The Advocate Cameroon

By A Correspondent CHRDA, On 21, 2021 joins the rest of the world in commemoration of the International Day Against Racial Discrimination. The day is celebrated this year on the theme “YOUTH STANDING UP AGAINST RACISM.” It engages the public through #FightRacism, which aims to foster a global culture of tolerance, equality and anti-discrimination and calls on each and every one of us to stand up against racial prejudice and intolerant attitudes. The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is observed annually on the day the police in Sharpeville, South Africa, opened fire and killed 69 people at a peaceful demonstration against apartheid "pass laws" in 1960. In 1979, the General Assembly adopted a programme of activities to be undertaken during the second half of the Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination. On that occasion, the General Assembly decided that a week of solidarity with the peoples struggling against racism and...

 By A Correspondent Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA), Plc is set to change the face of digital banking services with its new mobile banking app aimed at delivering first-rate services to customers. The new UBA mobile banking app, has been armed with benefits and features designed to give its customers increased control and accessibility to carry out transactions with ease. UBA’s Group Head, Digital Banking, Kayode Ishola, who spoke about the new banking app to members of the press during an international virtual media parley on Monday, explained that apart from being able to decide where they want their cards to operate and block, view, or request new cards straight from the app to suit their specific needs, the app has been tailor-made to give customers what they want, how and in the way they want it. Reeling off some of the features and benefits of the app, he said a lot of investment in cutting edge technology and attention to details was put...

By A Correspondent International Women's Day is a global day for celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievement of Women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating women's equality reason why the management of Solidarity Health Foundation, Buea, Cameroon had a working session with the female workforce to celebrate women's achievements and increase visibility of women's rights and health. According to the Director of the institution, Mrs. Ndefon Beatrice, calling out inequality is KEY while educating women on health choice decisions, sexual and reproductive health rights should also go on. She strongly believes women in leadership can achieve an equal future in a Covid-19 world as the workforce at her clinic consists primarily of women powered by the collective efforts of all. “The struggle for equality belongs to no single feminist nor to any one organization but to the collective efforts if all who care about human rights truly make a ...