted the 1st National Pre-Commission of the Status of Women Convening
  •  Provided consultancy to United Nations Systems on the Implementation of the O3 Program in/out of schools.
  • Trained over 100 young women living in rural communities on public policy ahead of the Presidential Elections.
  • Initiated participatory interaction between presidential candidates and citizens especially women leaders.

 

  • Adopted the African Feminist Charter as a guiding principle for Wfac’s movement-building actions.
  • Wfac gender, Sexuality/Society and Health Education (gShe) program expanded to 4 of the 10 regions of Cameroon.
  • Launch of Feminist Assembly and Established the Annual Feminist Assembly (now known as FemDialogue Afrika).
  • Hosted the 1st CS0s Meeting on the Implementation and evaluation of the Demographic Dividend in Cameroon. Adopted of the CSOs Outcome on the Demographic Dividend into the National Demographic Dividend Roadmap.
  • Launch of the online campaigns #SexEdChatCMR
  • Saved some 10 women and adolescent girls live diagnosed from cervical cancer and immediately referrals to hospitals for treatments across villages in Cameroon.
  • Nominated as national coordinator for the Global Action2015 Campaign on the Post-2015 sustainable development agenda.
  • Throughout the whole year, Mobilised over 100,000 persons from over 100 civil societies in the national campaign for action 2015 pressuring world leaders’ commitment to a sustainable future.
  • Launched Wfac CSE (now called gShe) program in/out of schools
  • Attended the 47th Session of the Commission on Population and Development (CPD) in New York, bringing voices and perspectives at the UN
  • Organized the 1st SRHR advocacy training bringing together 20 youth leaders
  • Led “Stop Street Harassment” Campaign against women and girls by security officers both on university campuses and street. The campaign sparked public conversations and brought attention to the systemic injustices women and girls continue to face in their daily lives. Especially as girls were being sent out of class for wearing colour lipstick, eyelashes and/or trousers.
  • Organized 1st Capacity development training with adolescent girls designed to enable adolescent girls and boys to learn, talk and gain an in-depth understanding about gender inequalities, violence against women and girls – with a specific focus on sexual and street harassment
  • Led the “Justice for Tole Tea Workers” campaign that sought to call on government to intervene and pay the overdue severance of the ex- workers
  • Amplified the untold personal and unique social change stories of some 100 great grandmothers in the form of art through the Make Mama Visible project
  • Co-organized the “Female Condom” sensitization campaign, estimated to have reached out and empowered over 1000 women across 10 grassroots communities on the right usage of female condoms and its benefits.
  • After several months of internal conversation, the 1st team of Wfac was formally formed. All volunteers and young women
  • Begun “Campaign on Safe Sex” first sensitization outreach organized; estimated to have reached out to over 100 university students as well as training of 25 association leaders.
  • Solidarity Visit to HOTPEC orphanage
  • Launched the “Women Under 30” program to amplify the transformative work of women under 30s across Cameroon and Africa.

 

  • November 26th  Transforming an idea into reality – Launch of Wfac with 1st workshop on    safer World for Women and Girls