66 Women in Kumba and Tiko Districts trained as Community Human Rights Monitors
Internally Displaced Women in the South West region and beyond face numerous challenges one of which is the non-possession of civil status documents. This leaves them very vulnerable to violations and abusive arrests during police and military raids exposing them to torture and other forms of gender-based violence like sexual exploitation and abuses, rape, prostitution and forceful marriages.
Their reintegration into host communities is further compounded by the lack of legal documents to attest their identities which are pre-requisites of getting humanitarian assistance and services.
Also, a majority of Internally Displaced Women are not adequately informed on legal procedures and available channels for legal aid.
The grants from the US Embassy allowed CEREDRUP in partnership with the Fulbright TEA to train 66 Internally Displaced Women on monitoring, documenting and report (MDR) human rights violations in their communities, establish civil status documents for 300 women and girls, promote access to justice and set up a platform that will serve as foot soldiers against GBV and other forms of human rights abuses.