Contact information:
Immeuble Pharmacie Elobi, Mokolo,
B.P: 2350 Yaoundé – Messa, Cameroun
Telephone: (237) 22 20 52 94
Fax: (237) 22 22 18 73 / 22 20 52 94
E-mail: alvfsiege@yahoo.fr
Website: www.afrdh.org/alvf
Authorisation No. 01663/RDA/J06/BAPP of November 15, 1991
Created: October 10, 1991
Recognised: November 15, 1991 by authorisation No. 01663/RDA/JOP/BAPP of the Prefecture
Founders: Seven feminist Cameroon women, aware of the upsurge of violence against women in our environment, of the attackers’ impunity, the people’s complicity, and the victims’ powerlessness: NDOME EKOTTO, Esther ENDALE, Elise Pierrette MEMONG MENO, NGOBO EKOTTO, SIKE BILLE, Dora ESSAKA DEIDO, Maria MOUEN KALLA LOBE.
Distinguishing features: Women-only non-governmental, non-partisan and non-profitmaking feminist Association. A women’s stance on violence against women and girls.
Philosophy: The ALVF states that all of our actions, in private or in public, are political acts. The ALVF aims at promoting “the other word, the other power” for a harmonious society.
Politics: Placing women at the centre of the debate.
Mission: Eliminate all kinds of violence women and girls suffer from in all (private, public, political) spaces in Cameroon.
Goals:
- Fight the internalisation of patriarchal values perpetuating violence against women;
- Promote a fair social status;
- Promote positive human values taking into account the difference between both sexes;
- Take part in the establishment of a non-violent society.
Organisation of the Association
Strategies:
- Raising women’s awareness of their specific conditions as oppressed women and the patriarchal values and factors perpetuating this oppression;
- Helping women grow a personal feeling of identity, a spirit of social change, and participate more actively in the change;
- Raising men and women’s awareness of the need to fight violence;
- Giving direct help to women victims of violence.
Activities:
- Awareness raising of the public regarding violence against women
- Education of victims to the use of the competent bodies and the proper protection tools against violence;
- Education of victims to their rights;
- Surveys – Research on violence against women;
- Supervision and follow-up of women victims of violence;
- Training of the groups in Gender-Based Violence (GBV);
- Training of social workers in feminist intervention.
Structures: The ALVF has four (4) branches located in the Central, Extreme North, Littoral, and Western Regions. Their roles:
- Safeguarding the ALVF’s ideology and politics.
- Developing programmes.
Each branch has different structures. First, each branch has a direct help centre for women victims of violence, called Centre Vie de Femmes (CVF – Women’s Life Centre), located in the following cities:
Central Region: Yaoundé
Extreme North Region: Maroua
Littoral Region: Douala
Western Region: Bafoussam
The other structures:
2 Documentation Centres in the cities of Yaoundé and Maroua;
1 Centre de Conseil et d’Ecoute de Santé Reproductive pour les Adolescents (es) et les Femmes (CESRAF – Advice and Listening Centre of Reproductive Health for Women and Teenagers) in Yaoundé;
1 Information and Education Centre for Women in Kousséri.
Administrative Bodies: The General Assembly, the Association’s supreme decision-making body; the Founders’ College; the Board of Administration; and the Executive Board composed of: a President, a Vice-President, a Treasurer, assisted by a Programme Manager and an Accountant.
