The Cameroonian Association of Women in the Media, better known by its French acronym as AFMEC is a budding professional media association - product of the 2018 “IVLP on demand” Fellows. It was created in Yaounde on August 30 2018 at the close of a four day capacity building symposium to equip journalists in the view of an efficient and gender-sensitive reporting of the October the 7th Presidential election. The symposium was sponsored by the US Embassy in Cameroon featured a restitution of the experiences gathered from the immersion visit by the six female journalists who benefited in the US Department of State programme.