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We organize events all around the year talking to tackle different areas of our interests.
19 December, 2018
Education is useless unless it is useful to a third party! Welcome to our page. We are a group of young people, and by young, it means all of us are below 35. In fact, the youngest member of this organization is 29. After graduation, we suddenly discovered that we could do so many things with out pens…apart from transforming those things into feasible developmental projects. As such, we took upon ourselves to #Unleash our potentials, which we strongly believe are inherent in everyone of us, then we #Empower ourselves and our Communities.
We organise capacity building workshops, support initiatives engineered by youth, cultural caravans like music talents, theatre for development, rehabilitation projects for girls who have dropped from school and are in dire need of a second chance in life, advocate for the respect of human rights, and community mobilization.
We welcome your moral, material or financial support to the works that we are doing on the ground. a penny spared is a talent rescued, and a step into the advancement of a community project for the needy.
29 June, 2020
Established in 2018, Youth, Unleash & Empower (YUE) is a nonprofit advocacy and awareness-raising and empowerment organization working with and for youth and particular attention to women and girls, leadership and development.
About the Institutionalization of UNiTE Clubs in Secondary Schools in Yaounde and the 2020 16 Days of Activismhttps://www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-do/ending-violence-against-women/take-action.
As part of its endeavour as a non-governmental organisation, Youth Unleash and Empower(YUE) and partners shall in the days ahead through a pilot project, join the rest of the international community on the occasion of the 2020 16 Days of Activism to raise awareness on gender-based violence, enforce peer education and gender equality by working closely with some selected five secondary schools.
“Together, we can and must prevent violence everywhere, from war zones to people’s homes, as we work to beat COVID-19“, António Guterres, the United Nations Secretary-General.
The UNiTE by 2030 aims to End Violence against Women campaign (UNiTE Campaign), and requires global actions to increase awareness, galvanise advocacy efforts and share knowledge and innovations.
Program Launch: November 20, 2020
Project Locations: Yaounde
Why apply?
If you care about gender parity and have always wanted to be part of a professional space where everyone is passionate about feminism, women’s rights and sexual and reproductive health rights, this is the right place for you.
The position of a volunteer with YUE is part-time, fun, and flexible. It offers you the opportunity to learn hands-on around facilitating meetings and seminars, organizing and designing strategic educational training and workshops with adolescents in/ out of schools around human rights, peace, education, empowerment and the SDGs.
Application deadline: November 11, 2020.
Who can apply?
If you consider yourself to be a university student, whether private or public, this is an opportunity for you to beef up your academic studies with practical field experiences. Anyone, Cameroonian or non-Cameroonian with strong discipline and passion for volunteerism and community service, aimed at bringing and ensuring long lasting, and positive change is welcome to apply.
This position is open for university students, graduates, grassroots activists, community champions, etc. The program represents a broad diversity and socio-cultural background and is for all above 18 years old. However, to be shortlisted as a volunteer, they must be willing to complete one or more of the following;
• should be available to dedicate at least 9 hours a week (working days) to their assigned support programme in their location of service,
• should be available to attend group calls at the end of the day after service with their direct supervisor(s) and any other senior staff and colleague(s),
• be available to report daily and subsequently, weekly progress of their programme,
•be able to organize seminar sessions/training workshops, and outreach campaigns,
• Be ready to work under pressure,
• Be creative, innovative and proactive,
• Be amplified to propose or support programs under YUE,
• Raise awareness on the organizational role in the achievement of set objectives,
• Be available to represent YUE at events, training workshops and conferences,
• Be of Strong Discipline & results-oriented
Shortlist
To be shortlisted as a 2020 16 Days of Activism campaigner, applicant must meet all requirements below;
• Available to dedicate at least 5 hours per week to the YUE outreach programmes,
• Attend group calls on average once a day,
• Report on each outing, the progress of the YUE programme in schools and out of schools (if applicable),
• Mobilise and organize mini town(s)/training to at least 50 female and male college students from their assigned/deployed school,
• Be a team player. Ready to work as a team,
• Be prompt in submitting Outreach Reports, Articles and more, related to their tasks.
A volunteer will work closely with YUE staff members to effectively organize and conduct the weekly YUE advocacy campaigns in assigned schools. The volunteer and YUE educators will be provided with a campaign module, discussion materials and other relevant documentation needed to ensure the smooth flow of their discussions in the college. At the end of each discussion, the volunteer facilitator is expected to send reports in writing with photos attached and other relevant documentation.
