This study, conducted as part of Panos Institute West Africa's project "Women: Occupy the Media !”, aims at supporting the relationship between the media, CSOs and religious leaders in order to ensure a more gendered media environment in the countries involved in this study, namely Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Niger and Senegal.
YAOUNDE (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Sitting in a circle with several other young men in a charity’s offices in Cameroon’s capital, Fleur listens intently to the speaker talk about gay sex before slowly raising his hand.
“Can we catch AIDS by swallowing sperm?” he asks, prompting laughter from his peers at the group discussion held by Alcondoms, an organization promoting the rights and health of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.
