By Etienne Mainimo Mengnjo
Members of Women’s Association at the Ministry of Economy, Planning, and Land Planning, MINEPAT, better known as ASFEM, have stated that women have a significant role to play in the import substitution strategy.
The statement was made on March 8 during celebrations marking the 2024 edition of International Women’s Day. The event took place after a march past at the 20th of May Boulevard chaired by Chantal Biya.
The event was chaired by MINEPAT Minister, Alamine Ousmane Mey, accompanied by the Secretary-General, Inspector General of Evaluation of Service Performance, Jael Christine Mbamband, who also serves as the President of the Organizing Committee of International Women’s Day 2024 at MINEPAT, among others.
Speaking to the media, Christine Mbamband said that the theme of the thirty-ninth International Women’s Day – “Investing In Women, Accelerating The Pace” – is rooted in the delays observed in progress towards reducing gender inequality, with a strong trend towards the feminization of poverty.
She added, “MINEPAT promotes the integration of the gender approach into planning, programming, and budgeting tools, encourages sectoral administrations to systematically take account of the approach when drawing up their budgets, and implements specific programs for women. As the minister said, we have the project, and the project is seeking funding from the World Bank.”
As part of our day, Christine Mbamband said that several activities were carried out, with two activities supported by the Ministry for Women and the Family. Apart from the stand at the exhibition held at the national museum, which attracted just over seventy visitors, a workshop was organized on making household products, namely liquid soap and bleach, to enable women to contribute to household expenses by making their own soap, among other things.
According to Ripa Kaguere, Inspector No. 1 in charge of Evaluation of Service Performance (IEPS), to achieve all the objectives of our national strategy, especially the one to enhance import substitution, “we know that women can play a major role. Women are the wives, sisters, and many others, and they are at the beginning and end of the value chain. By encouraging and stating that women can do it, we work alongside men, who are our main partners. We can move forward with the vision of the head of state and accelerate the pace to make the strategy a reality.”
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