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Brief Profiles of Countries, EMBs and Partner Organisations of A-WEB

Under pain of rejection, the petition shall specify
the alleged facts and means. It shall be posted up
within 24 (twenty four) hours of its submission and
notified to the parties concerned who shall be al-
lowed 48 (forty-eight) hours to submit their replies,
against a receipt.

10. Pictures of Electoral Process / Voter Education

Voter Education system
#1Woman1Vote is the major outcome of a 3-day
symposium in August 2019 organised by AFMEC
with the financial support of the U.S Embassy in
Cameroon. (AFMEC was formed after a 2018 US
State Department sponsored trip for Cameroon fe-
male journalists to meet up with professional US
media women and their organisations). AFMEC’s
first forum was in Cameroon in the lead-up to the
national elections in 2017 and was based around
the IAWRT safety handbook and advice for media
women reporting in conflict zones, such as those
in Cameroon.

At the 2019 forum, there were about 78 women,
mostly gender advocates who run programs to
raise awareness of the rights and safety of wom-
en and girls. They were from different arms of the
media - online newspapers, television, blogs, and
drawn from the 10 Regions of Cameroon.

They upgraded their skills regarding ensuring balanced
coverage of the February 2020 council and legislative
elections in Cameroon.

Source-https://www.iawrt.org

(C) ELECTION CALENDAR

1. Last Elections Dates
30 Sep. 2013

#1Woman 1 vote Cameroon 2. Future Election Calendar
National Assembly: Feb 2020 (postponed from Oct
A 6-Month intensive nationwide media campaign
has been launched in Cameroon. 2019 and late 2018
3. Are there any fixed election days/dates
The #1Woman1vote campaign by Cameroon me-
dia women seeks to highlight the work of current No
female politicians and to facilitate media coverage 4. Compulsory Voting
for women running in next year’s local and legisla- No
tive elections.

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