By NS in Yaounde
The Multi-awards winning Journalists Comfort Mussa has received another award crowning her as a Gender Champion. The Guardian Post Daily newspaper crowned the CBM Communication officer for Central Africa during the achievement award event staged in the South Regional capital Ebolowa Friday February 22.
The Multi-awards winning Journalists Comfort Mussa has received another award crowning her as a Gender Champion. The Guardian Post Daily newspaper crowned the CBM Communication officer for Central Africa during the achievement award event staged in the South Regional capital Ebolowa Friday February 22.
According to
The Guardian Post Achievement Award jury headed by Peterkings Manyong, Comfort
has been championing the fight against gender discrimination and violence against women and girls in
Cameroon. Though not present in Ebolowa to receive her award due to health
reasons, the women rights advocate took to her Facebook page as soon as she
received her award stating “Last night in Ebolowa i was awarded "The
Gender Champion Award” by TGP media group. This recognition reflects all the
hard work that’s been put in by SisterSpeak237 family to create change over the
past few years. It means much to me to be recognised for improving things for
women in Cameroon, because it’s an incredibly complex challenge that we must
solve. I couldn't be there in person to receive the award & trophy but I
was well represented. Thank you TGP media group.”
Reacting to
this reporter in Ebolowa on the award, Nestor Njodzefe
Journalists/International Relation Expert and friend to Comfort Mussa said "Her
award is well derseved and timely too especially as it comes at the heels of
the international Women's Day. She is a household name in Cameroon when it
comes gender mainstreaming. There is no way the history of the fight against
gender discrimination in Cameroon can be written without her having a whole chapter
on her own. In a context where issues
related to women are under reported, she has used her journalism skills and her
sisterspeak platform to bring to the fore stories which are not always told in
the media."
The blogger,
activist and founder of the online platform Sisterspeak237 which handles
women’s issues now works for CBM International a Christian development
organization, committed to improving the quality of life of people with
disabilities in the poorest communities of the world.
Prior to being crowned Gender Champion, due to her focus on women
and youth, Comfort has travelled to several countries in the world winning
awards such as 2011
Excellence in Epilepsy Journalism Award Winner in online Category for her
article ‘Epilepsy Myths Promote Stigma,
Prevent Care in Cameroon’ that appeared on the Global Press Institute website, CTA/NEPAD Essay Competition
Prize for Central Africa, For the category “Youth and ICT in agriculture
“ – 2012 (awarded in Addis Ababa – Ethiopia), Prix CEMAC
d’Excellence for Youth Animated Radio Show in the Fight against HIV in CEMAC –
2011 (awarded in Bangui – C.A.R), Prix CEMAC d’Excellence for Youth Animated
Radio Show in the Fight against HIV in CEMAC – 2010 (awarded in Congo
Brazzaville), Award of Excellence for Youth Leadership by Academy Campus
Forum 2010 (awarded in Palais de Congres Yaounde – Cameroon)
Comfort has
also worked for100% Jeune Cameroon, ACMS, Global Press Institute and Radio Hot
Cocoa where she started her journalism career
Come March
19, she will be celebrated amongst other women of change and female
entrepreneurs by Inspire 237 Magazine during the African Women in Leadership
Organization Cameroon Chapter Inaugural dinner.