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British High Commission engages in the fight against sexual violence.
British High Commission engages in the fight against sexual violence
By Fonban Emmanuel.
British High Commissioner and Pauline Irene Nguene of MINAS
The British High Commissioner to Cameroon, H.E Rowan Laxton, on Tuesday, 26 November 2019, organised an orange evening at his Residence in Cameroon’s capital, Yaounde.
The Orange Evening flashed light on sexual violence with a ray targeting Gender-Based Violence and Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative. The special event saw the presence of high-profile dignitaries from national and international establishments, notably, The Minister of Social Affairs, H.E Pauline Irene Nguene; The German Ambassador to Cameroon, H.E Dr.Hans-Dieter Stell; U.S Ambassador to Cameroon, H.E Peter Henry Balerin; the Director of UN Women, and heads of Civil Society and Non-Governmental Organisations.
The Orange Evening is an initiative by the British High Commission in Cameroon to commemorate the 16Days of Activism initiated in 1991 by activists and coordinated annually by the Center for Women’s Global Leadership.
“I was very pleased to see everybody come together to shine the spotlight on a topic which is a big problem across the world and also a big problem in Cameroon. It is a problem we have to work together to confront by raising awareness, by approving the legislation, by providing social and psychological support to victims and survivors”, said H.E Rowan Laxton, the British High Commissioner to Cameroon, as he spoke to the microphone of THE ASTUTE INK.
Speaking at the ceremony, the Minister of Social Affairs applauded the initiative and said the government of Cameroon was engaged in the topic.
Three films from Liberia, Democratic Republic of Congo and Cameroon were projected and worth noting was the Liberian film titled TUTU which narrated the story of a young girl who lost her parents in war and later became a victim of domestic violence and sexual abuse. It also spotted the measures used by the victim to hand the perpetrator to the forces of law and order.
The Director of UN Women elaborated on the topic, highlighting efforts made while calling for more hands to be engaged in the fight.
The initiative was therefore a springboard to add momentum to the existing efforts such that an improved output could be achieved to terminate the social ill within the earliest time possible.