In 2009 : : : With the support of African women 's associations , Servitas conducted an awareness-raising and advocacy campaign targeting the Governments of 10 francophone African countries regarding the need for reform which resulted in the establishment of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women ( UN-Women ) . To commemorate the fifteenth anniversary of the ratification by Cameroon of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women , Servitas organized a seminar/workshop in Douala in conjunction with two women 's associations and with the support of the Douala 1er delegation of the Ministry for the Advancement of Women and the Family .