Annuaire Statistique MINPROF ENGLISH MEP€¦ · the Statistical Yearbook of my ministry, through...

République du Cameroun Paix – Travail – Patrie

-------------- Ministère de la Promotion de

la Femme et de la Famille --------------

Republic of Cameroon Peace – Work – Fatherland

-------------- Ministry of Women Empowerment

and the Family --------------

--------------------------------- Ministry of Women's

Empowerment and the Family

Statistical Yearbook

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2014 Edition

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CAMEROON MAP

SURFACE AREA: 475 650 KM2 POPULATION: 20 386 799 inhabitants (Estimation de 2012)

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H.E. Paul BIYA President of the Republic of Cameroon

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "At the social level, the New Impetus involves, promoting the status of women in order to achieve equal rights between men and women. This will entail multiplying actions to promote female entrepreneurship and support women's access to employment in administrative services, the rural sector, trade, industry and services, to continue modernizing the body of laws so as to guarantee the respect of women's rights, ensure the abandonment of customs and traditions that go against the respect of women's rights, strengthen measures for women's intellectual and economic development and the promotion of family values. "1

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1 Paul BIYA, My electoral Platform for the 2011 presidential elections "From greater ambitions to greater achievements": A New Impetus !

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H.E. Philemon YANG Prime Minister, Head of Gouvernment

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Mrs ABENA ONDOA née OBAMA Marie-Thérèse, Minister of Women's Empowerment and the Family

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Monsieur MOUSSA AOUDOU Secretary General of the Ministry of Women’s Empowerment and the Family

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PREFACE

In the implementation of government’s policy for women’s empowerment, the promotion of gender equality and family development, it is important to update, as much as possible, the statistics that can account for developments in the field. This concern is based on the commitment of the President of the Republic, His Excellency Paul BIYA, to promote the status of women. It is a commitment he expressed solemnly in these terms: "Under my leadership, women's participation in decision-making processes has improved significantly. We will further promote their progress at political, a dministrative and professional levels 2".

Consequently, government’s action, whose reference frame is the Growth and Employment Strategy Paper (GESP), notably sets for the Ministry of Women's Empowerment and the Family objectives relating to the analysis of the evolution of the socio-economic status of women, family development, the promotion and protection of children's rights.

Moreover, the extent of social challenges and the increasingly numerous and pressing expectations of our citizens are actually bringing us to take stock of progress achieved and of what remains to be done.

analyzes, to pose a near exact diagnosis of a situation while also pointing out the male reality of the situation – which is of paramount importance to us – as an indispensable aspect in gender sensitive analyzes.

It is therefore worth noting that the production of disaggregated statistical data promotes shared knowledge and a better understanding of the differences in specific needs, difficulties encountered, living conditions, for women as well as for men. These gender specific differences contribute to a better understanding of the situation of women and men and to better understand the social relations that underlie these realities, which strongly influence social, economic and other organizations.

I therefore wish to seize this opportunity to express my profound gratitude to the Directorate General of the National Institute of Statistics for the multifaceted support in the production of the Statistical Yearbook of my ministry, through the Support Program for the Reform of Public Finance, statistics section. Moreover, we appreciate efforts made by this institution for several years now to produce gender disaggregated national statistics. In effect, this gender disaggregated statistics, help us to see the extent of gender disparities and, to reflect on new strategies and adopt corrective measures for these disparities so that equal rights can become de facto equality.

2 General Policy Speech of the President of the Republic, His Excellency Paul BIYA, Yaounde, 15 September 2011.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE .................................................................................................................................... XIII

LIST OF TABLES .................................... ................................................................................... XVII

LIST OF CHARTS .................................... ................................................................................... XXI

CONVENTIONAL ACRONYMS, ABREVIATIONS AND SIGNS ..... ............................................ XXIII

STATISTICAL YEARBOOK PRODUCTION TEAM .............. ....................................................... XXV

GENERAL INTRODUCTION .............................. ............................................................................. 1

CHAPITRE : DATA FOR GENERAL SCOPE ............................ ...................................................... 3

II.1 MINPROFF STRUCTURES ....................................................................................................... 6

I.2. SOME DATA ON NON CONTRIBUTIVE SOCIAL ACTION . ...................................................... 6

I.3 CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS COLLABORATING WIT H MINPROFF ............................... 7

I.4 BUDGET OF THE MINISTRY...................................................................................................... 8

CHAPTER II : WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT AND GENDER PROMOTI ON ...................................... 9

II.1 DECISION-MAKING ............................................................................................................. 10

II.1.1 ENROLLMENT ON ELECTORAL LISTS ....................................................................................... 10

II.1.2. Parliament .................................................................................................................... 11

II.1.3. Decentralized local authorities ........................................................................................ 13

II.1.4. Politicals parties ............................................................................................................. 14

II.1.5. Women’s Representation in Territorial Command ............................................................ 14

II.1.6. Women’s representation in the government ..................................................................... 15

Table 24: Trends in the number of female members of government .......................................... 15

II.1.7 JUSTICE ........................................................................................................................ 16

II.2. TRANSPORTS .................................................................................................................... 18

II.3. SECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION ........................................................................... 20

II.4. POPULARIZATION OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEGAL INSTRUMENTS FOR

WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT ..................................................................................................... 22

II.5. GENDER BASED VIOLENCE .............................................................................................. 25

II.6. GENDER SENSITIVE BUDGETING ................................................................................... 27

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CHAPTER III : WOMEN’S ECONOMIC EMPOERMENT ............................................................. 28

III.1 VOCATIONAL TRAINING .................................................................................................... 29

III.2 EMPLOYMENT AND UNDER EMPLOYMENT ................................................................. 30

III.3. ACCESS TO PRODUCTIVE RESOURCES ......................................................................... 32

III.3.1. Landed property and housing ........................................................................................ 32

III.3.2. Access to credit ............................................................................................................ 34

III.4 FEMALE REPRESENTATION IN PROFESSIONAL GROUPINGS ....................................... 34

III.5. SOCIO-PROFESSIONAL INTEGRATION ............................................................................ 35

III.6 CAPACITY BUILDING.......................................................................................................... 37

III.6.1. Support in agricultural equipment .................................................................................. 37

III.7. TRAINING AND AWARENESS RAISING ............................................................................. 39

III.8. TRAINING IN THE WEFCS ................................................................................................. 41

CHAPTER IV : FAMILY DEVELOPMENT AND PROTECTION OF CHILDREN’S RIGHTS ............ 43

IV.1 FAMILY HEALTH ................................................................................................................ 44

IV.1.1. Women’s health ........................................................................................................... 44

IV.1.2. HIV/AIDS ..................................................................................................................... 44

IV.1.3. Health of reproduction .................................................................................................. 46

IV.1.4 Child Health ................................................................................................................ 49

IV.2. ESSENTIAL FAMILY PRACTICES ...................................................................................... 52

IV.3. FAMILY WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT ......................................................................... 53

IV.3.1. Capacity building of families .......................................................................................... 56

IV.4 CHILDREN’S RIGHTS ........................................................................................................ 58

IV.4.1. Education and schooling .............................................................................................. 58

IV.4.2. Sexuality among youths ............................................................................................... 61

IV.5. VIOLATION OF CHILDREN’S RIGHTS ............................................................................... 61

IV.6. PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE AND ASSISTANCE ...................................................................... 63

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LIST OF TABLES Table 1: Trends in the number of MINPROFF structures per Region ................................................................... 6

Table2: Number of structures of the Ministry per type and per Region in 2014 ..................................................... 6

Table 3 : Trends in financial aid requested in the central and external services of MINPROFF from 2013 to 2014 6

Table 4: Trends in the need in agricultural equipment recorded and granted by structures in 2013 and 2014 ....... 7

Table 5: Trends in the number of requests for technical support to associations recorded/granted in MINPROFF structures ............................................................................................................................................ 7

Table 6 : Trends in the number of cases of marital and family mediation/therapy received/treated in MINPROFF structures ............................................................................................................................................ 7

Table 7: Distribution of CSOs per area of intervention in 2013 ............................................................................. 7

Table 8: Trends in MINPROFF Budget from 2009 to 2014 (in million CFA F) ....................................................... 8

Table 9 : Budget (in thousands) granted per Region for vocational training in WFECs per year ............................ 8

Table 10: Trends of voters registered per election ............................................................................................. 10

Table 11: Distribution of Senators by sex and by Region- .................................................................................. 11

Table 12: Distribution of Senators by sex, by method of designation and by Region ........................................... 11

Table 13: Trends in the number of female MPs (lower house) 1992-1997 and 2013-2018 legislative periods ..... 11

Table 14: Distribution of MPs (lower house) by sex and by Region for the last two legislative periods ................. 12

Table 15: Trends in the number female MPs in the National Assembly .............................................................. 12

Table 16: Distribution of mayors by sex and by region for the last two mandates ................................................ 13

Table 17: Proportion (in %) of Mayors and Deputy mayors of the female sex ................................................ 13

Table 18: Distribution of Mayors by region, by sex and according to political party.............................................. 13

Table 19: Distribution of seats by political parties in the Senate .......................................................................... 14

Table 20: Women's representation in territorial command .................................................................................. 14

Table 21: Trends of women’s representation in territorial command ................................................................. 15

Table 22: Distribution of Divisional Officers by sex per region ............................................................................ 15

Table 23: Trends in the number of 1st and 2nd class female traditional rulers from 2010 to 2013 ........................ 15

Table 24: Trends in the number of female members of government ................................................................... 15

Table 25: Evolution of the number of female ministers and persons ranking as such .......................................... 16

Table 26: Situation of the number of personnel of the penal system in 2013 by sex and by Region .................... 16

Table 27 : Situation of the number of personnel of certain liberal professions of the legal system in 2013 per region and by sex .............................................................................................................................. 17

Table 28: Some performance indicators in the courts in 2013 ............................................................................ 17

Table 29: Cameroon's prison population by sex and by region as at 31 December 2013, adults and minors ...... 18

Table 30: Trends in the proportion (%) of women and men in posts of responsibility up to the rank of chief of service in some EPA (ADC, APN, CNCC, PAD, CCAA, CAMRAIL) of the transports sector from 2011 to 2013 .................................................................................................................................................. 18

Table 31: Number of women holders of a driver's license by category ................................................................ 18

Table 32 : Trends by sex and by region in the number of Authorized Driving School Promoters from 2010 to 2013 .......................................................................................................................................................... 19

Table 33: Trends in the number of students in Cameroon State and private Universities from 2009 to 2012 ....... 21

Table 34: Distribution of students (in %) in the faculties of sciences by sex ........................................................ 22

Table 35: Distribution of State University teachers by grade and by sex in 2013 ................................................. 22

Table 36: Trends in the number of beneficiaries of popularization sessions on legal instruments for the promotion and protection of women's rights in 2012 and 2013 ............................................................................ 22

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Table 37: Number of beneficiaries of awareness raising sessions on inheritance rights ...................................... 24

Table 38 : Number of beneficiaries of awareness raising sessions on the fight against GBV and FGM ............... 24

