27/08/2026
ENOUGH IS ENOUGHโ๐พ
Another woman killed.
Then another.
And another.
In just a few days, Cameroon has been confronted with horrifying reports of women losing their lives to violence, many allegedly at the hands of people they knew, trusted or loved.
Behind every headline was an entire life.
Daughters. Sisters. Friends. Mothers. Women who were loved, who had dreams, plans and ordinary things they still wanted to do.
They were supposed to have tomorrow.
At STEM Girls Connect, we spend our time encouraging girls and women to dream bigger, pursue education, enter STEM, build careers, lead, create, and become everything they want to be.
But we cannot speak about empowering women without speaking about their safety.
Women deserve to live long enough to see the futures they are working so hard to build.
As we mourn, let us not turn these deaths into questions about what the women should have seen or done differently. Sometimes there are visible signs of danger. Sometimes there are not.
A woman is never responsible for another person's decision to hurt or kill her.
If you are experiencing violence, receiving threats or feel unsafe, please reach out to someone you trust if it is safe to do so.
And when a woman tells us she is afraid, listen. Take her seriously. Do not shame her, blame her or pressure her to stay.
But women cannot be expected to solve femicide by becoming better at avoiding violence.
We need communities that refuse to excuse abuse, institutions that protect women who seek help, and authorities that hold perpetrators accountable.
Because after the hashtags disappear, families will still be grieving.
There will still be empty chairs.
We cannot bring these women back. But we can refuse to let their deaths become normal.
Speak up. Listen. Support without judgement. Demand protection, accountability and justice.
And remember the women behind the headlines.
They lived.
They loved.
They dreamed.
They mattered.
They deserved more tomorrows.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
STOP FEMICIDE. ๐
