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AUTHOR SECOND FROM RIGHT POSE WITH FRIENDS AT LAUNCH The print media landscape in Cameroon has been blessed with yet another publication that treats predominantly women issues. “Women on the Move”, a profile magazine aimed at presenting women who have succeeded in life in other to break myths amongst women and encourage them to venture in all kinds of societal carriers was officially launched in Bamenda on June 3, 2017. The magazine which is an initiative of Linda Ngobessing Neh, journalist and ace crusader for more women in politics, gender issues and the need to bridge the gap between women and men in decision making and white collar jobs, captures women who have made it to the top in areas such as banking, magistracy, judiciary, education and administration. The magazine gives successful women a platform to tell their stories through guided interviews. According to the publisher, it is her intention to motivate other women who are still to come to reality that woman can

OMO TABLETS AWAITING TRANSFORMATION Dream Reformation Association Cameroon, a not for profit making organization in Bamenda has economically empowered some 150 women in the region with knowledge on Omo production, a liquid and solid detergent that plays an important role in home cleaning, in and out laundry of all categories. This follows a one month project that saw Dream reformation team and volunteers training women groups in Bamenda,Ndonga-Mantung and Boyo divisions last April. According to the director of dream reformation, Jam Divine Chiafikeh, empowering a woman with skills and knowledge on how to generate income independently can sustain homes and bring about financial independence to many women, especially those in the divisions who depend daily on stipends from their husbands for their upkeep and in running the home.”we decided to embark on this giant project to train women in the production of Omo because through focused group discursions and a survey our research te