Table 39: Trends in the number of persons who have benefited from legal clinic sessions held by Region and by year² .................................................................................................................................................. 24

Table 40: Proportion (%) of female and male victims of violence from the age of 15 ........................................... 25

Table 41: Percentage in 2011 of persons (men, women) who suffered physical violence since the age of 15 years .......................................................................................................................................................... 25

Table 42: Number of persons received for counseling as a result of physical and psychological violence in MINPROFF services in 2012 and 2013 by Region .......................................................................... 26

Table 43: Trends in the number of trainees in vocational training centers, between 2010 and 2013 .................... 29

Table 44: Trends in the proportion of trainers for the 2009/2010 to 2012/2013 training years according to their professional diplomas ........................................................................................................................ 29

Table 45: Distribution of employed workers, by employment and activity sector, of persons aged 10 or above, by sex in 2010 ........................................................................................................................................ 30

Table 46: Number in (%) of women in non agricultural paid employment according to Region per year .............. 31

Table 47: Trend of the proportion of workers in the informal agricultural sector ................................................... 31

Table 48: Under employment rate by sex according to area of residence ........................................................... 31

Table 49: Trends in unemployment rate (according to ILO) between 2005 and 2010 by sex and area of residence .......................................................................................................................................................... 31

Table 50: Trends in global under-employment rate by Region, sex and area of residence between 2005 and 2010 .......................................................................................................................................................... 32

Table 51: Proportion (in %) of employed workers (15-64 years) living below the poverty level ............................ 32

Table 52: Proportion (%) of land titles issued in 2013 by sex and per Region ..................................................... 32

Table 53: Trends in the proportion (%) of women of 15-49 years owning a land title between 2006 and 2011 (jointly or individually) ......................................................................................................................... 33

Table 54: Trends by region and by sex of the proportion of women heads of families, where a member is owning the house from 2006 to 2011 ............................................................................................................. 33

Table 55: Trends, by sex and by region, in the number of persons having benefited from the services of Crédit Foncier du Cameroun (housing fund) from 2010 to 2012 .................................................................... 34

Table 56: Distribution of GICAM members by activity sector .............................................................................. 34

Table 57: Distribution of the number of business promoters/managers and number of permanent employees by sex and by activity sub-sector in 2008 ................................................................................................ 35

Table 58 : Distribution by sex and by Region of the number of persons having benefited from PAJER-U funding from 2011 to 2013 ............................................................................................................................. 35

Table59 : Number of persons trained in WEFCs and integrated into the job market per Region and according to the year ............................................................................................................................................. 36

Table60: Number of persons having benefited from socio-professional guidance in 2012 by type of structure .... 36

Table 61: Number of persons having benefited from support for socio-professional integration by type of structure in 2013 .............................................................................................................................................. 36

Table 62 : Number of persons having benefited from socio-professional guidance by Region in 2012 ................ 37

Table 63: Distribution of SMEs created in Business Creation Formality Center (CFCE) by the sex of the promoter in 2013 .............................................................................................................................................. 37

Table 64: Trends in proportion(%) of employed workers, operating manager (boss, self employed) in the primary sector of 2005 - 2010 ......................................................................................................................... 37

Table 65 : Number of persons living in rural areas and having benefited from support in terms of agricultural equipment in 2012 ............................................................................................................................. 38

Table 66 : Number of persons living in rural areas and having benefited from support in term of light agricultural equipment by type of equipment and per region in 2012 ..................................................................... 38

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Table 67: Number of associations in rural areas having benefited from support in terms of agricultural equipment by type of equipment in 2013 ............................................................................................................. 38

Table 68 : Number of persons having benefited from capacity building in production, processing and preservation techniques of agro-pastoral products in 2013 ..................................................................................... 39

Table 69: Number of persons having benefited from capacity building in business creation and project management in 2014(initiated by decentralized structures of MINPROFF) ......................................... 39

Table70 : Number of persons sensitized and involved in environmental protection in 2013 by Structure ............. 39

Table71: Trends in the number of associations sensitized and involved environmental protection in 2013 by Region............................................................................................................................................... 39

Table 72 : Aforestation outside forests (operation Green Sahel, mangroves, development Benoue river basin) .. 40

Table73 : Trends in the number of trees planted by women in the reforestation activity between 2012 and 2014 by Region............................................................................................................................................... 40

Table 74: Percentage of the population using solid fuels ................................................................................... 40

Table 75: Number of trainees in the WEFCs in 2014(Permanent training) .......................................................... 41

Table 76 : Number of trainees for the 2010/2011 and 2011/2012 training year by level ...................................... 41

Table 77 : Number of trainees for the 2010/2011 and 2011/2012 training years in WEFCs by sector .................. 41

Table 78 : Trends in the number of cases of abandonment for the 2010/2011 and 2011/2012 training years by sector ................................................................................................................................................ 41

Table 79 : Trends in the number of cases of abandonment for the 2010/2011 and 2011/2012 training years by Region............................................................................................................................................... 42

Table 80: Number of trainers by professional and academic diploma ................................................................. 42

Table 81: Frequency of patients regularly followed in psychiatry/Reception and consultation in 2013 ................ 44

Table 82: Trends of knowledge acquired and attitudes towards HIV AIDS among people of 15 -49 years .......... 45

Table 83: Knowledge and attitude towards HIV AIDS among people aged 15-24 in 2014 .................................. 45

Table 84: HIV-AIDS prevalence rate of the 15-24 years according to sex and area of residence ........................ 45

Table 85: HIV-AIDS prevalence rate of the 15-49 years by region ...................................................................... 46

Table 86: Some indicator trends in women’s reproductive health ....................................................................... 46

Table 87: Some indicators trends of prenatal care among women aged 15-49 ................................................... 46

Table 88: Percentage of women aged 15-49, who received prenatal care from a trained personnel by Region ... 47

Table 89: Percentage of women aged 15-49 who gave birth with the assistance of a qualified personnel by Region............................................................................................................................................... 47

Table 90: Trends of the proportion of assisted delivery by the qualified health personnel between 2004 and 2014 (in %)................................................................................................................................................. 48

Table 91: Proportion (%) of pregnant women aged 15-49 sleeping under a treated bed net ............................... 48

Table 92: Infant and juvenile mortality quotient (children under 5 years) per region (calculated over the period of 10 years before the survey) ............................................................................................................... 49

Table 93: Trends in the immunization coverage of children 12-23 months .......................................................... 50

Table 94: Percentage of children from 12 to 23 months completely vaccinated (having received all the vaccines) per region or area of residence ......................................................................................................... 50

Table 95: Trends in percentage of children under 5 years sleeping under a treated mosquito net ...................... 51

Table 96: Trends in the management of fever and malaria................................................................................. 51

Table 97 : Proportion of households having treated bed nets (ITNs) .................................................................. 52

Table 98: Percentage of adults aged 15 and above, by detailed smoker status and by sex in 2013 .................... 52

Table 99: Number of adults aged 15 and above, by detailed status of tobacco consumption without smoke and by sex-GATS Cameroon, 2013............................................................................................................... 52

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Table 100: Percentage of adults aged 15 and above, who think that tobacco smoking can cause a serious illness, a vascular cerebral accident, a heart attack, a lung cancer, a cancer of the bladder, a stomach cancer, a premature birth, or a bone loss, according to sex ............................................................................... 53

Table 101: Percentage of adults aged 15 and above, who think that tobacco smoking can cause a serious illness, a vascular cerebral accident(stroke), a heart attack, a lung cancer, a cancer of the bladder, a stomach cancer, a premature birth, or a bone loss, according to smoker status and by sex .............................. 53

Table 103 : Trends in the number of marriages celebrated through the joint celebration system ......................... 54

Table 104 : Number of families who have requested assistance from MINPROFF to facilitate family reunion ..... 54

Table 105: Percentage of families having electric power as main source of lighting ............................................ 54

Table 106: Trends of the proportion (in %) of the population having access to potable drinking water ................. 55

Table 107: Trends in the percentage of households having access to certain facilities ...................................... 55

Table 108: Median age at women’s first meeting aged 25-49 years and of men between 30-49 years ............... 55

Table109: Trends in the number of families who have benefited from capacity building on their role in guiding children ............................................................................................................................................. 56

Table110 : Number of local dialogue committees for children identified in 2013 and 2014 ................................. 56

Table111 : Number of personnel whose capacities have been built on the use of thematic aids on the family in 2013 .................................................................................................................................................. 56

Table 112: Net rate of primary school enrolment ................................................................................................ 58

Table 113: Adjusted Net rate of primary school enrollment between 2001 and 2014 .......................................... 59

Table 114: Rate of completion (in %) in Primary schools .................................................................................... 59

Table 115: Indicator of education by sex in 2014 ............................................................................................... 60

Table 116: Trends of parity at primary and secondary level index ...................................................................... 60

Table 117: Net rate of school attendance by age group ..................................................................................... 60

Table 118: Indicators in education by sex in 2014 .............................................................................................. 60

Table 119: Some indicator trends in children’s vulnerability ................................................................................ 60

Table 120: Trend of some indicators regarding the sexuality of youths from 15-24 years .................................... 61

Table 121: Some indicator trends in the violation of children’s rights .................................................................. 61

Table 122: Trends in the rates of early and polygamous marriages among persons aged 15-49 and 20-49 ........ 61

Table 123: Trends in the number of declared cases of sexual abuse on children below 18 years per Region ..... 62

Table124: Trends by sex of declared cases of child trafficking in MINPROFF’s services ................................... 62

Table125: Trends in the number of declared cases of children kidnapped by a parent per Region ..................... 62

Table126: Trends in the number of declared cases of children kidnapped by a parent and found again per Region .......................................................................................................................................................... 63

Table 127 : Number of persons who benefited from psychosocial care in 2012 and 2013 by type of MINPROFF structure ............................................................................................................................................ 63

Table128 : Number of persons who benefited from psychosocial care in 2012 and 2013 by Region ................... 63

Table129 : Trends in the number of divorces and legal separations pronounced by Region ............................... 64

Table 130 : Number of marital, family and cohabitation conflicts declared in 2013 .............................................. 64

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LIST OF CHARTS

Chart 1: Share (%) of MINPROFF Budget as compared to the State Budget ............................................................. 8

Chart 2: Distribution (in %) of persons registered on electoral list on 09 March 2013 per Region and by sex ........ 10

Chart 3: Trends in the proportion of female MPs (lower house) 1992-1997 and 2013-2018 legislative periods ..... 12

Chart 4 : Trends by sex of presidents of political parties from 2010 to 2013 .............................................................. 14

Chart 11: Percentage in 2011 of women who declared having been forced into their first sexual intercourse , by Region ............................................................................................................................................................. 25

Chart 12: Bar chart of the number of persons received for counseling due to physical and psychological violence in MINPROFF services in 2012 and 2013 by Region .............................................................. 26

Chart 13: Number of advocacy sessions organized on gender responsive budgeting and number of persons reached out to from 2010 to 2013 .............................................................................................................. 27

Chart 14: Distribution (in %) of employed workers according to socio professional category by sex ....................... 30

Chart 15: Proportion (%) of land titles issued in 2013 to men and women per Region ............................................. 34

