Latest items for Cameroon
Aug. 20, 2025, 12:48 a.m.
Countries: Cameroon
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Any woman procuring or consenting to her own abortion shall be punished with imprisonment for from 15 (fifteen) days to 1 (one) year or with fine of from CFAF 5 000 (five thousand) to CFAF 200 000 (two hundred thousand) or with both such imprisonment and fine. (2) Whoever procures the abortion of a woman, notwithstanding her consent, shall be punished with imprisonment for from 1 (one) to 5 (five) years and with fine of from CFAF 100 000 (one hundred thousand) to CFAF 2 000 000 (two million). (3) The penalties prescribed by subsection (2) shall be doubled where the offender – (a) Engages habitually in abortion, or (b)...more
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Any woman procuring or consenting to her own abortion shall be punished with imprisonment for from 15 (fifteen) days to 1 (one) year or with fine of from CFAF 5 000 (five thousand) to CFAF 200 000 (two hundred thousand) or with both such imprisonment and fine. (2) Whoever procures the abortion of a woman, notwithstanding her consent, shall be punished with imprisonment for from 1 (one) to 5 (five) years and with fine of from CFAF 100 000 (one hundred thousand) to CFAF 2 000 000 (two million). (3) The penalties prescribed by subsection (2) shall be doubled where the offender – (a) Engages habitually in abortion, or (b)...more
Aug. 20, 2025, 12:32 a.m.
Countries: Cameroon
Variables: MMR-PRACTICE-1
"[I]n Cameroon say 30 percent of maternal deaths are caused by unsafe abortion" (Para 17).
Variables: MMR-PRACTICE-1
"[I]n Cameroon say 30 percent of maternal deaths are caused by unsafe abortion" (Para 17).
Aug. 20, 2025, 12:32 a.m.
Countries: Cameroon
Variables: DSFMF-PRACTICE-4
"Since I was young and didn’t want to disgrace my family, I listened to my friend’s advice. We went to a man who told us to dig cassava roots and insert them so as to provoke an abortion" (Para 8).
Variables: DSFMF-PRACTICE-4
"Since I was young and didn’t want to disgrace my family, I listened to my friend’s advice. We went to a man who told us to dig cassava roots and insert them so as to provoke an abortion" (Para 8).
Aug. 20, 2025, 12:32 a.m.
Countries: Cameroon
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Cameroon’s penal code says any woman who procures an abortion can be imprisoned for a period ranging from fifteen days to one year or with a fine from $8 to $336. There are provisions allowing an abortion when a woman is raped or if the pregnancy endangers her life. When these women can’t get abortions from authorised centres, they turn to traditional doctors, private clinics, and local drugstores. These illegal sites operate unperturbed" (Para 13-14).
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Cameroon’s penal code says any woman who procures an abortion can be imprisoned for a period ranging from fifteen days to one year or with a fine from $8 to $336. There are provisions allowing an abortion when a woman is raped or if the pregnancy endangers her life. When these women can’t get abortions from authorised centres, they turn to traditional doctors, private clinics, and local drugstores. These illegal sites operate unperturbed" (Para 13-14).
Aug. 20, 2025, 12:19 a.m.
Countries: Cameroon
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"Abortions were performed either at home or in small health facilities by medical personnel. Due to restrictive abortion laws, women often turn to providers with limited skills or to facilities lacking basic medical standards. Additionally, challenging socioeconomic conditions have led some health workers to view abortion as an opportunity to earn extra revenue. Suction curettage and misoprostol were the primary methods used for abortion (89%), likely because physicians were the main providers and most were trained in these techniques. Similar findings were reported by Ngowa et al. in Cameroon. Additionally, Wonkam and Hurst noted an increasing acceptance of voluntary abortion among medical trainees in Cameroon, with acceptance rising from preclinical...more
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"Abortions were performed either at home or in small health facilities by medical personnel. Due to restrictive abortion laws, women often turn to providers with limited skills or to facilities lacking basic medical standards. Additionally, challenging socioeconomic conditions have led some health workers to view abortion as an opportunity to earn extra revenue. Suction curettage and misoprostol were the primary methods used for abortion (89%), likely because physicians were the main providers and most were trained in these techniques. Similar findings were reported by Ngowa et al. in Cameroon. Additionally, Wonkam and Hurst noted an increasing acceptance of voluntary abortion among medical trainees in Cameroon, with acceptance rising from preclinical...more
Aug. 20, 2025, 12:19 a.m.
