CAMRAIL celebrated on Tuesday, March 8, 2023, alongside the national and international community, the international community, the International Day dedicated to women’s rights. To mark this event, the Cameroonian railway concessionaire organized a series of activities throughout its network. a series of activities throughout its network. Among these are relay races and sports dances. In addition, with a view to enabling women railway workers to diversify their to diversify their sources of income, a workshop on the manufacture of cosmetics was organized for them. It was in particular to teach them how to make body scrubs, cologne and bleach. The practical workshops initiated for this purpose preceded the participation of the railwaywomen in the different parades organized in the main cities of the Cameroonian railway network.

 

I note to date, an important concentration of women in the middle management (59%) and senior management (12%), proof of the value of their expertise and know-how within CAMRAIL. Another source of satisfaction is that the railway professions, which in the past were essentially reserved for men, are increasingly reserved for men are increasingly being carried out by women today,

Florence Epeti-KoumHead of Administration, Remuneration and Projects Department

 

Indeed, women, who represent 13.32% of CAMRAIL’s total workforce, have not only gained access to train driving, but have also become more and more involved in the management of the company. have not only become train drivers, but are also present in the maintenance workshops, in signalling and They are also present in the maintenance workshops, in signaling and in transmissions.

 

Our human resources policy makes no distinction between men and women. men and women. We value skills, and it turns out that women have them, just like everyone else

Thierry Armand OwonaDirector of Human Resources at Camrail

 

At the same time, other women railway workers have been promoted to managerial positions.
Also, 12% of women working at CAMRAIL are executives compared to 8% of men and 59% of them are supervisors as opposed to 39% of men.

 

About CAMRAIL

A subsidiary of Africa Global Logistics, CAMRAIL has been the concessionaire of the Cameroonian railway since 1999. A major player in economic and social development in Cameroon, CAMRAIL invests an average of 12 billion CFA francs per year. 

The company pays an average of 4 billion CFA francs each year to the State of Cameroon in royalties, taxes and duties. With 1,500 direct employees and 4,000 subcontracting staff, CAMRAIL is developing a proactive human resources policy. www.camrail.net

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