Eunice Tita is a gender and development strategist and head of Nkumu Fed Fed, an international NGO where she shapes the program areas of education, human rights, health, skills building, securing livelihoods and the environment. She is a Regional Pedagogic Inspector of School Life and a consultant with the British Council. She studied at Yaoundé University and ENS Yaoundé, the University of Leeds, and ESAMI in Arusha, and attended brief courses in Italy, Ghana, Nigeria and the US.  Her gender-related studies include women and ICT in Cameroon, the role of women international trade negotiations, gender-related budgeting in organizations and women and peacebuilding. Her goal is to prevent, protect against, and eventually eradicate gender-based violence and trafficking in persons in the crisis-affected regions of Cameroon.

Eunice received the Hornby Award in 2006, an award for coordinating the international trade policy program for francophone Africa in 2012, and recognition as dynamic leader in the prevention of gender-based violence in the northwest region of Cameroon in 2019. 

IVLP Impact Award Project: Education and Awareness Raising Campaign to Protect and Prevent TIP 

For the past 6 years, the northwest region of Cameroon has been experiencing a socio-political crisis, with collateral damage including schools that are not functional, and an increase in crimes promoting trafficking in persons (TIP) and gender-based violence. Many survivors of TIP are not aware of the existence of specialized services at their disposal. This project raised awareness about these services and increased the capacity of multi-disciplinary service providers to respond to TIP issues.

A capacity building workshop and training on prevention of and responses to TIP was conducted for key actors, decision makers and stakeholders, including traditional rulers, customary, religious and local councils, and representatives from civil society and government institutions. A total of 50 local decision makers and 1500 community members were reached. A TIP reporting task force was operationalized, community members were sensitized, and the issue of trafficking received media attention.

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"The community is now aware of the existence of specialized services where victims and survivors of trafficking could go." - Project Participant

IVLP Exchange Experience

Eunice participated in the IVLP Project Combating Trafficking in Persons, organized by the U.S. Department of State and Cultural Vistas, in partnership with Cleveland Council on World Affairs, WorldDenver, World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth, WorldChicago and Global Ties Miami.

U.S. Communities Visited Virtually

Denver, CO; Washington, DC; Miami, FL; Chicago, IL; Cleveland, OH; Dallas, TX

Country: Cameroon

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