Men Challenged to Play their Role in the Family.

The call was made during the launching of world day of the family in Douala.

It is true the man is the head of the family, and as family head he has specific roles to place in the family especially in the area of bring up children. This is a duty that most men shun and say it is a women’s duty. Because of this role, the woman becomes the heart of the family.
Rachel Sen Nkong, Social and Cultural Affairs Adviser at the governor’s office representing the governor during the launching challenged men to be concerned with the day of the family because it is not an affair of women only. She said the men have sidelined themselves making it to be like another women’s day.
In her address, she also raised some problems in the family which cannot be handled by the woman alone but by both parties. She mentioned issues such as irresponsibility by most men in their homes, poverty, child delinquent, and child labour and child trafficking, among others. She further stated that women have a lot of challenges especially in restoring discipline and moral values in the family, reconciling her duties as a mother and housewife and her job, lack of financing and abandoning the children to someone else to take care and this leads to the child becoming delinquent.
Celebrated on the theme; Mothers and Families: Challenges in the Changing World, Sen Kong called on the public to reflect on problems in families and find solutions. She added that a collective action is needed to support government in their efforts to take care of families.
A lot of activities are going on in the region marking this day and will end on Friday May15 which will be the day of celebrating the family.
Programmes include educative talks in topics like AIDS, Abortion and Consequences, Triple role of mother in the Family and Society, among others. There will be paying of visits to young and single mothers and identify some of the couples who participated in the collective marriage and visit them to find out how things were moving. There will also be an exhibition which will take place at the Women’s hall, CPF in Akwa.
EFFA TAMBENKONGHO