North-West Region News
April
09th
2016
Inauguration of FIDA NW Branch
The launching was done under the distinguished patronage of the Governor of the North West Region, Adolphe LELE LAFRIQUE.
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The International Federation of Women Lawyer (FIDA) has done a grand launching of their North West branch under the theme "Women's rights and sustainable Development in the North West Region". The launching was done under the distinguished patronage of the Governor of the North West Region, Adolphe LELE LAFRIQUE at the Congress Hall, Commercial Avenue.
During the occasion, some 10 executive members of FIDA Bamenda were installed into their various functions by the National President of FIDA Cameroon. Governor LELE LAFRIQUE congratulated the newly installed bureau and urged them to work alongside the social and security sectors of the country to promote, protect and preserve the right of the North-West women and the girl child. He added that the fact that women are the ones championing this cause is important because the woman is a principal actor for the realization of the Millennium Goals and of the 2035 vision for an emergent Cameroon and that the state has ratified several instruments touching on the rights of women. He cited examples of the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and the Protocol to the African Charter on the Rights of Women in Africa (MAPUTO Protocol).
Talking of human rights, Governor LELE LAFRIQUE agreed to partnership with FIDA such that it could foster government's efforts towards guaranteeing and protecting human rights in general and women's rights in particular.
Taking the floor, the Regional Delegate for Women Empowerment and the Family for the North-West Region, Mrs Judy NGWEH ABONG, also present at the inauguration ceremony, pointed out that the objectives of FIDA works in line with the mission of the Ministry of Women's Empowerment and the Family, to ensure that women's right as are respected ion society, advocated for the elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against women.
Among the VIPs at the occasion was the founding President of FIDA Cameroon, who was recognized and graced for her relentless efforts in keeping the federation standing and progressing, while facing all the huddles that a women’s federation could face in a male chauvinistic society.
After the official declaration of the inauguration of FIDA NW Branch by Governor LELE LAFRIQUE, family pictures were taken with him.