14/12/2025
Over the past 16 days, YILT Africa Cameroon Chapter implemented a 16 Days of Activism program aligned with the 2025 theme: Unite to End Digital Violence Against All Women and Girls. The experience was deeply inspiring, honest, and transformative.
This was not just another awareness session. We intentionally trained students to become peer educators, equipping them to carry the message forward through “pass-it-on” actions within their classes and social groups. The goal was simple but powerful: knowledge must travel beyond the room.
Students were guided through what the 16 Days of Activism truly stands for. We unpacked violence in its many forms, with strong emphasis on digital violence, which remains one of the most silent yet damaging threats facing young people today. Together, we explored how to identify violence, how to report it, how to stop it, and just as importantly, how not to become perpetrators.
We also examined the long-term impacts and consequences of violence, particularly against the girl child, not as abstract concepts, but as lived realities.
The sessions were led by Dr. Kemzi, Mme Acheng Emma , and Mr Awat Bertrand , whose contributions created a safe and engaging space for dialogue. What followed was powerful. Students opened up about personal experiences and hidden struggles that, in many cases, had never been shared with anyone before.
At that moment, the program shifted. It became more than training. It became counselling, listening, healing, and trust-building. Young people were not just learning; they were being heard.
As a youth-led, youth-focused, and humanity-centered organization, YILT Africa Cameroon Chapter intentionally blends leadership with empathy. We believe leadership begins with awareness, courage, and responsibility. That is why beyond education, we empowered these students as future leaders and challenged them to take action now, not later.
This is what meaningful activism looks like: informed youth, safe spaces, honest conversations, and a commitment to change that continues long after the program ends.
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