Chart 16: Proportion of declared victims of Female Genital Mutilation in 2004 .......................................................... 44

Chart 19: Quotient of infant mortality ............................................................................................................................. 49

Chart 21: Number of persons sensitized on the fight against maternal, neonatal, and infant-juvenile mortality in Cameroon in 2013 .......................................................................................................................................... 57

Chart 24: Number of families who have been educated on children's rights in 2013 ................................................ 58

Chart 25: Completion rate (%) in the primary school .................................................................................................... 59

Chart 26 : Number of declared cases of forced marriages by Region in 2013 ........................................................... 61

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CONVENTIONAL ACRONYMS, ABREVIATIONS AND SIGNS

ADC Cameroon Airports Authority

AES-SONEL American Electrical Services-National Electricity Company

AfDB African Development Bank

AFRISTAT Sub-Saharan Africa Economic and Statistical Observatory

ATC Appropriate Technology Center

BCEAO Central Bank of West African States

BEAC Bank of Central African States

BUCREP Central Bureau for Census and Population Studies

CDE Camerounaise Des Eaux

CIG Common Initiative Group

CPDM Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement

CTS Technical Committee for the Monitoring of Economic Programmes

DCJA Youth and Animation Counsellor Diploma

DHS Demographic and Health Survey

DHS-MICS Demographic and Health Survey - Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey

DSCN Department of Statistics and National Accounting

ECAM Cameroon Household Survey

EESI Employment and Informal Sector Survey

EIG Economic Interest Group

ENS Higher Teachers Training College

EU European Union

GPHC General Population and Housing Census

IFORD Institute for Training and Demographic Research

IHC Integrated Health Center

ILO International Labour Organization

IUT University Institute of Technology

MII Mosquito Treated Bed nets

MINAS Ministry of Social Affairs

MINCOF Ministry of Women’s Affairs

MINEDUB Ministry of Basic Education

MINEPAT Ministry of Economy, Planning and Regional Development

MINEPIA Ministry of Livestock Fisheries and Animal Industry

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MINESEC Ministry of Secondary Education

MINFI Ministry of Finance

MINPROFF Ministry of Women's Empowerment and the Family

MINTSS Ministry of Labour and Social Security

MPU Multi-purpose Processing Unit

NGO Non Governmental Organization

OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

PAD Douala Autonomous Port

PMRCS Multinational Capacity Building Program

UNESCO United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization

UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund

UN-Women United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment

WCPDM Women’s Wing of the Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement

WEFC Women's Empowerment and Family Center

WHO World Health Organization

NR not informed

.. Data not available

… Data that should not figure

- Nil or zero

_ Very poor data or size of the sample, too small to enable the publication of results

n Number

p Temporary data

e Estimated data

% Percentage

%0 For a thousand

x Confidential data

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STATISTICAL YEARBOOK PRODUCTION TEAM

General supervision

• Marie Thérèse ABENA ONDOA, Ministre de la Promotion de la Femme et de la Famille

• Joseph TEDOU, Directeur Général de l’Institut National de la Statistique

General Coordination

• MOUSSA AOUDOU, Secrétaire Généra l/ MINPROFF

• Joseph Guy Benjamin SHE ETOUNDI, Directeur Général Adjoint / INS

Technical Coordination

• Barnabé OKOUDA, Chef de Département de la Coordination Statistique et de la Recherche / INS

• Marie Louise CHEKEM, Chef de la Division des Etudes, de la Planification et de la Coopération

/MINPROFF

• Alphonsine Sidonie ALIMA, Chef de la Cellule de la Planification et des Statistiques/MINPROFF

• Joseph NGINI, Chargé d’Etudes Assistant /MINPROFF

• Christophe TCHADJEU, Chargé d’Etudes Assistant /MINPROFF

Technical Team

• Paul ATOUNGA, Conseiller Technique N°1 / MINPROFF

• Alain Symphorien NDZANA BILOA, Directeur des Affaires Générales /MINPROFF

• Calice ABESSOLO ASSEKO, Directeur de la Promotion Sociale de la Femme / MINPROFF

• Martine ONGOLA, Directeur de la Promotion Economique de la Femme /MINPROFF

• Anne Chantal HANDJOU, Directeur de la Promotion et de la Protection de la Famille et des Droits de

l’Enfant / MINPROFF

• Amisobel MOUGA, Chef de Service /INS

• Vincent Ledoux ESSAMBE BOME, Chef de Service /INS

• MODOU SANDA, Chef de Service /INS

• Léonie Germaine KAMGAING, Chef de Service /INS

• Bernadette Françoise BEKONO, Chef de Service /MINPROFF

• Abdoul Aziz BOUBADJAM, Chef de Service /MINPROFF

• Béatrice MOULIOM, Traducteur / MINPROFF

• Vincent CHEFOR, Traducteur / Personne ressource MINPROFF

• Monique NKABYO, Chargée d’Etudes Assistant

MINPROFF Statistical Yearbook � 2014 Edition 1

GENERAL INTRODUCTION It is no secret to anyone that in Cameroon, due to a number of factors including socio-cultural

constraints, equal access to education, vocational training, information, access to productive resources remains a challenge, despite the political will expressed by the Head of State

Cameroon, through several concrete actions, has committed itself to translate into reality the objectives of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and those of the Growth and Employment Strategy

Paper (GESP) related to women’s empowerment, family development, the promotion and protection of children's rights.

Thus, Cameroon's Development Vision by 2035 , in its paragraph 531 states that "The issues

pertaining to gender and specific groups, as well as those concerning the effects of climate change will be examined in the planning, programming and budgeting phases, in order to sufficiently mainstream

them in the economic and social development process. "

To this effect, the Growth and Employment Strategy Paper, the reference framework for government’s action for the period 2012-2020, spells out Government’s commitments with regard to women, girls and

gender issues. These commitments are expressed as follows:

“Consequently, the authorities will continue carrying out investments for the various social segments in the areas of health, education and vocational training with emphasis on the youth and women. They

will also supervise and empower other socially underprivileged groups.

For women empowerment , the Government will continue to raise awareness of parents and the

community, especially in rural areas with many traditional customs bottlenecks in order to enable the

girl child enjoy the same conditions of access to education. In the same connection, the State and the community will ensure fair representation of girls in all sectors with regards to vocational training, higher

education and access to jobs.

Special focus will be put on conditions conducive to women empowerment and their best contribution to socio-economic development as well as on the supervision of children, youth and women through

the creation and rehabilitation of supervision structures. The State will foster the initiation and training of women in appropriate farming techniques capable of reducing the onerous nature of their tasks and

improve their output and ability to market their produce. In addition, social support will be provided to struggling women and children. "i3

To effectively accomplish this mission, the Ministry of Women's Empowerment and the Family must have the information that will enable it evaluate, describe and analyze the situation of children, women and families. Gender disaggregated statistics in this domain are the basic material of the gender-based

analysis. Such data are therefore tools and means to shed light on certain situations and measure the gap between women and men.

As such, the Statistical Yearbook appears as an important tool for management, planning, and for decision-making. It aims to provide to various officials, planners and other stakeholders, current

information on the situation of women in general, of children, considering what these two targets represent as stakes in family and societal welfare. It has quantitative and qualitative indicators that help

3 DSCE, Paragraphs 234, 269, 270.

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to assess the level of disparity between men and women, the real situation regarding the promotion

and protection of the rights of the child, and factors that influence family cohesion and harmony.

In short, what are the inequalities that still exist for women and for what group of women in particular,

on economic, professional and political levels, and how far do we still have to go? What are the places where near parity or even parity is achieved or in the process of being achieved? These are some of

the questions that will guide MINPROFF daily actions.

The scope of this Statistical Yearbook may seem vast and the statistics not always recent and very diversified. But it is just a tool for advocacy and evaluation of the action of the multiple actors operating

in the vast field of women’s empowerment, promotion and protection of children's and family rights.


CHAPITRE I

DATA FOR GENERAL SCOPE

“What we plan, by 2035, is far reaching.

• We want to reduce the constraints inherent in som e customs and traditions.

• We want to strengthen measures for women’s develo pment, and this, at intellectual level and at the level of family values.”4

I - GENERAL PRESENTATION OF CAMEROON 5

Reputed for her human and natural wealth, football and music, Cameroon is seen as a paradise at the ecological, cultural, geograghical and human levels. I.1. GEOGRAPHICAL SITUATION

Located in the bay of the Gulf of Guinea, Cameroon is found at the centre of West and Central Africa. From her triangular structure, the country is opened to the Atlantic Ocean thanks to her 402km of coast land. It stretches from north to South on 1500km and from East to West on 800km.It is bordered by the Republic of Chad to the North and North-East, to the East by the Central African Republic, to the West by the Federal Republic of Nigeria, to the South by the Republic of Congo, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. Cameroon covers a surface area of 475 442km2 with 466 050km2 of land and 9 600km2 surface area of water found in embouchures, creeks and lakes. I.2. SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC SITUATION

Cameroon has a diversified population of close to 18 million inhabitants, unequally distributed across the national territory. The comparison of the census data of Cameroon from 1976, 1987 and 2005 enable to this effect to note that the rate of demographic growth remains high. Thus, the population of the country moved from 7 663 246 to 10 493 655 inhabitants between 1976 and 1987, and later to 17 463 836 inhabitants in 2005, that is an average annual growth rate of 2.9% between 1976-1987 and 2.8% between 1987-2005.

Concerning the population density of Cameroon, it increased from 22.6 to 37.5 inhabitants per km2

between April 1987 and November 2005. As concerns urban growth, it is important to note that, one of the most remarkable demographic facts of the previous years in Cameroon is the rate of urbanization that has moved from 28.5% in 1976 to 39.0% in 1987 to reach 48.8% in 2005.

Another remarkable aspect: the extreme youthfulness of the population of Cameroon. In 2014, the median age of the Cameroonian population is 18 years and the average age is situated at 22.5 years. The population below 15 years represents 43.0% of the total population meanwhile that of less than 25 years represents 64.1% and that of more than 60 years, just about 4%.

The level of birth rate, measured by the gross birth rate, is on the continuous decline since 1976. According to the DHS-MICS 2011 results, the gross birth rate was 38.8% at the national level, with 41.3% in the rural area and 34,6% in the urban area.

4 Discours de Politique Générale du Président de la République, by His Excellency Paul BIYA, Yaoundé, 15 September 2011. 5 BUCREP 2014


Globally, the average number of children per woman has remained almost stable, moving from 5.2 in 1998 to 5.1 in 2011(Demographic Health Survey). In the urban area, this estimated at 38.1‰ at the national level with 41.3‰ in the rural milieu and 34.6‰ in urban milieu.

Generally, the average number of children per woman remained practically stable indicator remained stable, that is 4 children per woman since 1998. Meanwhile in the rural area, there is an upward trend of fertility; the average number of children per woman moved from 5.8 in 1998 to 6.4 in 2011.

