UN Women trains gendarme trainers on gender mainstreaming in security interventions

By DOH JAMES SONKEY Some 34 national gendarmerie officers have been given tools on how to mainstream gender during security interventions in the country especially in crisis areas. They received the additional knowledge at a one week training of trainers on gender mainstreaming in security interventions last November 26 to 30, 2018. Co-organized by UN Women in Cameroon and the Ministry of Women Empowerment and the Family in collaboration with the Secretary of State at the Ministry of Defense in charge of the National Gendarmerie, the workshop that took place at the Camp Yeyap Gendarmerie Training School in Yaounde was…