Armenian Association of Women with University Education (AAWUE)
Armenia has 85 members.
At the national level, the group is one of the most active, with an excellent leadership training program for women and peace promotion projects. The promotion of CEDAW is one of their priorities.
The group was the lead drafter of the excellent shadow report submitted to the last CEDAW review for their country.
Cameroon Association of University Women
(CAMAUW)
Cameroon has 105 members.
Health Rights
The situation of Mbororo women is one of major concern as illiteracy runs as high as 97%. During their productive life, Mbororo women are either permanently gestating or lactating, consequently depending on the men for survival.
CAMAUW members are working with a selected group of Mbororo women leaders to promote women's and girls' sexual/reproductive health rights providing answers to questions they have been too frightened to ask on subjects that they have been prevented from discussing.
Longer term goals include a reduced birth rate, more girl-child education, higher levels of literacy, and a sensitized and less marginalised community.
Partnering for the Future
How much is a movie?
How much is the dinner check on an evening out?
How much do we spend on a weekend escape?
Even in a recession, we in the USA are fortunate.
Many in the world are not - many IFUW members cannot even pay their dues to IFUW and are in danger of losing a voice in working for the improvement and support of women and their issues.
Not only will they lose their voices, but we will lose a conduit to programs in their countries.
We can help!
You Did It!!!
We raised over $2800 through the Partnership Campaign to support the NFA’s of Armenia and Cameroon.
The board voted at their December 2010 meeting to cover two years of past dues for both countries.
This will make it possible for their organizations to continue to be a part of the International Federation of University Women.
We look forward to working with women in both of these countries in the coming months.
Thank you to everyone who gave to the campaign.
UPDATE:
BRPID Promoting Women's Reproductive Health in Cameroon
The Cameroon Association (CAMAUW) was one of the groups to receive a Bina Roy Partners in Development (BRPID) grant for 2009/2010 for Reproductive Health Education in the community of Mbororo. The project is showing excellent results.
The Association first had to convince community leaders of the need for this training and then offered sessions to a small number of mature women to show them what was involved. Following this sensitization, young girls and women of active reproductive ages (14-22) were allowed to take part.
Since the sessions began there has been an increase in attendance for routine monthly antenatal clinics and more of the Mbororo women are taking their children for vaccination especially during vaccination campaign periods.
There are indications from the local markets that more fruits and vegetables are being purchased especially during feast periods; before the diet consisted of ground maize and beef. It is too early to assess the impact on family planning, particularly gaps between children, but the signs are promising. The next BRPID competition opens in January 2011. - From the CAMAUW BRPID Report
UPDATE
Thank you from Armenia
"I and my colleagues deeply appreciate your support, and would like to thank you for covering our membership dues for the years 2008-2009.
Thanks to your support we were able not only to continue our work as a part of the International Federation of University Women but also to feel a community of goals and objectives of our organizations in the context of international movement of university women.
We would be very glad to extend our cooperation with you in the future ... please find brief information on activities implemented by the Association during the 15 years of its work in Armenia."
Jemma Hasratyan
President of Armenian Association
of Women with University Education
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