Though the mortality rate is on the decline, it still remains high: the gross mortality rate moved from 20.0‰ in 1976 to 13.8‰ in 1987 and later to 13.6‰ in 2005 (3rd GCPH).Even though it recorded a considerable decline since 2004, the mortality rate of children below five years still remains high, from 144‰ to 122‰ in 2011(DHS).On the contrary, maternal mortality has rather recorded an increase over the past years. According to the same source, the number of maternal deaths for 100 000 live births moved from 430 between 1989-1998 to 669 from 1998 to 2004. According to the DHS-MICS 2011 results, the maternal mortality ratio was estimated at 782 maternal deaths for 100 000 live births during the period 2004-2011.

I.3. SOCIO-ECONOMIC SITUATION

Cameroon’s economy, just like that of most sub-Saharan African countries, is mainly based on the primary sector. Petroleum and forestry resources associated to pastoral and agricultural resources constitute the base on which the country should rely on to achieve its growth and development. In 2012, the national economy with a 4.6% growth rate of gross domestic product (GDP), recorded more than half a point as compared to 2011 (4.1%); however, this rate remains low in terms of the objective of 5.3% set within the macroeconomic framework of the GESP. Moreover, despite this economic growth, there is just a slight reduction of poverty, from 40.2% in 2001 to 39.9% in 2007; this phenomenon entails an increase in the number of poor people due to a relatively high demographic growth, that stands at 2.6% per year.

This phenomenon is greater according to the place of residence. For instance in the urban milieu, there is a poverty rate reduction of 5.7% points meanwhile in the rural milieu, there is an increase of 3 points. This trend is confirmed by the 2013 Report of the United Nations Development Programme on Human Development (UNDP) according to which Cameroon occupies the 150th position out of 186 countries in 2012. The estimates of economic growth for 2013-2015 are situated at 6.1% meanwhile the forecasts for 2016-2020 are estimated at 5.9% growth rate.

I.4. SOCIO-CULTURAL SITUATION

At the socio-cultural level, Cameroon is a mosaic of ethnic groups with more than 230 ethnic groups speaking as much as many languages, and pacifically cohabiting, though the colonial heritage passed on to us two official languages which are French and English. In addition to this mosaic of ethnic groups there is the religious diversity: the catholics, the muslims and the protestants who represent about 35%, 25% and 15% of the population respectively; it should be noted that there is the proliferation of new churches every day.

The social organisation on its part varies from one group to another meanwhile the Cameroonian society in general is based on patriarchal and patrilinear concept.

II. A BRIEF PRESENTATION OF SERVICES OFFERED IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT AND THE FAMILY

This chapter dwells on support structures for MINPROFF target populations. They notably include regional, divisional, sub-divisional delegations, Appropriate Technology Centers, Women's


Empowerment and Family Centers, multipurpose processing units. It presents the said structures, the number of personnel working there by sex and by qualification. It also provides data on the beneficiary population of services offered by these structures distributed by sex.

In its assistance mission to women and families, MINPROFF provides various aids not only to needy populations but also to Civil Society Organizations. This is done at the level of both the central services and decentralized services.

Assistance given to families and women's associations varies according to cases: financial aid, donation of agricultural equipment, technical support, mediation, marital/family therapy, support in the joint celebration of marriages, etc. In 2014, 1156 families benefitted from aid and assistance in various forms, increasing to more than 40% the 2013 figures.

As concerns the joint celebration of marriages, 4 779 marriages were celebrated with MINPROFF’s support in 2013 as against 3 668 in 2014, that is, a drop of about 23.25%. This drop may be an indication that people are becoming aware of the importance for couples to legalize their union and are no longer waiting for these joint celebrations organized by MINPROFF.

As concerns mediation and marital/family therapy, all cases received were treated, in 2013 as well as in 2014. That is 3 300 couples benefitted from psychosocial assistance in 2014, 2180 widows sensitised, trained and assisted in the exercise of their social, legal and economic rights, 02 children’s expression forums organised for 650 children, 3000 community leaders and officials of associations sensitized on the rights and duties of family members.

Concerning the reinforcement of women’s capacities, in addition to the Gender, Climate Change and Agriculture Support Programme (GCCASP) that aims at reinforcing rural women’s and farmers capacity building to face the harmful effects of climate change, 267 women groups of the ten Regions have benefited from small agricultural equipment, meanwhile 21 women groups and associations have received subsidies for the realisation of income generating activities. In the same vein, 4671 women and girls, 302 women groups have been trained in the setting-up and management of projects or their enterprises, 13453 rural women benefitted from training in modern techniques of production, processing, conservation and 176 others have been sensitized on the establishment of cooperatives.

All the requests for technical support to associations registered in 2013 have been met. On the contrary, in 2014, 2667 requests have been met out of 3384. About 4 000 Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) collaborated with MINPROFF in 2013. By scope of intervention, it is observed that CSOs whose sphere of intervention is the quarter/village and the sub-division represent over 80%.

The construction of the Fifinda WEC and the completion of the Dchang, Bafang and Bibemi WECs have equally been realised in 2014.


II.1 MINPROFF STRUCTURES

Table 1: Trends in the number of MINPROFF structures per Region

Region Number

2013 2014 Adamawa 12 13 Center 54 62 East 6 13 Far-North 28 28 Littoral 18 23 North 15 15 North-West 15 19 West 19 19 South 15 20 South-West 25 33 Total 207 245

Source: MINPROFF

Table 2: Number of structures of the Ministry per type and per Region in 2014

Region Type of structure Number of

public structures

Central Services

Regional Delegation

DDPROFF DAPROFF WEFC ATC MPU Day Care Center

Adamawa 1 5 1 5 0 1 NR 13 Center 7 1 10 19 25 0

NR 62

East 1 4 3 5 0 0 NR 13 Far-North

1 6 12 8 1 0 NR 28

Littoral 1 4 10 8 NR 23 North

1 4 3 7

NR 15

North-West 1 7 4 7 NR 19 West

1 8 2 8

NR 19

South 1 4 6 9 NR 20 South-West

1 6 16 10

33

Total 7 10 58 76 92 1 1 0 245

Source : MINPROFF 2014

I.2. SOME DATA ON NON CONTRIBUTIVE SOCIAL ACTION

Table 3 : Trends in financial aid requested in the central and external services of MINPROFF from 2013 to 2014

Type of structure 2013 2014

Number of requests recorded

Number of requests granted

Number of requests recorded

Number of requests granted

CENTAL SERVICES ND 650 ND 1156 DRPROFF 699 232 521 51 DDPROFF 956 346 966 18 DAPROFF 1,140 208 2,446 3 Total 2,795 1,436 3,933 1228



Table 4: Trends in the need in agricultural equipment recorded and granted by structures in 2013 and 2014


Number of requests

recorded Number of requests

granted Number of requests


granted

Central Services NR NR NR NR DRPROFF 582 207 615 85 DDPROFF 1,176 112 1,864 369 DAPROFF 8,280 47 8,300 388 Total 10,038 366 10,779 842


Table 5: Trends in the number of requests for technical support to associations recorded/granted in MINPROFF structures

Type of structure

Technical support to associations

2013 2014 Number of requests


granted Number of requests


granted

DRPROFF 159 159 322 68 DDPROFF 311 311 1,038 593 DAPROFF 1,433 1,433 2,024 2,006 Total 1,790 1,903 3,384 2,667


Table 6 : Trends in the number of cases of marital and family mediation/therapy received/treated in MINPROFF structures


Number of cases received

Number of cases treated

Number of cases received

Number of cases treated

Central Services ND ND ND ND DRPROFF 1894 1682 1400 1154 DDPROFF 2295 2105 1903 1719 DAPROFF ND ND ND ND Total 4189 3787 3303 2873

Source :MINPROFF 2014

I.3 CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS COLLABORATING WIT H MINPROFF

Table 7: Distribution of CSOs per area of intervention in 2013

Source: MINPROFF Survey, 2013

Region Area of intervention

Quarter/village Sub-division Division Region Nation al territory International Other Total

Adamawa 30.0 12.5 25.0 15.0 17.5 0.0 0.0 100 Center 36.4 42.2 9.9 4.7 5.0 1.1 0.7 100 East 20.0 50.9 8.2 18.2 2.7 0.0 0.0 100 Far-North 44.1 50.5 2.8 1.2 0.8 0.1 0.4 100 Littoral 43.0 34.8 8.8 5.1 6.4 1.3 0.7 100 North 28.8 57.6 5.1 5.8 2.4 0.2 100 North-West 21.6 23.5 13.7 13.7 23.5 3.9 0.0 100 West 46.2 32.9 15.6 2.0 2.6 0.4 0.3 100 South 36.8 26.3 10.5 15.8 0.0 0 ,0 10.5 100 South-West 21.1 10.5 36.8 26.3 5.3 100 Total 40.4 41.3 9.1 4.2 3.8 0.6 0.5 100


I.4 BUDGET OF THE MINISTRY

Table 8: Trends in MINPROFF Budget from 2009 to 2014 (in million CFA F)

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 State Budget 2,301,000 2,570,000 2,571,000 2,800,000 3,236,000 3,726,000 MINPROFF Budget 5,903 5,266 3,211 3,986 4,453 5,008 Share of MINPROFF Budget 0.26 0.20 0.12 0.14 0.14 0.13

Source : MINFI, MINPROFF

Chart 1: Share (%) of MINPROFF Budget as compared to the State Budget

Source : MINPROFF

Table 9 : Budget (in thousands) granted per Region for vocational training in WFECs per year

Region YEAR OF THE TRAINING

2010/2011 2011/2012 Adamawa 42 000 21 600

Centre 494 520 729 880 East NR NR

Far-North 42 000 21 600 Littoral 103 500 128 500 North 77 050 82 000 North-West 205 530 205 530 West 215 160 200 120 South 212 500 267 500 South-West 99 229 101 213 Total 1 491 489 1 757 943

Source : MINPROFF


CHAPTER II

WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT AND GENDER PROMOTION

"And I must say that I count on the participation of each and everyone, particularly youths and women, stimulate this Fresh Impetus in a ll activity sectors, in order to successfully carry out the mission assigned to me "6

Gender promotion refers to the representation and evolution of men and women in all sectors of development of the society. It has to do with the situation of women and men in the political, education, justice and health domains. It is equally important to point out some statistical data on gender based violence.

At the political level, it is important to know that it was from 1946 that Cameroonian acquired the right to vote or for one to compete in elections. A retrospective analysis shows that women’s low participation is alarming during local or national elections. Thus, in 2007, out of a total of 4940203 voters registered on the electoral lists, there were 1729563 women, that is 35.0%. For the same election, a total number of voters was 3126946 of which 1158121 were women, that is 37.0%. In 2011, the number of women who registered on the electoral lists was 3 537 047 out of a total of 7 525 532 voters, that is 47,0%. The outcome was an increase of 12.0 points for women as compared to the 2007 elections. This significant increase probably resulted from concerted actions of sensitization carried out by government officials, Technical and Financial Partners and Civil Society Organisations, on the role of women in the political life of the country.