Benefits
Note: This is strictly voluntary position [unpaid], however, the volunteer’s cost of transportation will be catered for by YUE. In addition to other entitlements, which include but not limited to:
- One-on-one coaching and mentoring support received from Youth, Unleash & Empower
- Represent YUE at a range of exciting and capacity building and strengthening programs
- Provided with the opportunity to build skills and capacities in facilitating seminar/workshop sessions,
- Work with a diverse group of college students across the city of Yaounde,
- Meet and exchange unique perspectives with young people,
- Gain the opportunity to build capacities and transferable skills around public speaking, advocacy, and social activism,
- Push, build and expand new social networking relationships with youth leaders and other young people
Improve leadership skills and development particularly in the area of peer education on human rights and peace, - With the possibility of a full-time recruitment as a staff member of YUE upon satisfactory performance
- Benefit from flexible working hour…etc
- NB:
A certificate of Service to be issued at the end of the service, based on effective performance.
How to apply:
Fill and complete this application and submit before the November 11, 2020.
If you have questions or any worry, please contact us using any of the following emails:
contact@yuecmr.org
youthempower237@gmail.com
5 May, 2020
From the 4 to the 8 of February 2019, the Executive Vice President of Youth, Unleash and Empower (YUE), Robert K. Ndiyun participated in a training course on “Human Rights in Peace Support Operations” at the ‘Ecole de Maintien de la Paix ‘Alioune Blondin Beye’ Bamako, Mali.
The training focused on key human right issues in contemporary peace support operations, including: the protection of vulnerable groups (women and children), the protection of migrants, transitional justice as well as human rights monitoring and reporting.
In the course of the training, Robert K. Ndiyun did a presentation on the challenges and perspectives of human rights promotion and protection in Cameroon. Some of the challenges revolved around the existing human right institutions and the extent of their independence as well as the normative obstacles to human rights protection in Cameroon.
Among the perspectives presented were: the dire need for all possible measures to be sort to restore peace in some regions of Cameroon, especially the North West and South West regions where the citizens have been deprived of the full enjoyment of their civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights for close to three years; The amelioration of detention conditions for prisoners and the abolition of the death penalty within Cameroon’s judicial system which is a grave violation of the right to life.
The Executive Vice President also highlighted on some activities that YUE has been carrying out in Cameroon in a bid to guarantee a general satisfactory environment for development and youth empowerment.
14 July, 2021
Unity of hour, unity of place, unity of action. Wednesday 25th of November 2020 marked the official launching of the “16th Days of Activism to Fight against Violence on Women,” by the Minister of Women’s Empowerment and Protection of the Family. Mrs. ABENA ONDOA nee OBAMA Marie Therese.
On this Wednesday, representatives of many other nations came together as one close family to say NO to Gender Based Violence and YES to Gender Equality hence transforming, upgrading and enlightening the mindset of youth in general and the girls in particular.
The launching ceremony took place at the Esplanade behind the Yaoundé City Town Hall at 10 a.m, following the arrival of the minister. After her arrival, the National Anthem of Cameroon was sung. There was a mix of cultures with the presence of various personalities, from different milieus and schools, universities and different backgrounds. The ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany, both in English and French languages, gave a speech. Next was the reading of the message of the United Nations Secretary General, Mr. Antonio Guterrez, by the representative of UN Women.
The founder of BEWOMAN, Ms Daphne NJIE gave a testimony on sexual violence and ended. Added her voice against Gender Base Violence and said YES to Gender Equality. There was an expose with theme: violence against women during the pandemic by a lecturer from the University of Yaoundé II.
Ms. Nadine Machikou’s expose centred on victims of violence during COVID-19 and childhood period.
To conclude, a speech to launch the campaign was given by Mrs. ABENA ODOA nee OBAMA Marie Therese after which she handed over sewing machines to 12 female tailors, victims of SGBV during COVID-19 pandemic. There was a family photo and a cocktail, and end of ceremony.
# NO TO GENDER BASE VIOLENCE
# YES TO GENDER EUALITY
By
MBIAZE BETTY C., Volunteer
10 March, 2020
We shall be organising a series of events to evaluate:
1. 25 years of the Platform for Action;
2. 20 years of the SCR1325 on WPS;
3. 5 years after the Sustainable Development Goals;
4. Evaluating the first Cameroon NAP on 1325;
5. 10 years after the establishment of UN Women;
6. 6 years of the Cameroon gender policy action; etc.
