Cameroon Professional Women in Sciences

In order to avoid continuous seasoned scientist/professional female gender polarization and marginalization in our society, “Cameroon Professional Research Oriented Women Network” (CaPROWN) took up the initiative – under the sponsorship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH) – to propagate a trans-disciplinary research review approach to seek collaboration outside the bounds of female scientific professional experiences to make new discoveries, explore different perspectives, express and exchange ideas, and gain new insights into gender through peer-reviewed volumes like this. Thus, this book is not solely about gender-related research topics, but rather on works of mostly female researchers that have gone through reviewed lenses of experts of different science disciplines.
CONTENTS
Introduction:

Gender and Transdisciplinarity: Towards Empowering Women in Science Authors: Evelyn Fogwe Chibaka & Lilian Lem Atanga
SECTION I:

HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES [Gender Perspective-driven Discourses]
1. Cameroon Women in Research: A New Dimension for the Realisation of Sustainable Development Author: Therese Mungah Shalo Tchombe
2. Mind-set Change and Empowerment of African Wo(men) for Development: Building on Traditional African Foundations Author: Godfrey B. Tangwa
3. Socio-economic Role of Rural Women in Uplifting Households’ Livelihoods in Bui Division, Cameroon Author: Loveline Nsahlai
4. Women and Climate Change Mitigation in Cameroon: A Study of Angèle Kingué’s “Venus of Khala-Khanti” Author: Elisabeth N. M Ayuk-Etang
5. Ecolinguistics and Fight for Socio-political Space: A Case of Grassfield Women’s Movement (Takumbeng) Author: Sirih-Nagang Nancy Nyindem
6. Gender Differences in Academic Written Discourse: A Comparative Study of English Language Use in Post-Graduate Writing Author: Comfort Beyang Oben Ojongnkpot
7. Women’s Brainpower and Mind-set Change in Alobwed’Epie’s “Until I Sinned” and Anne Tanyi-Tang’s “Eneta vs Elimo” Author: Eunice Fonyuy Fondze-Fombele
8. The Pain of not Belonging: Re-imaging the Orphan Girl Folktale Motif in Emmanuel Fru Doh’s “The Fire Within” Author: Frida Menkan Mbunda-Nekang
9. Career Dilemmas among Prospective Female Graduates of the Faculty of Arts, University of Bamenda Author: Lilian F. Wiysahnyuy
10. Women-Researchers’ Challenges: The Case of the “Cameroon Professional Research Oriented Women” Author: Evelyn Fogwe Chibaka
SECTION II:

NATURAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES [Experiment Data-driven Discourses]
11. Variability of Cultures of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. elaeidis Isolates from Oil Palm Estates of the Cameroon Development Corporation and Sensitivity to Four Plant Extracts Authors: Tonjock R. Kinge, Moforcha L. Zemenjuh, Afui M. Mih
12. Molecular Modeling of Novel Antimalarials with 1-Aryl-1,2,3,4-Tetrahydroisoquinoline Scaffold Authors: Joelle Ngo Hanna, Marcel Kaiser, Reto Brun, Simon M. N. Efange
13. Socio-cultural Factors Impeding Cameroonian Women’s Empowerment and Contribution to Development Author: Stephanie M. E. Mvodo
14. Saponins and Flavonoids from Ludwigia leptocarpa (Nutt) Hara (Onagraceae): Isolation, Characterization, Antibacterial and Antioxidant Activities Authors: Florence Déclaire Mabou, Jean-de-Dieu Tamokou, David Ngnokam, Dominique Harakat and Laurence Voutquenne-Nazabadioko
15. The Role of Women in Malnutrition Eradication and Development Authors: Achidi Aduni Ufuan, Ilevbare Rita Izilafe, Bernard Tiencheu, Collins Ndi Nso, Fidelis Awa Teneng, Eurydice Flore Ngongang Tiepma, Wilfred Angie Abia
16. ‘Here’ and ‘There’: Cameroonian Migrants in Germany and Development in Cameroon Author: Danielle Minteu-Kadje
Conclusion: Mentoring Young Professional Research Oriented Women: Experiences from Cameroon Professional Research Oriented Women Network (CaPROWN) Authors: Lilian Lem Atanga & Evelyn Fogwe Chibaka