This important trend that aims at the involvement of women in politics, continues to increase. Looking at chart 11, one can see that of the total number of persons registered on the electoral lists as of 09 March 2013, 47.2% were women as against 52.8% of men. Though this trend is practically similar in most regions of the country, it should be noted however that the West and North regions have somehow distinguished themselves out of the proportion of above 50% of women who registered. On the contrary, the Far-North and North-West Regions registered the lowest percentages of women who registered, that is 42.4% and 43.5% respectively. In the same light, if there were 12 female presidents of political parties, this number has stepped up to 13 in 2011 and did not change till 2013.

The 2007-2012 and 2013-2018 municipal mandates equally show an evolution in women's representation: from 22 female mayors, 35 1st deputies, 47 2nd deputies, the number has increased to 29 female mayors, 72 1st deputies, and 149 2nd deputies.

As concerns justice, some provisional data from MINJUSTICE provide statistics on the situation of men and women in prison. In 2013 for instance, in terms of offences, women represent 11516 people awaiting trial out of a total of 53656; 7220 have been sentenced out of a total of 26657. Moreover, in terms of crimes, 975 cases of women have been registered out of a total of 7388; 495 have been sentenced out of a total of 4195.

Regarding marital violence and sexual abuses, it is important to note that this type of criminality is less recorded. Consequently, statistics only have a partial view of the reality, that of reported cases. These figures are almost nil as concerns violence suffered by men, crimes perpetrated against women being reported in police stations are more than those perpetrated against men.

However, we should note the number of persons reached out by awareness campaigns on national and international legal instruments for women's empowerment per Region continued to increase between 2013 and 2014. There is a significant progress in the number of persons reached out by the various campaigns organized between 2012, 2013 and 2014 for families and communities capacity- 6 Paul BIYA, Swearing in speech at the National Assembly, Yaounde, 3 November 2011


building on legal instruments for the promotion of women's rights. This number has risen from 22 472 to 31 099 between 2012 and 2013, that is, an increase rate of 38% of the number of beneficiaries. This figure will stand at 12101, because of the insufficient financial resources allocated to this activity. This effort is usefully completed by raising the awareness of these same targets on women's inheritance rights as well as organizing socio-legal clinics whose number of beneficiaries has almost tripled. The fight against Gender Based Violence (GBV) is part of MINPROFF commitments contained in the national strategy paper for the fight against this phenomenon. To this effect, between 2012 and 2013, there was a sensitive increase in the number of beneficiaries of the awareness raising campaigns against GBV: 27022 persons were reached out through the popularization sessions of the Action Plan for the eradication of Female Genital Mutilation and 257111 others were reached out within the framework of popularization of the National Strategy for the fight against GBV.

II.1 DECISION-MAKING II.1.1 Enrollment on electoral lists

Table 10: Trends of voters registered per election

Election Total number of

voters enrolled Number of men

enrolled Number of Women

enrolled Proportion of women

enrolled (%) 2007 4 940 203 3 210 640 1 729 563 35.0

2011 7 525 532 3 853 208 3 537 047 47.0

Source : Annuaire MINADT, 2013

Chart 2: Distribution (in %) of persons registered on electoral list on 09 March 2013 per Region and by sex

Source : ELECAM, 2013


II.1.2. Parliament

Table 11: Distribution of Senators by sex and by Region-

2013-2018 Mandate

Region Men Women Total Adamawa 9 1 10 Center 9 1 10 East 6 4 10 Far-North 8 2 10 Littoral 8 2 10 North 7 3 10 North-West 9 1 10 West 9 1 10 South 7 3 10 South-West 8 2 10 Total 80 20 100

Source: Senate 2014

Table 12: Distribution of Senators by sex, by method of designation and by Region

Region Women Men Total

elected women

appointed women Total elected men appointed men Total elected men

appointed men Total

Adamawa 1 0 1 6 3 9 7 3 10 Center 0 0 0 7 3 10 7 3 10 East 3 1 4 4 2 6 7 3 10 Far-North 2 0 2 5 3 8 7 3 10 Littoral 1 0 1 6 3 9 7 3 10 North 2 1 3 5 2 7 7 3 10 North-West 1 0 1 6 3 9 7 3 10 West 1 0 1 6 3 9 7 3 10 South 3 1 4 4 2 6 7 3 10 South-West 3 0 3 4 3 7 7 3 10 Total 17 3 20 53 27 80 70 30 100

Source: Senate 2014

Table 13: Trends in the number of female MPs (lower house) 1992-1997 and 2013-2018 legislative periods

Number of female MPs (lower house) by mandate

Heading 1992-1997 1997-2002 2002-2007 2007-2012 201 3-2018 Number of MPs (Lower House) 180 180 180 180 180

Number of women 23 10 20 25 56

Proportion of women 12.8 5.6 11.1 13.9 31.1 Source: National Assembly 2014


Chart 3: Trends in the proportion of female MPs (lower house) 1992-1997 and 2013-2018 legislative periods

Source: National Assembly 2014

Table 14: Distribution of MPs (lower house) by sex and by Region for the last two legislative periods

2007-2012 2013-2018

Region Men Women Total Men Women Total Adamawa 10 0 10 7 3 10 Center 23 5 28 17 11 28 East 9 2 11 7 4 11 Far-North 27 2 29 23 6 29 Littoral 16 3 19 14 5 19 North 12 0 12 8 4 12 North-West 19 1 20 17 4 20 West 20 5 25 16 9 25 South 8 3 11 6 5 11 South-West 13 2 15 10 5 15 Total 165 25 180 125 56 180

Source : MINATD 2013

Table 15: Trends in the number female MPs in the National Assembly

Legislative elections Total MPs Number of women Percentage of female MPs 1947-1952 (ARCAM) 50 0 0.0 1952-1956 (ATCAM) 50 0 0.0 1956- 1960 (ALCAM) 64 0 0.0 Legislative elections of 10 April 1960 100 1 1.0 Federal Legislative Elections of April 1964 100 1 1.0 (Federal National Assembly) 1970 50 2 4.0 - - - - 1973-1978 120 7 5.8 1978-1983 120 12 10.0 1983-1988 120 17 14.2 1988-1992 180 26 14.4 1992-1997 180 23 12.8 1997-2002 180 10 5.6 2002-2007 180 19 10.6 2007-2012 180 25 13.9 2013-2018 180 56 31.1

Sources : MINPROFF/INS/UIP


II.1.3. Decentralized local authorities

Table 16: Distribution of mayors by sex and by region for the last two mandates

Region 2007-2012 2013-2018 Men Women Total Men Women Total

Adamawa 17 0 17 21 0 21 Center 65 4 69 62 8 70 East 31 1 32 28 5 33 Far-North 45 0 45 47 0 47 Littoral 31 1 32 30 4 34 North 19 0 19 19 2 21 North-West 32 0 32 32 2 34 West 41 0 41 37 3 40 South 22 3 25 25 4 29 South-West 26 1 27 27 4 31 Total 329 10 339 328 32 359


Table 17: Proportion (in %) of Mayors and Deputy mayors of th e female sex

2007-2012 2013-2018 Mayors Deputy Mayors Mayors Adamawa 0/17 11/48 Adamawa 0/17

Centre 5/69 46/164 Centre 5/69

East 4/31 12/70 East 4/31

Far-North 0/45 9/140 Far-North 0/45

Littoral 4/31 22/101 Littoral 4/31

North 2/19 9/63 North 2/19

North-West 1/32 21/100 North-West 1/32

West 2/41 21/107 West 2/41

South 3/22 15/61 South 3/22

South-West 4/26 18/76 South-West 4/26

Total 25/339 184/930 Total 25/339

Table 18: Distribution of Mayors by region, by sex and according to political party

REGIONS

POLITICAL PARTIES

CPDM SDF UNDP UPC UFP UDC MDR

M W M W M W M W M W M W M W

Adamawa 16 - - - 05 - - - - - - - - -

Centre 57 08 - - - - 05 - - - - - - -

East 29 04 - - - - - - - - - - - -

Far-North 44 - - - - - - - - - - - 03 -

Littoral 25 04 03 - - 01 01 - 01 - - - - -

North 12 01 - - 07 - - - - - - - - -

North-West 18 01 14 1 - - - - - - - - - -

West 27 03 03 - - - - - - - 07 - - -

South 25 04 - - - - - - - - - - - -

South-West 25 04 02 - - - - - - - - - - -

Total 278 29 22 01 12 01 06 - 01 - 07 - 03 -



II.1.4. Politicals parties

Chart 4 : Trends by sex of presidents of political parties from 2010 to 2013

Source : YEARBOOK, MINATD 2013

Table 19: Distribution of seats by political parties in the Senate

2012 Senatorial elections distribution of seats am ong political parties in competition Political parties Number of seats Number of men Number of women

MPs Alternates MPs Alternates RDPC 167 (82 MPs and 85 alternates) 64 58 18 27 SDF 28 (14 MPs and 14 alternates) 12 8 2 6 UNDP 1 (01 MP) 1 0 0 0 MDR 1 (01 MP) 1 0 0 0 ANDP 1 (01 MP) 0 0 1 0 FSNC 1 (01 MP) 1 0 0 0 UDC 1 (01 MP) 0 1 0 0 TOTAL 79 67 21 33


II.1.5. Women’s Representation in Territorial Command

Table 20: Women's representation in territorial command

Function 2011 2012 2013

Total number

Number of women

Total number

Number of women

Total number

Number of women

Governor 10 0 10 0 10 0 Senior Divisional Officer 58 0 58 1 58 1 Sub-Divisional Officer 360 6 360 6 360 8 Secretary General of the region 10 1 Assistant Senior Divisional Officer 117 8 Assistant Sub-Divisional Officer 360 2



Table 21: Trends of women’s representation in territorial command

Posts 2004 2006 2007 2011 2012 2013 Governor 0/10 0/10 0/10 0/10 0/10 0/10 Senior Divisional Officer 0/58 0/58 0/58 0/58 1/58 1/58 Divisional Officer/Head of district 0/323 2/323 2/323 5/360 5/360 8/360

Source : MINATD 2013 Table 22: Distribution of Divisional Officers by sex per region

Region Women Men Adamawa 1 20 Centre 2 68 East 1 32 Far North 1 46 Littoral 0 34 North 1 20 North-West 0 34 West 1 39 South 0 29 South-West 0 31 Total 7 353


Table 23: Trends in the number of 1st and 2nd class female traditional rulers from 2010 to 2013

Régions 2010 2011 2012 2013 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd

Adamawa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Centre 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 East 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Far North 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Littoral 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 North 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 North-West 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 West 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 South 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 South-West 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2


II.1.6. Women’s representation in the government

Table 24: Trends in the number of female members of government

Function 2007 2009 2011

Total number

Number of women Total

number Number of

women Total

number Number of

women

Prime Minister 1 0 1 0 1 0 Vice-Prime Minister 2 0 2 0 1 0 Minister of State 3 0 3 0 2 0 Minister 31 5 31 5 35 6 Minister delegate 1 8 0 9 1 18 1 Secretary of State 6 1 6 1 10 2 Total 51 6 52 7 67 9 Sources: Prime Minister's Office, CT No. 8242/4441 of 9 December 2004, CT No. 8930/5129 of 10/09/2007, CT No. 9381/5582 of 1st July 2009


