Latest items for Cameroon
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).
Dec. 28, 2023, 2:18 p.m.
Countries: Cameroon
Variables: DACH-DATA-1
According to 2019 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, average life expectancy in Cameroon is 60.3 years for men and 64.5 years for women (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: DACH-DATA-1
According to 2019 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, average life expectancy in Cameroon is 60.3 years for men and 64.5 years for women (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Oct. 12, 2023, 3:59 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cote D'Ivoire, Guinea, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia
Variables: BR-SCALE-1
3
Variables: BR-SCALE-1
3
Sept. 29, 2023, 9:40 a.m.
Countries: Cameroon, Zambia
Variables: BR-DATA-1
"33.8 births per 1000 population"
Variables: BR-DATA-1
"33.8 births per 1000 population"
Sept. 8, 2023, 10:18 a.m.
Countries: Cameroon
Variables: AOM-DATA-2
"Women who were first married by age 18 (% of women ages 20-24) is '29.80%'"
Variables: AOM-DATA-2
"Women who were first married by age 18 (% of women ages 20-24) is '29.80%'"
June 17, 2023, 5:11 p.m.
Countries: Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Cameroon, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Kosovo, Latvia, Malta, Mexico, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Romania, Russia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad/Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: MARR-SCALE-2
2.0
Variables: MARR-SCALE-2
2.0
March 27, 2023, 9:54 p.m.
Countries: Cameroon
Variables: MARR-LAW-7
"Section 18 of the African Charter on Human and People's Rights by the Republic of Cameroon: [...] the law envisages 3 types of marriages [...] Traditional/Customary, Church/Islamic, and Contract marriages" (para 1).
Variables: MARR-LAW-7
"Section 18 of the African Charter on Human and People's Rights by the Republic of Cameroon: [...] the law envisages 3 types of marriages [...] Traditional/Customary, Church/Islamic, and Contract marriages" (para 1).
March 27, 2023, 9:45 p.m.
Countries: Cameroon
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-8
Traditionally practiced by the Fulani and in Beti Customs, but these constitute a small portion of the overall prevalence even within the minority populations. Most ethnic groups condone the practice as it is seen as an outdated practice. (VC CODER COMMENT) "Alerted to the fact that they share close family ties, two lovebirds are determined to carry out their marriage project to the end in the district of Nkol-Afamba and despite the firm opposition of their group leader. It is a project of union visibly source of division which is profiled in the district of NKol-Afamba, region of the Center. The misfortune of the two lovers is that they are...more
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-8
Traditionally practiced by the Fulani and in Beti Customs, but these constitute a small portion of the overall prevalence even within the minority populations. Most ethnic groups condone the practice as it is seen as an outdated practice. (VC CODER COMMENT) "Alerted to the fact that they share close family ties, two lovebirds are determined to carry out their marriage project to the end in the district of Nkol-Afamba and despite the firm opposition of their group leader. It is a project of union visibly source of division which is profiled in the district of NKol-Afamba, region of the Center. The misfortune of the two lovers is that they are...more