Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :373 % (1)
Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 215 % (2)
Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence : Official National Statistics Not Available
Child Marriage :298 % (3)
Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting :14 % (4)
Concluding observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR)
Gender Inequality Index Rank :148 (5)
Global Gender Gap Index Rank :97 (6)
Cameroon | 2021
Type of Measure : Policies > National action plan specific to violence against women
Form of Violence : Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C)
Cameroon | 2018
Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Violence against women module in survey
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Cameroon | 2018
Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Other research and statistical data
Form of Violence : Child, early and forced marriage, Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C), Other harmful practices
Cameroon | 2017 | 2021
Type of Measure : Policies > National strategy specific to violence against women
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Cameroon | 2017
Type of Measure : Policies > Inclusion of violence against women in other national plan/strategy
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Cameroon | 2016
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls, Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C), Other harmful practices, Sexual violence, Child, early and forced marriage
Cameroon | 2014
Type of Measure : Policies > National strategy specific to violence against women
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Cameroon | 2014
Type of Measure : Coordinated and or Integrated service delivery > Integrated services delivery
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Cameroon | 2014 | 2015
Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Other research and statistical data
Form of Violence : Child, early and forced marriage
Cameroon | 2011
Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Violence against women module in survey
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
(1) Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 15-49 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence at least once in their lifetime. Source: Institut National de la Statistique (INS) et ICF. 2020. Enquête Démographique et de Santé du Cameroun 2018. Yaoundé, Cameroun et Rockville, Maryland, USA: INS et ICF.
(2) Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 15-49 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months. Source:Institut National de la Statistique (INS) et ICF. 2020. Enquête Démographique et de Santé du Cameroun 2018. Yaoundé, Cameroun et Rockville, Maryland, USA: INS et ICF.
(3) Percentage of women aged 20 to 24 years who were first married or in union before age 18. Source: UNICEF global databases, 2021, based on DHS, MICS and other nationally representative surveys.
(4) Percentage of girls and women aged 15 to 49 years who have undergone FGM/C. Source: UNICEF global databases, 2021, based on DHS, MICS and other nationally representative surveys.
(5) The Gender Inequality Index is a composite measure reflecting inequality between women and men in three different dimensions: reproductive health (maternal mortality ratio and adolescent birth rate), empowerment (share of parliamentary seats held by women and share of population with at least some secondary education), and labour market participation (labour force participation rate). Source: United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Report 2021/2022.
(6) The Global Gender Gap Index benchmarks national gender gaps on economic, political, education and health criteria. Source: World Economic Forum, the Global Gender Gap Report 2022.