FIDA CAMEROON

International Federation of Female Lawyers

FUNDERS: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)

PROJECT: project on Civic education of the woman in the south west region (kumba)

Through the OSIWA supported legal aid clinic project, FIDA has been able to establish functional legal aid clinics in Limbe and kumba, where legal assistance in the form of information dissemination and counseling has been offered to more than 1500 disfavoured women. One key group was the muslim women who have been having access to such important services.

The project has also facilitated the placement of 250 women