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Edited for MNews by Martial Gnoukapasi   SOGOC officials The Society of Gynecologists and Obstetricians of Cameroon, SOGOC, and its media partners, during a webinar on February 6, discussed the Livingstone Abortion Charter. Media partners reiterated their commitment to accompany SOGOC in their drive to ensure safe abortion for deserving women. They brainstormed and developed story ideas for articles in line with the charter, especially about safe abortion care. Here is what you need to know about the Livingstone Safe Abortion Care Charter: The Livingstone Safe Abortion Care Charter, enacted on January 18, 2023, is a document that aims to protect and advocate for women’s reproductive rights to safe abortion services. Cameroon: SOGOC is a signatory to this charter, as are signed societies from Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Rwanda, Uganda, and Zambia. The seven key points about the charter are: Strengthen access to safe abortion care thro...

By Martial Gnoukapasi Street walk around the Nkoleton neighborhood educating the population on gender based violence The Society of Gynaecologists and Obstetricians Of Cameroon, better known by it’s acronym SOGOC, under it’s Advocacy for Comprehensive Abortion Care Project(ACAC), is at the forefront of this year’s activities aim at curbing the rate of violence perpetrated on women and young girls. The institution which launched this 2023 edition of “16 Days Activism against Gender Based Violence” under the global theme “ Invest to Prevent Violence against Women and Girls” at it’s head office in Yaounde, says violence against women and girls remains one of the most prevalent and pervasive human rights violations in the world. The launching ceremony of Thursday November 23 rd saw members of the Advocacy for Comprehensive Abortion Care Project network, the Media and members of SOGOC’s National Executive, embarking on a sensitization walk around the Nkoleton neighborhood, educating th...

By Martial Gnoukapasi winners of the Contest The winners of the #IAmSafe contest organized by the Society of Gynaecologists and Obstetricians Cameroon SOGOC in partnership with International Federation of Gynaecologist and Obstetricians FIGO have been made known.  The contest launched alongside the campaign that kicked off on August 3, 2023 received 11 entries from young journalists, artists and activist.  According to a release from SOGOC, the entries were based on originality, creativity, content, style and quality on a total score of 100.  The winners have been named as follows:    1st Position: Penboy Official with a total score of 72/100.   https:// drive.google.com/file/d/1oBc-Opzifb9QRFSYRUGd2bprOSKRL6r6/view?usp=drive_link 2ndPosition - Nformi Steve who recorded 71/100.  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1z8PU7uSLavWfBT0DRH6zW36TI44cPPmK/view?usp=drive_link 3rd position: Ndi Giyo with a score of 64/100   https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YOW0mSPFcEuNvP0ioIzcYRSz4zltFIYr/editu...

Published by Martial Gnoukapasi for MNews The Society of Gynaecologists and Obstetricians of Cameroon SOGOC in partnership with the International Federation of Gynaecologist and Obstetricians FIGO,  is launching a Safe Abortion Access campaign for eligible cases within the context of the Cameroonian law (i.e the Penal code)  dubbed “ I AM SAFE CAMPAIGN” that will run from August 1 to October 30, 2023. The contest is holding within the context of the Advocacy for Comprehensive Abortion Care ACAC project running for 5 th years and counting now. The objectives of the contest are: - To have at least 20000 persons reached and sensitized on the dangers of unsafe abortion.  -To have at least 20000 people, especially women and girls informed about the various stakeholders involved in the provision of safe abortion services in Cameroon. -To increase awareness on the impact of unsafe and safe abortion services in Cameroon to over 20 000 persons as per the penal code. -To educate the...

By Martial Gnoukapasi L-R: Dr Isidore, Dr Abiodun, Dr Mofor At Doctor Abiodun's Raynbow Naturopathic Research Herbal Clinic - Finance junction, he tells us that the inscription ' a.k.a Flusher' on the signpost had and is still being misinterpreted by some young girls and women, who, not until after visiting the institution, are of the impression that the clinic also specializes in terminating pregnancy, which is not the case. He explained to MNews237 that, though he hasn't been approached by anyone for abortion this year, there were times before that a month won't go by without at least two or three young girls showing up to him for abortion. " It use to be uncountable when i started practice, but as the years went by it dropped drastically to 2-3 a month. Back then, when we received cases of young girls or women wanting to get rid of unwanted pregnancies, what we did which we still put into practice now, is try to counsel and advise them against it, remindin...