Countries: Cameroon
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"In Cameroon, abortion remains illegal except in cases of rape or incest, forcing many women with unwanted pregnancies to resort to unsafe methods" (Page 1).
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"In Cameroon, abortion remains illegal except in cases of rape or incest, forcing many women with unwanted pregnancies to resort to unsafe methods" (Page 1).
Aug. 20, 2025, 12:19 a.m.
Countries: Cameroon
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"Among 234 women aged 17 to 43, 51 (21.8%) reported at least one unsafe abortion. The primary reasons cited were fear of parental disapproval (24%) and partner refusal (20%). Physicians were the main providers (39.5%), using suction curettage and/or intravaginal misoprostol (89%). Being single (adjusted odds ratio (aOR): 13.6 (5.39-34.4)), nulliparous (aOR: 5.81 (2.41-13.9)), and secondary school students (aOR: 3.23 (1.06-9.81)) were significantly associated with an increased risk of unsafe abortions" (Page 1). "Out of the 51 women surveyed, 18 (35%) reported complications, primarily bleeding and infection" (Page 5).
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"Among 234 women aged 17 to 43, 51 (21.8%) reported at least one unsafe abortion. The primary reasons cited were fear of parental disapproval (24%) and partner refusal (20%). Physicians were the main providers (39.5%), using suction curettage and/or intravaginal misoprostol (89%). Being single (adjusted odds ratio (aOR): 13.6 (5.39-34.4)), nulliparous (aOR: 5.81 (2.41-13.9)), and secondary school students (aOR: 3.23 (1.06-9.81)) were significantly associated with an increased risk of unsafe abortions" (Page 1). "Out of the 51 women surveyed, 18 (35%) reported complications, primarily bleeding and infection" (Page 5).
June 24, 2025, 9:07 a.m.
Countries: Cameroon
Variables: AFE-DATA-1
The gender parity index (GPI) for gross secondary school enrollment (i.e. the ratio of gross enrollment of girls to gross enrollment of boys at the secondary level) is .89. This number was found by using the World Bank's data for secondary school gross enrollment for girls and boys. As of 2023, the gross enrollment rate for females is 42% while the gross enrollment rate for males is 47%. (CEC2 - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: AFE-DATA-1
The gender parity index (GPI) for gross secondary school enrollment (i.e. the ratio of gross enrollment of girls to gross enrollment of boys at the secondary level) is .89. This number was found by using the World Bank's data for secondary school gross enrollment for girls and boys. As of 2023, the gross enrollment rate for females is 42% while the gross enrollment rate for males is 47%. (CEC2 - CODER COMMENT).
Dec. 31, 2024, 4:46 p.m.
Countries: Albania, Bhutan, Cameroon, Gambia, Ghana, Indonesia, Laos, Liberia, Lithuania, Maldives, Mexico, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, South Korea, Tunisia, United States
Variables: IRP-SCALE-1
3
Variables: IRP-SCALE-1
3
Dec. 4, 2024, 4:38 p.m.
Countries: Cameroon
Variables: PW-LAW-1
"Polygyny legal, no limit on number of wives" (para 18).
Variables: PW-LAW-1
"Polygyny legal, no limit on number of wives" (para 18).
Sept. 6, 2024, 10:07 a.m.
Countries: Cameroon
Variables: SMPP-PRACTICE-1
“Hospital workers say obstetric fistula is a hole between the birth canal and bladder or rectum, caused by prolonged, obstructed labor without access to timely, high-quality medical treatment. The disease leaves women and girls leaking urine, feces or both, and often leads to chronic medical problems, depression, social isolation and deepening poverty, medical staff members say…Debong said she is urging parents, husbands, clerics, community leaders and traditional rulers to educate others that obstetric fistula is not a curse or divine punishment for wrongdoing. She said she wants communities to encourage women who have gone into hiding due to the disease to seek treatment…Many sufferers are accused of witchcraft and abandoned...more
Variables: SMPP-PRACTICE-1
“Hospital workers say obstetric fistula is a hole between the birth canal and bladder or rectum, caused by prolonged, obstructed labor without access to timely, high-quality medical treatment. The disease leaves women and girls leaking urine, feces or both, and often leads to chronic medical problems, depression, social isolation and deepening poverty, medical staff members say…Debong said she is urging parents, husbands, clerics, community leaders and traditional rulers to educate others that obstetric fistula is not a curse or divine punishment for wrongdoing. She said she wants communities to encourage women who have gone into hiding due to the disease to seek treatment…Many sufferers are accused of witchcraft and abandoned...more
Sept. 6, 2024, 10:07 a.m.
