Marthe Wandou
Marthe Wandou has been fighting against sexual violence and promoting women’s and children’s rights in Cameroon for decades. Founded in 1998, her nongovernmental organization, Action Locale pour un Developpement Participatif et Autogere (ALDEPA), applies a holistic approach focusing on education, abuse prevention, and providing psychosocial care as well as legal counsel. ALDEPA also seeks to effect broad societal change.
More than 50,000 girls have so far benefited from ALDEPA’s assistance. Most of them live in northern Cameroon, a region where the Boko Haram terrorist group…