Venue: Robert Kenne Peace Home, Shell Nsimeyong
Time/Date: 9am to 1pm, February 22 to March 7th 2020
Presenters: Nicholine Nwenushi Tumasang Wazeh, M.A. and Divine Mbutoh
Moderator: Irene Chinje, Area President, East, West and Central Africa, ACWWUK.
Organisers: Women’s Empowerment Enterprise Network (WEEN), Youth, Unleash and Empower (YUE) and Pathways for Women’s Empowerment and Development (PaWED)
6 January, 2020
Send your CV, not more than five (5) pages to youthempower237@gmail.com
Deadline: February 6, 2020
Duration: 3 Months, with the possibility of renewal.
We are unable to pay you a full salary, but there is a honorarium that will cover your transportation and online connectivity to do the work that you need to do.
About the Organisation
Youth, Unleash and Empower is a non-profit organisation, working with young people to transform theory to practical/developmental skills. We believe that every young person is imbued with rich and untapped skills that need the right atmosphere and environment to come out. We create the favourable atmosphere for young people to develop their skills and arts. We enforce peace, good practices, advocate Gender equality/celebrate youth. As such, it intends to build this image to cover the entire country, sub region and beyond. To do this, it will need the services of an individual strewed in modern communication technologies so as to navigate through the different online communication platforms to reach a wider audience.
Job Description
YUE endeavours to build stronger policy focus and documentation of its works in order to increase the capacity of the country’s youth, in order to influence key sector stakeholders to adopt good policies that will make young people in Cameroon self-sufficient.
The Volunteer Position
Youth, Unleash and Empower is looking for a talented Communications and Social Media Manager. You will be responsible for developing a social media strategy and executing on the strategy with specific campaigns on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, LinkedIn, blogs, Twitter, and Infusion Soft. We expect you to grow followers and get them engaged. We are looking for high levels of creativity and fun in representing our managerial, research, and training services both through posts and paid advertising. You will be accountable to increase conversion rates for our services as well as donations.
Responsibilities
Design and implement social media strategies to align with YUE goals;
Set specific objectives and report, edit, publish and share engaging content daily (e.g. original text, photos, videos and news);
Monitor SEO and web traffic metrics;
Collaborate with other teams including art department and developers to ensure campaigns are executed to the highest standards;
Communicate with followers, respond to queries in a timely manner and monitor visitors reviews;
Manage the planning and delivery of all Social Media posts across the organisation;
Manage all Social Media reporting and insights to drive optimisations and improve performance;
Working in collaboration with the Fundraising and Corporate Partnership teams to plan and deliver;
Digital activity to support events and activities to grow followers;
Report, communicate and educate the organisation on the value and opportunity of digital channels to pass across its messages;
Accountable for managing the relevant allocated budgets;
Continuously keeping up to date with latest Digital trends and platforms.
Oversee social media accounts’ design (e.g. Facebook timeline cover, profile pictures and blog layout);
Suggest and implement new features to develop brand awareness, like promotions and competitions.
Requirements
Previous experience as a Communications and Social Media Manager is desired;
Knowledge of Facebook advertising;
Experience with developing Infusion Soft email campaigns;
Excellent copywriting skills;
Knowledge of SEO, keyword research and Google Analytics;
Excellent communications and writing skills;
Analytical and multitasking skills;
Degree or diploma in Marketing/communications) or relevant field or in process of completing degree or diploma;
Ability to work unsupervised and be accountable for high levels of deliverables;
Willingness to learn and grow; and
Willingness to be part of a start-up culture with a sense of accountability to the bottom line.
Key Skills
It is expected that the person will have the following:
Excellent writing and editing skills
Experience of using social media, either in a personal and/or business capacity
Interest in women’s rights and/or international development
Good organisational and administrative skills
Strong research skills
Fluent in English
Strong telephone manner
Desirable
Experience in using wordpress and designing attractive blogs using wordpress.
Experience of using a Content Management System
Experience of writing blogs and case studies.
Experience using image editing software.
Experience in field and online advocacy
Benefits
Development of communication skills
PR and advocacy experience
Social media development skills
Data handling skills
Free training relevant to the role will be provided
Use your skills and experience to contribute to the success of YUE
References to add to your CV
Be part of a team of volunteers and meet new people
Increase your confidence and gain new skills including on-going development
and training
Understanding of the functions of YUE