Countries: Cameroon
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
“As the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula approaches Tuesday, scores of women who have been treated for the medical condition are encouraging their peers in northern Cameroon to get help. Many sufferers of obstetric fistula — characterized by urinary and fecal incontinence — believe the disease is a curse for wrongdoing. Now former patients and aid groups are telling families fistula can be treated. The network of women who have been successfully operated on for obstetric fistula in Cameroon's northern region say they are educating communities that it is a disease that can be treated…Catherine Debong, 31, is the spokesperson for Women in Maroua, a group of women who...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
“As the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula approaches Tuesday, scores of women who have been treated for the medical condition are encouraging their peers in northern Cameroon to get help. Many sufferers of obstetric fistula — characterized by urinary and fecal incontinence — believe the disease is a curse for wrongdoing. Now former patients and aid groups are telling families fistula can be treated. The network of women who have been successfully operated on for obstetric fistula in Cameroon's northern region say they are educating communities that it is a disease that can be treated…Catherine Debong, 31, is the spokesperson for Women in Maroua, a group of women who...more
Sept. 6, 2024, 10:07 a.m.
Countries: Cameroon
Variables: NGOFW-DATA-1
“Boyo Maurine is with the Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services program, a nonprofit group that works with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). The group educates communities about obstetric fistula and encourages women to seek treatment…In 2020, the U.N. launched a global commitment to fistula prevention and treatment, including surgical repair and social reintegration. The campaign hopes to end fistula by 2030, while transforming the lives of thousands of women and girls” (12, 14).
Variables: NGOFW-DATA-1
“Boyo Maurine is with the Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services program, a nonprofit group that works with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). The group educates communities about obstetric fistula and encourages women to seek treatment…In 2020, the U.N. launched a global commitment to fistula prevention and treatment, including surgical repair and social reintegration. The campaign hopes to end fistula by 2030, while transforming the lives of thousands of women and girls” (12, 14).
Sept. 6, 2024, 10:07 a.m.
Countries: Cameroon
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
“Cameroon reports that 60% of patients seeking help in hospitals have lived with obstetric fistula for more than 5 years. Eighty percent of patients have no formal education and 90% were teenagers when they had their first baby” (9).
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1
“Cameroon reports that 60% of patients seeking help in hospitals have lived with obstetric fistula for more than 5 years. Eighty percent of patients have no formal education and 90% were teenagers when they had their first baby” (9).
Sept. 6, 2024, 10:07 a.m.
Countries: Cameroon
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
“The Cameron government is trying to end the stigma and discrimination attached to the condition [of fistula] through education programs” (11).
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
“The Cameron government is trying to end the stigma and discrimination attached to the condition [of fistula] through education programs” (11).
Sept. 6, 2024, 10:07 a.m.
Countries: Cameroon
Variables: DACH-DATA-3
“Cameroon reports that 60% of patients seeking help in hospitals have lived with obstetric fistula for more than 5 years. Eighty percent of patients have no formal education and 90% were teenagers when they had their first baby” (8). This statistic indicates that many women first have sexual intercourse as teenagers (AMC - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: DACH-DATA-3
“Cameroon reports that 60% of patients seeking help in hospitals have lived with obstetric fistula for more than 5 years. Eighty percent of patients have no formal education and 90% were teenagers when they had their first baby” (8). This statistic indicates that many women first have sexual intercourse as teenagers (AMC - CODER COMMENT).
Sept. 6, 2024, 10:07 a.m.
Countries: Cameroon
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
“As the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula approaches…, scores of women who have been treated for the medical condition are encouraging their peers in northern Cameroon to get help...Now former patients and aid groups are telling families fistula can be treated. The network of women who have been successfully operated on for obstetric fistula in Cameroon's northern region say they are educating communities that it is a disease that can be treated. Hospital workers say obstetric fistula is a hole between the birth canal and bladder or rectum, caused by prolonged, obstructed labor without access to timely, high-quality medical treatment. The disease leaves women and girls leaking urine, feces...more
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
“As the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula approaches…, scores of women who have been treated for the medical condition are encouraging their peers in northern Cameroon to get help...Now former patients and aid groups are telling families fistula can be treated. The network of women who have been successfully operated on for obstetric fistula in Cameroon's northern region say they are educating communities that it is a disease that can be treated. Hospital workers say obstetric fistula is a hole between the birth canal and bladder or rectum, caused by prolonged, obstructed labor without access to timely, high-quality medical treatment. The disease leaves women and girls leaking urine, feces...more
Aug. 10, 2024, 2:57 a.m.