Table 25: Evolution of the number of female ministers and persons ranking as such

Government/Cabinet

Reshuffle Total female ministers and

assimilated Number of

women Percentage of

women Government of 16/05/1957 15 0 0.0 Government of 20/02/1958 11 0 0.0 Government of 18/06/1959 16 0 0.0 Government of 20/10/1961 19 0 0.0 Government of 13/01/1962 19 0 0.0 Government of 12/06/1970 28 1 3.6 Government of 03/07/1972 26 1 3.8 Government of 30/06/1975 32 2 6.3 Government of 02/05/1978 21 2 9.5 Government of 18/06/1983 34 3 8.8 Government of 24/08/1985 42 5 1.9 Government of 04/09/1992 45 1 2.2 Government of 19/09/1996 43 2 4.7 Government of 07/12/1997 51 3 5.9 Government of 08/12/2004 60 6 10.0 Government of 22/09/2006 60 6 10.0 Government of 07/09/2007 57 6 10.5 Government of 30/06/2009 71 6 8.5 Government of 09/12/2011 60 9 15.0

Source : BUCREP 2014

II.1.7 JUSTICE

Table 26: Situation of the number of personnel of the penal system in 2013 by sex and by Region

Region Number of JPOs

in service Number of

magistrates Number of Court

Registrars Number of

prisons staff

Gendarmerie Police W T W T W T

W T W T

Adamawa 13 130 1 76 4 56 31 159 21 172 Center 21 410 58 414 94 284 476 746 225 740 East 5 105 3 43 3 55 45 147 25 169 Far-North 10 375 2 141 7 79 36 179 24 239 Littoral 37 383 49 346 37 144 176 344 92 320 North 7 183 2 82 3 54 36 158 15 193 North-West 12 274 5 79 24 99 84 188 56 212 West 17 312 3 81 20 97 141 263 60 348 South 12 189 3 76 22 70 52 161 39 144 South-West 5 50 2 90 30 105 138 251 62 183 Total 139 2,411 128 1,428 244 1,043 1,215 2,596 619 2,720

Source: NIS, Reference report on the penal system indicators, 2014


Table 27 : Situation of the number of personnel of certain liberal professions of the legal system in 2013 per region and by sex

Region Number of lawyers Number of bailiffs Number of no taries

Women Total Women Total Women Total Adamawa 0 7 1 22 2 5 Centre 127 477 36 97 5 18 East 1 6 4 39 0 3 Far-North 0 6 0 24 2 5 Littoral 133 653 21 60 7 10 North 2 10 2 18 3 4 North-West 21 172 2 26 // // West // // // // // // South 1 8 5 27 3 7 South-West 4 21 3 12 // // Total 289 1 360 74 325 22 52

Sources : MINJUSTICE, SED, DGSN

N.B : (//) = Data not available

Table 28: Some performance indicators in the courts in 2013

Region Offenses Crimes

Accused persons Female convict Defendants Convict

W T W T W T W T

Adamawa 154 3,348 106 2,124 8 428 10 348

Yaounde 1,226 4,322 764 2,882 165 2,822 123 1,835

East 101 1,072 67 1,372 18 239 - 12

Far-North 132 4,396 77 2,954 10 306 6 222

Littoral 3,895 20,896 1,220 9,063 188 1,398 37 770

North 75 5,684 42 3,157 19 668 7 411

North-West 112 950 30 274 - - - -

West* 4,968 269 4,609 243 468 24 260 16

South 373 4,696 155 2,777 22 538 4 263

South-West 480 8,023 150 1,811 77 965 48 318

Total* 11,516 53,656 7,220 26,657 975 7,388 495 4,195 Source: NIS, Reference report on the penal system indicators, 2014 *Partial data


Table 29: Cameroon's prison population by sex and by region as at 31 December 2013, adults and minors

Adults Minors

Total Women Total Girls Total W

Adamawa 710 4 24 0 734 4

Center 7 6697 252 239 9 6936 261

East 1105 - 41 - 1146 -

Far-North 3240 39 94 14 3334 53

Littoral 3740 71 66 3 3806 74

North 2313 32 76 2 2389 34

North-West 1229 36 47 2 1276 38

West 3832 - 138 - 3970

South 1368 74 64 8 1432 82

South-West 1529 23 92 0 1621 23

Total* 25,763 531 881 38 26,644 569

Source: NIS, Reference report on the penal system i ndicators, 2014 * : *Partial data

II.2. TRANSPORTS Table 30: Trends in the proportion (%) of women and men in posts of responsibility up to the rank of chief of service in some EPA (ADC, APN, CNCC, PAD, CCAA, CAMRAIL) of the transports sector from 2011 to 2013

Post of responsibility

2011 2012 2013

M W T Total

number M W T

Total number

M W T Total

number Directors 91.1 8.9 100.0 56 91.1 8.9 100.0 56 94.9 5.1 100.0 59 Sub-directors and ranking as such

80.6 19.4 100.0 129 80.8 19.2 100.0 130 77.2 22.8 100.0 123

Chiefs of services and ranking as such

78.7 21.3 100.0 352 76.8 23.2 100.0 354 76.3 23.7 100.0 384

Total 80.4 19.6 100.0 537 79.3 20.7 100.0 540 78.4 21.6 100.0 566 Source: ADC, APN, CNCC, PAD, CCAA, CAMRAIL

Table 31: Number of women holders of a driver's license by category

Category 2010 2011 2012

WOMEN TOTAL WOMEN TOTAL WOMEN TOTAL

A 89 7,909 80 3,788 250 5,068

B 14,173 76,654 12,095 65,785 38,187 77,454

C 20 5,567 15 4,283 62 5,753

D 25 6,265 32 5,771 78 5,927

E 26 9,842 26 9,842 69 8,571

Total 14,352 106,237 12,292 89,469 38,703 102,773

Source: Pressprint/MINT, MINT 2014 Yearbook

7 Data from the Ntui and Ngoumou prisons are not taken into account


Chart 5 : Number of female driving school managers by Region in 2014

Source : MINT 2014

Table 32 : Trends by sex and by region in the number of Authorized Driving School Promoters from 2010 to 2013

Region YEAR

2010 2011 2012 2013 M W T M W T M W T M W T

Adamawa 3 0 3 3 0 3 4 0 4 6 0 6 Center 72 7 79 84 7 91 97 10 107 102 11 113 Far-North 2 1 3 4 1 5 5 1 6 7 1 8 East 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 2 Littoral 75 6 81 87 7 94 96 12 108 109 14 123 North 3 1 4 5 1 6 5 1 6 7 1 8 North-West 7 1 8 9 2 11 10 2 12 10 2 12 West 17 1 18 20 1 21 22 3 25 27 3 30 South 5 0 5 7 0 7 7 0 7 7 0 7 South-West 4 0 4 6 0 6 6 0 6 11 0 11 TOTAL 189 17 206 226 19 245 253 29 282 288 32 320

Source : CENFOCASER/MINT 2014


II.3. SECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION

Chart 6: Propensity of students (boys and girls) to have registered in science in the 2nd cycle of general secondary education (Lower sixth)

Source : OBC, 2013 Chart 7: Variation of the propensity parity index to be orientated in sciences according to the Region of residence

Source : OBC, 2013


Chart 8: Number of women studying the main university disciplines

Source : Statistical Yearbook MINESUP 2012 Table 33: Trends in the number of students in Cameroon State and private Universities from 2009 to 2012

University 2009 2010 2011 2012 Total

number % Total

number % Total

number % Total

number %

Buea 12,149 100 13,720 100 16,052 100 16,508 100 Girls 6,256 51.5 7,021 51.2 8,254 51.4 7,237 43.8 Boys 5,893 48.5 6,699 48.8 7,798 48.6 9,271 56.2

Bamenda 3,960 100 2,506 100 Girls 1,800 45.5 1,236 49.3 Boys 2,160 54.5 1,270 50.7

Douala 37,256 100 42,433 100 52,104 100 48,659 100 Girls 16,219 43.5 17,466 41.2 20,495 39.3 20,578 42.3 Boys 21,037 56.5 24,967 58.8 31,609 60.7 28,081 57.7

Dschang 14,790 100 18,387 100 21,190 100 25,532 100 Girls 5,593 37.8 6,305 34.3 6,775 32 9,504 37.2 Boys 9,197 62.2 12,082 65.7 14,415 68 16,028 62.8

Maroua 6,604 100 10,342 100 9,977 100 10,547 100 Girls 1,911 28.9 3,385 32.7 2,923 29.3 3,101 29.4 Boys 4,693 71.1 6,957 67.3 7,054 70.7 7,446 70.6 NGaoundere 12,456 100 12,363 100 14,113 100 15,308 100

Girls 3,737 30 3,768 30.5 4,035 28.6 4,075 26.6 Boys 8,719 70 8,595 69.5 10,078 71.4 11,233 73.4

Yaounde I 41,452 100 43,350 100 45,494 100 42,047 1 00 Girls 16,972 40.9 18,235 42.1 18,002 39.6 18,085 43 Boys 24,480 59.1 25,115 57.9 27,492 60.4 23,962 57

Yaounde II 32,881 100 37,896 100 48,957 100 49,929 100 Girls 15,123 46 17,331 45.7 21,769 44.5 22,771 45.6 Boys 17,758 54 20,565 54.3 27,188 55.5 27,158 54.4

Total State Universities 157,588 100 178,491 100 211,847 100 211,036 100 Girls 65,811 41.8 73,511 41.2 84,053 39.7 86,587 41.0 Boys 91,777 58.2 104,980 58.8 127,794 60.3 124,449 59.0

Private Universities 24,756 100 30,551 100 36,346 100 Girls 11733 47.4 14,480 47.4 17,226 47.4 Boys 13,023 52.6 16,071 52.6 19,120 52.6

Grand total 182,344 100 209,042 100 248,193 100 211 ,036 100 Girls 77,544 42.5 87,991 42.1 101,279 40.8 86,587 41.0 Boys 104,800 57.5 121,051 57.9 146,914 59.2 124,449 59.0

Source: MINESUP, 2012 Statistical Yearbook


Table 34: Distribution of students (in %) in the faculties of sciences by sex

Faculties Sex

women Men

Faculties of sciences 32.0 68.0

Faculties of industrial engineering/ engineering 10.2 89.8

Faculties of agronomy 21.6 78.4

Faculties of medicine 47.5 52.5

Source : MINESUP,2012, Statistical Yearbook

Table 35: Distribution of State University teachers by grade and by sex in 2013

Grades Professor

Associate Professors

Senior Lecturers Lecturers Research and

Teaching Associates

Total in Universities

M W % W M W % W M W % W M W % W M W % W M W % W Bamenda 5 0 0.0 9 2 18.2 24 4 14.3 78 39 33.3 0 0 161 45 21.8

