Global Database on Violence against Women
Cameroon
Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:
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)
Reports submitted by UN Human Rights Bodies:
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 Equality Indexes:
Gender Inequality Index Rank :148 (5)
Global Gender Gap Index Rank :97 (6)
Cameroon Search Data
1 - 10 de 29 ResultsSecond National Action Plan to Combat FGM 2021
Cameroon | 2021
Type of Measure : Policies > National action plan specific to violence against women
Form of Violence : Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C)
Enquête Démographique et de Santé du Cameroun 2018
Cameroon | 2018
Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Violence against women module in survey
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Study on the Social Norms Underlying Harmful Socio-Cultural/Traditional Practices towards Girls in Cameroon
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
Update of the National Strategy on Violence Against Women
Cameroon | 2017 | 2021
Type of Measure : Policies > National strategy specific to violence against women
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
National Action Plan for the Implementation of Security Council Resolutions 1325 and Related Resolutions
Cameroon | 2017
Type of Measure : Policies > Inclusion of violence against women in other national plan/strategy
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Law No 2016/007 of 12 July 2016 on the Penal Code
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
Politique Nationale en Matière de Genre
Cameroon | 2014
Type of Measure : Policies > National strategy specific to violence against women
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Joint Government-United Nations programme on the Fight against Gender-based Violence
Cameroon | 2014
Type of Measure : Coordinated and or Integrated service delivery > Integrated services delivery
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
National Study "Early and Forced Marriages in Cameroon: Status and Perspective"
Cameroon | 2014 | 2015
Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Other research and statistical data
Form of Violence : Child, early and forced marriage
Enquête Démographique et de Santé et à Indicateurs Multiples 2011
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.
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