A Window of Opportunities. Socioeconomic Rights as a Cornerstone for Poverty Alleviations in Cameroon

Academic Paper from the year 2021 in the subject Sociology - Social System, Social Structure, Class, Social Stratification, grade: 3.6/4, , language: English, abstract: This paper contends that there is an intrinsic relationship between poverty and socioeconomic rights. The positive impact of socioeconomic rights on alleviating poverty can be improved upon through a change of attitudes from neglect to more emphasis on the implementation of socioeconomic rights, owing to the prospects it offers in achieving zero poverty in Cameroon.. The purpose of this assignment includes, among other things, to explore the meaning of poverty and its underlying pointers in Cameroon and to discuss the nexus between poverty and socioeconomic rights in Cameroon by contending that fighting poverty is primarily based on the ability to guarantee and enforce socioeconomic rights. Furthermore, it aims to to explain the challenges in implementing socioeconomic rights and combating poverty in Cameroon and to advance socioeconomic related policy recommendations as a stronghold towards poverty alleviation in Cameroon.

Benjamin Mekinde Tonga is from Cameroon and a holder of a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) and a Master of Laws (LL.M) in International Law from the University of Buea. He equally holds a professional Master of Laws (LL.M) in Human Rights and Democratization in Africa, from the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria and is currently expecting his doctorate degree PhD in Law 2022, from the University of Buea. Tonga has expertise in human rights investigation, documentation and reporting techniques. Protection monitoring, design and development. He has experience in project conception, design and implementation. He has gained experience working in the Non-profit organization and management section. He has held the position Protection and rule of law officer with the Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Africa (CHRDA) a leading human rights NGO, where his task was to provide strategic direction and vision to CHRDA's protection programming, and program quality during a period of expansion, ensuring compliance with CHRDA's mainstreaming framework, international law and protection standards and national policies, overseeing the project implementation and budgeting of protection, monitoring and information dissemination, identifying opportunities, designing and developing concept notes and proposals for other protection programming as requested, providing input on proposals from other sectors to ensure that protection is mainstreamed across CHRDA's programming and analyzing and understanding conflict dynamics and providing advice on protection issues.