Countries: Benin, Cameroon, Central African Rep, Cote D'Ivoire, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Niger, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Syria, Tanzania, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Variables: MULTIVAR-SCALE-6
13.0
Variables: MULTIVAR-SCALE-6
13.0
March 31, 2024, 3:14 p.m.
Countries: Albania, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Rep, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cote D'Ivoire, Croatia, D R Congo, East Timor, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Macedonia, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: TRAFF-SCALE-1
2.0more
Variables: TRAFF-SCALE-1
2.0more
March 30, 2024, 10:05 p.m.
Countries: Cameroon
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1
According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, Cameroon ranks as a Tier 2 country (85).
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1
According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, Cameroon ranks as a Tier 2 country (85).
March 11, 2024, 3:02 p.m.
Countries: Cameroon
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"Is selling sex criminalised? Selling sex itself is illegal in Cameroon as is soliciting in a public place. (art 343 penal code) Is buying sex criminalised? Article 343 of the Penal Code can also be used to criminalise the buying of sex. Is organising/managing criminalised? Yes, procuring defined as "causing, aiding or facilitating the prostitution of another" is criminalised. Living on the earnings is also criminalised. (Art 294 of penal code)" (para 1-3).
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"Is selling sex criminalised? Selling sex itself is illegal in Cameroon as is soliciting in a public place. (art 343 penal code) Is buying sex criminalised? Article 343 of the Penal Code can also be used to criminalise the buying of sex. Is organising/managing criminalised? Yes, procuring defined as "causing, aiding or facilitating the prostitution of another" is criminalised. Living on the earnings is also criminalised. (Art 294 of penal code)" (para 1-3).
Feb. 2, 2024, 6:33 a.m.
Countries: Cameroon
Variables: DV-DATA-1
According to 2022 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, the proportion of ever-partnered women and girls (aged 15-49) in Cameroon who have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in their lifetime is 39 percent (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: DV-DATA-1
According to 2022 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, the proportion of ever-partnered women and girls (aged 15-49) in Cameroon who have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in their lifetime is 39 percent (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:24 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Rep, Chad, Cote D'Ivoire, D R Congo, Eritrea, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Togo, Zimbabwe
Variables: MMR-SCALE-2
4
Variables: MMR-SCALE-2
4
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:19 p.m.
Countries: Cameroon
Variables: MMR-SCALE-1
438
Variables: MMR-SCALE-1
438
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:15 p.m.
Countries: Angola, Bahamas, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Iceland, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Mozambique, New Zealand, North Korea, Peru, Solomon Islands, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam
Variables: ERBG-SCALE-1
0
Variables: ERBG-SCALE-1
0
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:06 p.m.
Countries: Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Congo, Cote D'Ivoire, Denmark, Estonia, Gambia, Guinea, Iceland, India, Liberia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, South Sudan, Togo
Variables: DACH-SCALE-2
2
Variables: DACH-SCALE-2
2
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:03 p.m.
Countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Rep, Chad, Cote D'Ivoire, D R Congo, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Lesotho, Liberia, Mali, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Swaziland, Togo, Zimbabwe
Variables: DACH-SCALE-1
3
Variables: DACH-SCALE-1
3
Jan. 21, 2024, 11:10 a.m.
Countries: Cameroon
Variables: MMR-DATA-1
According to a 2023 report on global trends in maternal mortality from 2000-2020 published by the WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group, and UNDESA/Population Division, in 2020 the maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) in Cameroon was 438 (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: MMR-DATA-1
According to a 2023 report on global trends in maternal mortality from 2000-2020 published by the WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group, and UNDESA/Population Division, in 2020 the maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) in Cameroon was 438 (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 20, 2024, 1:37 p.m.
Countries: Cameroon
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
According to 2023 World Bank Gender Data collected from the most recent ILO modeled estimates from 2020 onwards, the female laborforce participation rate (as a percentage of the female population ages 15+) in Cameroon is 67.4% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
According to 2023 World Bank Gender Data collected from the most recent ILO modeled estimates from 2020 onwards, the female laborforce participation rate (as a percentage of the female population ages 15+) in Cameroon is 67.4% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 7, 2024, 3:30 p.m.
Countries: Cameroon
Variables: DACH-DATA-1
According to the World Bank, as of 2021, life expectancy in Cameroon is 62 years for women and 59 years for men (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: DACH-DATA-1
According to the World Bank, as of 2021, life expectancy in Cameroon is 62 years for women and 59 years for men (KMM-CODER COMMENT).