Commonwealth
Week 2001
in Cameroon
WOMEN'S
OPINIONS
by Madeleine MITLASSOU
There
are some women who are happy to show their feelings and promote what they
do - like this group pictured at the Commonweath Day celebrations in Yaounde.
But other women are not so sure:
Mrs Suzanne Mbom, housewife
I have heard about the Commonwealth, but I don't know whether
they care about the problems for women in Cameroon. You know that most
women in developing countries don't have the chance to go school so it
would help if training centres could be built for women.
Mrs Louisa, Secretary in the Italian
Embassy
About Commonwealth, I hope that they will include gender
issues in their programme in Cameroon so that they can help women to be
developed.
Miss Christel , student
What I know about Commonwealth is that they used to give
scholarships to students. I don't know if women are a priority for them,
but I hope that they can do something special for us. All of you know
that the poorest people on the earth are women. I hope sincerely that
they take womens problems into consideration.
Morgane T, French diplomat
I don't have a particular interest in the Commonwealth,
but what I notice is that the English language is invading the Francophone
part of Cameroon. We, francophones or French have to work hard to maintain
the French level.
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