<p>"Education and training are the key to widening women's role and improving their status in society" - just one of the signs at the parade on International Women's Day in Yaoundé, Cameroon.</p><br /> <br /> <p>more pictures:<br /> <a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/26712503@N05" title="Greg Spira"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/4125/5029219833_c5d55b355f_b.jpg" width="800" height="600" alt="ochre" /></a><script async src="https://embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p>

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