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Local Youth Corner Cameroon (LOYOC), X-Maleya Foundation, the Canada Fund for Local Initiative (CFLI) and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) tackle Gender Based Violence. The level of awareness, identification and fight against aspects of Gender Based Violence (GBV) in the North Region of Cameroon is expected to witness a tremendous improvement. This follows the creation of a Gender Based Violence Network in the course of three-day training and sensitization of the local population in the North Region. The seminar focused on how to mitigate GBV in the North Region. Twenty five members of the Network include community leaders, women leaders, traditional authorities, men, women, girls and boys.

From the 28^th to 30^th December 2023, the Music Group X-Maleya through its Foundation with the support of LOYOC, CFLI and UNFPA in a project titled “Using Arts in strengthening the resilience of Young Girls and Women in the fight against GBV” trained a total of one hundred and thirty-two (132) people made up of women, girls, boys and men on how to identify and fight against Gender Based Violence in the region. The knowledge, skills and techniques acquired by the trainees will not only permit them to further sensitize the population but to equally be vectors capable of propelling change through their activities of identifying, denouncing and defending victims of GBV.

Educative talks on GBV in Lycee Bilingue de Pitoa and Lycee de Garoua, sensitization talk shows at CRTV Radio, Galaxy TV all in Garoua, a press conference and the publication of sensitization messages on social media handles of the implementing partners of the project permitted the stake holders of the project to sensitize millions of people across the North Region on the necessity to collectively shun the door against Gender Based Violence.

In line with the project “Using Arts in strengthening the resilience of young girls and women in the fight against GBV” a musical concert by the Group X-Maleya at the French Institute in Garoua brought together thousands of people who were enlightened on how to stand against Gender Based Violence while savoring urban afro beats music from X Maleya and local Sudano-Sahelian cultural music by local artists in Garoua.

The project equally got the traditional blessings of the Lamido of Garoua following a courtesy visit of the delegation paid the Lamido. Representatives of LOYOC, Canada in Cameroon and X-Maleya Foundation used the opportunity to explain the importance of having a Gender Based Violence free Garoua as a gate way to the exploitation and profitable use of potentials of girls and women to spur development. They equally beckoned on the traditional authority to use his position in the community to support the project.

Through her program of Mobilizing Media and Influencers for Change, Local Youth Corner Cameroon (LOYOC) by partnering with the X-Maleya Foundation, CFLI and UNFPA in the implementation of the project to stamp out Gender Based Violence (GBV)