Cameroon
Founded: 2020
Women in Global Health Cameroon was initially founded by Dr Nicole Fouda Mbarga with the support of Professor Rose Leke and some mentors from the Higher Women Consortiumm, as well as Professor Yap Boum II. The movement was officially launched in Cameroon at the International Conference on Public Health Emergencies organized by the Ministry of Health. WGH Cameroon is a non-profit association which aims to promote female leadership, particularly in the field of health.
Our aims
Our vision: Gender equality in health leadership in Cameroon.
Our mission: Improve national parity in the health sector in Cameroon through transformative gender leadership and using advocacy, training, education, research, policy recommendations, networking events and mentoring opportunities.
Our overall goal: To contribute to the creation of enabling environments for gender transformative leadership in global health and to sustain the empowerment of women and girls in Cameroon.
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Our work
- Digital campaign on COVID-19 communication: In collaboration with the Access challenge, WGH Cameroon launched a digital campaign to raise awareness on COVID-19 in Cameroon.
- COVID-19 Sheroes: Acknowledging women front-liners in Cameroon to support and encourage them. This campaign is ongoing but will soon end. We aim to produce a large poster of female front-liners.
- Our Pink campaign was conducted in October to raise awareness about breast cancer.
Our leaders
WGH Cameroon is hosted by HIGHER Women.
Our leadership team:
- President: Dr Nicole Fouda Mbarga
- Vice-president: Dr Bilounga Chanceline
- Secretary General: Mrs Tchoula Corine
- Treasure: Mrs Bou’ou Ava Rose Nadege Manguelle
- Program manager 1 & 2: Mrs Etekie Lucrece and Mrs Ngo Bibaa Omam Lundi Anne
- Public relations officer: Mrs Menima Alima Juliette
- Financial secretary: Mrs Astadjam Dairou
- Grant Manager: Mrs Mike Christelle Nancy Diane
