In commemorating the one-year anniversary of the Generation Equality Forum Mexico and raising visibility around the action coalitions as well as the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), Women for a Change organized a two days capacity strengthening workshop with senior executive members of the FAWODCA group, as part of her commitment in advancing the generation equality action coalition on movement alliance building and support to women’s groups and networks work for gender justice. This training is the first in a series of institutional supports Wfac seeks to provide FAWODCA.
This training resulted from a need assessment finding from the newly created Fanji Women’s Development and Cultural Association (FAWODCA) in November 2021 at the launch of FAWODCA structure at Limbe.
The two-day capacity strengthening program was hosted in Bafoussam from the 28th of February to the 3rd of March 2022 on the theme, Capacity Development, and Institutional Strengthening Workshop for members of the Fanji Women’s Development and Cultural Association (FAWODCA). Worthy of note is that from the designing and delivering of the training, both FAWODCA and Wfac co-designed and collectively worked on the training agenda and outcomes.
‘I am really excited to have been privileged to participate in this training, I came here with little knowledge on what proper accountability entailed, but after today, I am well imparted and empowered on what is expected of us as leaders, and key actors for women’s social and economic empowerment. I am now as always, fully ready and committed towards advancing the growth of FAWODCA and other women’s social and economic development initiatives that seek to promote women’s rights and gender justice within Cameroon and beyond – Ndoke Grace, President, FAWODCA.
The training had as objectives:
• Empower the senior management members of the Fanji Women Development and Cultural Association (FAWODCA) with the right knowledge and education to facilitate better management of the Institutional
• Support FAWODCA with the essential skills in co-designing and defining core values and principles for the association
• Introduce members to Gender Concepts, language, and frameworks
Within the three days of the training, six topics were covered, and this includes but not limited to:
1. Institutional Strengthening, Structuring & Policies: To impact participants with knowledge that will enable them to understand better how to develop a good internal structure of their association which will ensure the effective functioning and management of the group.
2. Communication Flow and Tasks: Distribution and Delegation, Organisational Values and Principles, Accountability and Transparency Mechanism & org policies
3. Record + Financial Management: To enable participants to understand the importance of record keeping as a means of verifying and improving the archives management system.
4. Filing/archival, data collection, reporting (internal and donor), pictures and branding, membership, financial management, registration, affiliations, and partnerships
5. Education on living values: Develop Core Values if not already available for the association. Living values and attitude transformation for the strong institution, building a good team spirit, and understanding group dynamics
6. Resource Mobilisation: Increased understanding around resource mobilization as well as an introduction to potential funding agencies to take note of the Mobilisation of resources externally and internally: Dos and Don’ts.
Outcomes from the training included the development of FAWODCA institutional profiles, as well as other strategic documents. FAWODCA also launched an online presence on Facebook and has continued to use the knowledge gained to raise awareness and visibility around the right of women and girls in their community.
It was two days of groundbreaking discoveries for the Fanji Womens Development and Cultural Association, as they were endowed with knowledge and skills on building strong and resilient institutional and organizational values to guide and strengthen their growing association as they continue the journey in the fight for social and economic justice for all women and girls: fully equipped and ready.
Acknowledging the tremendous support from our partners and speakers who made this training a success, Wfac continues to work in light with all actor leaders in the fight for women’s empowerment and economic justice, to see that the socio-economic empowerment, and political participation of women and girls is promoted and advanced within our communities and society at large.
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