Buea 13 2 13.3 31 6 16.2 113 32 22.1 151 56 27.1 4 2 33.3 410 98 19.3

Douala 12 0 0.0 53 9 14.5 216 52 19.4 381 137 26.4 28 6 17.6 894 204 18.6

Dschang 18 1 5.3 43 2 4.4 183 30 14.1 164 55 25.1 37 12 24.5 545 100 15.5

Maroua 2 0 0.0 8 1 11.1 69 8 10.4 255 56 18.0 2 0 0.0 401 65 13.9

Ngaoudere 14 0 0.0 34 3 8.1 98 12 10.9 162 61 27.4 0 0 384 76 16.5

Yaounde I 104 11 9.6 181 25 12.1 309 103 25.0 262 110 29.6 8 3 27.3 1116 252 18.4

Yaounde II 23 0 0.0 50 12 19.4 147 33 18.3 157 47 23.0 6 2 25.0 477 94 16.5

Total 191 14 6.8 409 60 12.8 1159 274 19.1 1610 561 25.8 85 25 22.7 4,388 934 17.5

Source: MINESUP 2012 Statistical Yearbook

II.4. POPULARIZATION OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEGAL INSTRUMENTS FOR WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT

Table 36: Trends in the number of beneficiaries of popularization sessions on legal instruments for the promotion and protection of women's rights in 2012 and 2013

Region 2012 2013

Men Women Total Men Women Total

Adamawa 8 37 45 23 229 252 Center 30 60 90 55 107 162 East - - - 69 300 369 Far-North 12 109 121 67 345 412 Littoral 19 1,090 1,109 4 990 994 North 29 123 152 111 275 386 North-West 1,025 8,050 9,075 1,195 11,170 12,365 West 51 589 640 101 968 1,069 South 3 55 58 6 47 53 South-West 3,783 7,399 11,182 4,731 10,306 15,037 Total 4,960 17,512 22,472 6,362 24,737 31,099

Source: MINPROFF


Chart 9: Number of community leaders associated with MINPROFF in the promotion and protection of women's rights in 2013


Chart 10: Number of community relays whose capacities were reinforced in techniques to fight against GBV and FGM in 2013



Table 37: Number of beneficiaries of awareness raising sessions on inheritance rights

Region 2012 2013

Number of persons Number of persons Men Women Total Men Women Total

Adamawa 10 40 50 29 92 121 Center 22 217 239 29 298 327 East NR NR NR 69 300 369 Far-North NR NR NR 91 270 361 Littoral 45 529 574 93 328 421 North 17 54 71 14 42 56 North-West 1,625 8,200 9,825 1,850 9,800 11,650 West 34 526 560 40 266 306 South 5 71 76 4 80 84 South-West 3,680 8,145 11,825 3,854 10,392 14,246 Total 5,438 17,782 23,220 6,073 21,868 27,941 Source: MINPROFF

Table 38 : Number of beneficiaries of awareness raising sessions on the fight against GBV and FGM

Region 2012 2013


Adamawa 20 84 104 23 102 125 Center 30 131 161 39 194 233 East ND ND ND 86 158 244 Far-North 12 13 25 82 200 282 Littoral 1 166 167 2 519 521 North 13 88 101 100 273 373 North-West 658 7,810 8,468 1,405 9,526 10,931 West 36 637 673 48 825 873 South 5 52 57 5 61 66 South-West 2,742 7,025 9,767 2,753 8,528 11,281 Total 3,517 16,006 19,523 4,543 20,386 24,929

Source: MINPROFF Table 39: Trends in the number of persons who have benefited from legal clinic sessions held by Region and by year²

Region 2012 2013


Adamawa 24 90 114 31 90 121 Center 27 85 112 13 58 71 East 0 0 0 0 0 0 Far-North 0 0 0 0 0 0 Littoral 0 0 0 0 200 200 North 7 51 58 11 59 70 North-West 200 300 500 1,300 1,200 2,500 West 18 114 132 12 184 196 South 4 45 49 8 53 61 South-West 805 1,705 2,510 5,406 2,626 8,032 Total 1,085 2,390 3,475 6,781 4,470 11,251 Source: MINPROFF


II.5. GENDER BASED VIOLENCE

Table 40: Proportion (%) of female and male victims of violence from the age of 15

Area of residence Women Men Urban 54.5 9.8 Rural 55.0 9.8 Total 54.5 9.8

Source : NIS, DHS-MICS, 2014 Table 41: Percentage in 2011 of persons (men, women) who suffered physical violence since the age of 15 years

Region Women Men

Adamawa 43 27.6

Center 62.8 51.8

East 53.4 50.5

Far-North 54 36.7

Littoral 69.1 44.8

North 59.6 22.7

North-West 47.3 52.5

West 47.4 39.7

South 63.1 44.3

South-West 61.4 48.4

Douala 51.7 35.5

Yaounde 55.8 53

Total 54.6 41.2

Source: NIS, DHS-MICS 2011

Chart 5: Percentage in 2011 of women who declared having been forced into their first sexual intercourse , by Region

Source: INS, EDS-MICS 2011


Table 42: Number of persons received for counseling as a result of physical and psychological violence in MINPROFF services in 2012 and 2013 by Region

Region

2012 Total

2013 Total

Men Women Men Women

Adamawa 69 281 350 24 82 106

Center 341 1,323 1664 65 1,342 1,407

East 10 144 154 11 38 49

Far-North 1 140 141 48 278 326

Littoral 79 187 266 20 205 225

North 136 1,067 1203 57 133 190

North-West 309 383 692 56 513 569

West 53 283 336 44 210 254

South 42 200 242 2 43 45

South-West 81 366 447 99 482 681

Total 1,121 4,374 5,495 426 3,326 3,852

Source: MINPROFF

Chart 6: Bar chart of the number of persons received for counseling due to physical and psychological violence in MINPROFF services in 2012 and 2013 by Region

Source : Minproff 2014


II.6. GENDER SENSITIVE BUDGETING

Chart 7: Number8 of advocacy sessions organized on gender responsive budgeting and number of persons reached out to from 2010 to 2013

Source : MINPROFF ONOMIQUE DE LA FEMME

8 Logarithmic scale


CHAPTER III WOMEN’S ECONOMIC EMPOERMENT

Women's economic empowerment activities aim at rendering women more autonomous and making them actors of the nation's development at all levels. These activities concern the improvement of access to production (land, water, funding), women's technical training in specialized centers, the building of their production capacities, whether they are active or not, as well as support for social and professional integration.

The period following Cameroon's exit from the Structural adjustment Programme was marked by one characteristic: the overwhelming rise of women's labour force participation rate. This part therefore presents statistics on the socioeconomic situation of women and men.

The first noticeable fact is a positive increase in the demand for training in WEFCs and during special sessions including commemorative days which first role is to guide young girls and boys who are dropouts from the normal school system.

Thus, demand for training in women's empowerment Centers vary from one year to another. The number of trainees has moved from about 3616 in 2011 to 5079 in 2012, then to 3994 in 2014. Boys generally represent less than 20% of the trainees. Tailored trainings are the most solicited as compared to medium and long term training. Also, there are a little over 10% of cases of abandonment in the centers each year. The trainee/trainer ratio is quite stable; it stands at 1 trainer for 12 trainees, with about 60% of trainers holding a professional diploma.

According to EESI 2 (NIS, 2010) the rural sector is mainly on women who represent 71.6% in the informal agricultural sector. As regard women’s capacity building, in addition to the launch of the Gender Support program, Climate Change and Agriculture Support Program (GCCASP), aimed at reinforcing rural women and farmers faced with the harmful effects of climatic change, 267 women’s group of the ten Regions have benefited from small farm equipment, while 21 women’s groups and associations have received grants for the execution of income generating activities. In the same vein, 4 671 women and girls, 302 women’s group has been trained in projects or businesses installation and management, 13 453 rural women benefited from training in modern techniques of production, processing, preserving and 176 others have been sensitized on the realisation of cooperatives.

As concerns capacity building, it appears that in 2013, 9328 persons in rural areas were trained in production, processing and preservation techniques, mainly in the East, South-West and Littoral regions. In 2014, capacity building in business creation involved 13453 persons, whereas 4671 persons and 302 received capacity building in project management. The beneficiaries of these trainings included over 92% of women.


III.1 VOCATIONAL TRAINING

Table 43: Trends in the number of trainees in vocational training centers, between 2010 and 2013

Groups of specialists 2009/2010 2012/2013

Total Girls Total Girls

Car body-work 111 8 125 12

Chemistry-biochemistry 155 120 354 310

Management accounting 3397 1632 3912 1828

Woodwork-cabinet work 4,532 252 6,643 461

Metal construction 179 19 180 18

Industrial maintenance 660 30 738 36

Driving 279 14 345 19

Industrial designing 180 25 276 26

Motor mechanics 387 12 391 52

Electromechanics 45 0 88 0

Electronics 200 30 365 123

mechanical production 231 9 246 6

Refrigeration and air-conditioning 64 4 84 43

Logistics and transport 88 16 89 26

Total 10508 2171 13836 2960

Source: MINEFOP 2013 Table 44: Trends in the proportion of trainers for the 2009/2010 to 2012/2013 training years according to their professional diplomas

PROFESSIONAL DIPLOMA Years

2010/2011 2011/2012 2012/2013 W O M T O T P r W O M T O T P r W O M T O T P r

DIPCEG, DIPES I, DIPCET, DIPET I,CAPCEG 10 15 66.7 9 15 60 9 15 60 DIPEPS / INGINEER/MASTER 0 8 0.0 3 6 50 2 8 25 HND 13 72 18.1 23 75 30.7 18 74 24.3 CAPIEG, CAPIEMP, CAPI, CAPIET 1129 3690 30.6 1182 3564 33.2 1155 3627 31.8 CAPIAEG, CAPIA, CAPIAET 543 1306 41.6 498 1285 38.8 521 1295 40.2 BEP, BP, BACC TECH, BACC PRO, BT 59 448 13.2 69 336 20.5 64 392 16.3 CAP 98 653 15.0 116 867 13.4 107 760 14.1 OTEHER PROFESSIONAL DIPLOMAS 78 332 23.5 68 391 17.4 73 361 20.2 GRAND TOTAL 1930 6524 29.6 1968 6539 30.1 1949 6532 29.8 Source: MINEFOP 2013


III.2 EMPLOYMENT AND UNDER EMPLOYMENT

III.2.1. Employment

Table 45: Distribution of employed workers, by employment and activity sector, of persons aged 10 or above, by sex in 2010

Institutional sector Sex

Total Male Female

Public 7.2 4.3 5.8 Formal private 5.3 1.9 3.7 Informal non agricultural 38.9 35.9 37.5 Informal agricultural 48.5 57.9 53.0 Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 Activity sector Primary 48.9 58.1 53.3 Industry 12.9 12.2 12.6 Trade 10.6 11.6 11.1 Services 27.5 18.1 23.0 Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 Source: NIS, EESI 1, 2010 Table 6 : Proportion of women among employed workers having undergone a professional training by activity sector

Activity Sector Distribution of employed workers having undergone a

professional training by activity

Proportion of women among workers having undergone a

professional training by activity Agriculture, Livestock and fishing 50.2 37.0 Food Industry 4.7 51.5 Confection/tailoring 2.8 84.6 Other industries 3.2 8.9 BTP 2.6 3.4 Wholesale trade 1.7 31.4 Retail trade 9.9 57.7 Transport 4.4 1.6 Catering 3.5 74.5 Repairs 1.8 1.7 Other services 15.3 44.4 Total 100.0 37.8 Source: NIS, EESI 1, 2010

