Solidarity Health Foundation Wants Visibility On Women’s Rights, Health

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 positive difference for women.” She said

According to Ndefon Beatrice, this year's theme for the International Day "Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a Covid-19 world; celebrates the tremendous efforts by women and girls around the world in shaping a more equal future and recovery from Covid-19 pandemic.

It should be noted that the Solidarity Health Foundation has Women as Front liners of healthcare, caregivers, community organizers and Mobilizers in Covid-19 prevention activities, sexual and Reproductive healthcare, Gender-Based violence prevention activities while mainstreaming Protection and gender in all activities to build resilient communities and individuals.

On Feminism and leadership, Mrs Ndefon Beatrice reiterated that "Feminism is not about making women stronger. Women are already strong; it’s about changing the way the world perceives that strength"

The women workforce at the Solidarity Health Foundation embodies this strength and leadership qualities which contributing significantly in promoting women's rights and health, leadership and in improving healthcare and psychosocial support services in and out of the clinic.

The session ended with an interactive discussion and distribution of contraceptives to participants.



Ndefon Beatrice: Director SHF




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