Chart 8: Distribution (in %) of employed workers according to socio professional category by sex

Source: NIS, EESI 1, 2010


Table 46: Number in (%) of women in non agricultural paid employment according to Region per year

Region 2007 2014 Adamawa 13.1 14.6 Yaounde 29.8 34.0 Centre (excluding Yaounde) 28.5 22.7 East 14.4 29.7 Far-North 7.7 14.3 Douala 26.2 30.7 Littoral (excluding Douala) 26.1 31.1 North 12.6 20.7 North-West 27.8 30.9 West 26.3 35.2 South 19.6 28.4 South-West 25.5 31.1 Overall 24.5 29.9

Source : ECAM 2, 3 and 4 Table 47: Trend of the proportion of workers in the informal agricultural sector

Years Men Women Total

2001 52.4 68.5 60.3

2007 56.5 67.1 61.7

2014 39.6 51.2 45.2 Source: ECAM2, 3 and 4 III.2.2. Under employment and unemployment

Table 48: Under employment rate by sex according to area of residence

Area of residence Male (1) Female (2) (2)/(1) Visible under employment

Urban 14.6 19.8 1.36 rural 14.9 12 .7 0 .85 Cameroon 14.8 14.9 1.01

Invisible under employment Urban 35.1 52.9 1.51 rural 68.5 80.3 1.17 Cameroon 56.3 71.8 1.28

Global under employment Urban 49.1 68.9 1.40 rural 74.8 84.3 1.13 Cameroon 65..1 79.2 1.22

Source : NIS, EESI 1 and 2 Table 49: Trends in unemployment rate (according to ILO) between 2005 and 2010 by sex and area of residence

Year

2005 2010


Area of residence

Urban 8.8 13.2 10.7 5.8 10.8 8.1 Rural 1.9 1.5 1.7 1.5 1.3 1.4 Total 4.2 4.6 4.4 3.1 4.5 3.8

Source: NIS, MICS 1, DHS-MICS 2


Table 50: Trends in global under-employment rate by Region, sex and area of residence between 2005 and 2010

2005 2010

Region Men Women Total Men Women Total

Douala 44.2 66.7 53.7 34.8 56.2 44.3

Yaounde 45.3 64.9 53.7 47.4 66.6 56.3

Adamawa 77.9 81.6 79.4 57.0 73.7 63.0

Center 58.0 70.7 64.6 69.5 76.3 72.8

East 77.3 92.1 84.3 65.7 79.4 71.7

Far-North 87.8 94.6 91.2 83.4 89.6 86.3

Littoral 59.5 73.3 67.0 69.4 76.4 72.9

North 73.5 94.8 83.7 74.0 91.7 82.3

North-West 79.0 88.0 84.0 71.9 83.5 78.3

West 72.4 87.4 80.8 71.9 85.4 79.5

South 56.6 73.7 64.5 54.9 72.6 62.9

South-West 57.4 77.4 66.8 58.1 66.0 61.8

Area of residence

Urban 50.9 70.9 59.6 46.9 66.4 55.7

Rural 77.2 88.3 82.9 73.9 83.7 78.8

Total 68.3 83.6 75.8 63.7 78.0 70.6

Source: NIS, EESI 1 and 2 Table 51: Proportion (in %) of employed workers (15-64 years) living below the poverty level

2001 2007 2014

Area of residence Urban 15.5 11.4 7.0 Rural 47.3 51.6 53.1

Sexe Male 34.2 34.7 30.7 Female 41.6 42.0 38.3

Total 37.9 38.3 34.4

Source : ECAM 2, 3, and 4

III.3. ACCESS TO PRODUCTIVE RESOURCES

III.3.1. Landed property and housing

Table 52: Proportion (%) of land titles issued in 2013 by sex and per Region

Region Women Men Total Portion of land titles owned by women (%) Adamawa 125 815 940 13,3 Centre 820 2224 3044 26,9 East 50 184 234 21,4 Far- North 199 922 1121 17,8 Doaula 398 1681 2079 19,1 North 43 187 230 18,7 North West 79 276 355 22,3 West 220 996 1216 18,1 South 127 404 531 23,9 South West 248 709 957 25,9 Cameroon 2309 8398 10707 21,6

Source : MINDCAF, 2013


Table 53: Trends in the proportion (%) of women of 15-49 years owning a land title between 2006 and 2011 (jointly or individually)

2006 2011

Region Owns a house with land title

Owns a land with a land title

Owns a house with land title

Owns a land with a land title

Adamawa 1.8 2.7 0.4 1.1 Center (excluding Yaounde) 1.4 1.5 3.8 3.6 Douala 1.9 0.6 3.7 2.9 East 0.8 1.1 1.4 1.2 Far-North 0.8 0.1 0.8 0.7 Littoral (excluding Douala) 1.0 1.3 4.4 2.8 North 1.2 0.8 2.8 1.6 North-West 0.6 1.4 3.8 4.3 West 0.9 1.5 1.1 1.3 South 1.6 1.9 2.2 4.7 South-West 2.9 1.6 3.7 4.9 Yaounde 2.7 3.1 4.1 5.7 Total 1.6 1.3 2.7 2.8


Table 54: Trends by region and by sex of the proportion of women heads of families, where a member is owning the house from 2006 to 2011

2006 2010 2011

Region Women Total Women Total Women Total

Adamawa 48.5 66.7 68.4 69.0 71.6 76.6

Center 58.3 52.7 44.3 46.0 55.6 47.5

East 64.6 72.5 73.1 71.1 81.0 74.6

Far-North 86.7 85.9 86.1 90.4 84.7 89.4

Littoral 58.7 47.7 55.3 40.4 58.0 50.0

North 77.7 85.7 77.5 82.9 84.7 88.2

North-West 73.7 70.0 76.5 68.1 74.6 75.0

West 79.3 70.3 80.2 68.3 75.7 70.5

South 68.3 64.2 51.2 43.5 75.3 69.4

South-West 43.8 39.7 40.7 36.8 48.6 46.9

Total 68.1 64.3 62.5 59.9 68.2 67.0



Chart 9: Proportion (%) of land titles issued in 2013 to men and women per Region

Source : MINDCAF, 2013

III.3.2. Access to credit

Table 55: Trends, by sex and by region, in the number of persons having benefited from the services of Crédit Foncier du Cameroun (housing fund) from 2010 to 2012

Region 2010 2011 2012

M W T M W T M W T

Adamawa 5 1 6 5 1 6 1 2 3

Center 52 32 84 87 54 141 52 42 94

East 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 1 6

Far-North 6 1 7 7 2 9 2 1 3

Littoral 49 20 69 80 29 109 50 28 78

North 5 0 5 0 0 0 1 1 2

North-West 2 0 2 4 0 4 4 1 5

West 6 3 9 6 1 7 7 0 7

South 3 0 3 7 3 10 10 3 13

South-West 7 4 11 8 1 9 6 1 7

Total 135 61 196 205 91 296 138 80 218

Source: CFC 2013

III.4 FEMALE REPRESENTATION IN PROFESSIONAL GROUP INGS Table 56: Distribution of GICAM members by activity sector

Activity Sector Number of associations or

businesses

Number of associations or businesses managed

by women

Proportion (%) of associations or businesses

managed by women

Associations 11 0 0.0

Industries 53 1 1.9

Services 85 8 9.4

Total 149 9 6.0

Sources : GICAM


Table 57: Distribution of the number of business promoters/managers and number of permanent employees by sex and by activity sub-sector in 2008

Men Women

Activity sub-sector Number of business promoters/ managers

Total number of permanent employees

Number of business promoters/manager

s

Total number of permanent employees

Agriculture 112 25,745 20 115 Breeding 65 403 6 79 Silviculture 28 5,497 0 0 Fishing and fish-farming 6 39 0 0 Extraction 18 476 1 1 Food industry 484 12,574 80 806 Other manufacturing industries 5,734 35,131 3,919 8,248 Electricity water and gas 45 3,138 5 79 Construction 491 5,383 59 241 Trade 29,957 68,164 12,134 19,057 Transport 339 10,660 35 361 Bank and Insurance 338 7,710 76 822 Other tertiary 14,367 75,334 8,824 26,314 Not declared 165 1,269 92 127

Total 52,149 251,523 25,251 56,250

Source: NIS, RGE 2009

III.5. SOCIO-PROFESSIONAL INTEGRATION

Table 58 : Distribution by sex and by Region of the number of persons having benefited from PAJER-U funding from 2011 to 2013

2011 2012 2013

Region SEX AMOUNT (in thousands) SEX AMOUNT (in thousands) SEX

AMOUNT (in thousands)

M W ENS M W ENS M W ENS M W ENS M W ENS M W ENS

Adamawa 59 40 99 29,000 21,000 50,000 32 12 44 25,050 6,000 31,050 20 7 27 8,500 3,400 11,900

Center 81 54 135 80,200 34,800 115,000 63 23 86 37,700 12,800 50,500 26 13 39 13,240 7,000 20,240

East 44 23 67 70,000 17,200 40,000 23 14 37 14,300 7,500 21,800 9 7 16 4,000 3,520 7,520

Far-North 44 17 61 88,750 19,000 89,000 35 15 50 22,025 7,895 29,920 23 5 28 10,920 2,000 12,920

Littoral 80 55 135 47,450 38,250 127,000 36 15 51 22,150 8,750 30,900 27 9 36 12,520 4,200 16,720

North 37 13 50 45,000 20,550 68,000 37 8 45 21,400 4,400 25,800 21 8 29 10,720 3,200 13,920

North-West

57 46 103 42,500 18,000 63,000 47 43 90 35,300 30,450 65,750 10 12 22 5,100 5,400 10,500

West 43 35 78 60,000 27,500 70,000 31 25 56 18,335 18,580 36,915 17 11 28 8,520 5,000 13,520

South 38 27 65 520,700 30,000 90,000 33 12 45 24,461 7,510 31,971 38 8 15 3,720 4,000 7,720

South-West

63 51 114 35,000 25,000 60,000 16 17 33 9,105 10,195 19,300 63 6 22 7,520 2,400 9,920

Total 546 361 907 520,700 251,300 772,000 353 184 537 229,826 114,080 343,906 546 86 262 84,760 40,120 124,880

Source : MINJEC 2014


Table59 : Number of persons trained in WEFCs and integrated into the job market per Region and according to the year

2004-2011 2012 Total number integrated

(2004-2012)

Region

Men

Wom

en

Girl

s

Tota

l

Men

Wom

en

Girl

s

Tota

l

Tota

l num

ber

Per

cent

age

Adamawa 10 352 180 542 174 438 438 1,050 50 3.3

Center 44 644 494 1,182 143 3,705 1,511 5,379 333 5.1

East 513 2,972 1,348 6,257 328 817 277 2,726 41 0.5

Far-North 120 4,582 2,494 7,196 52 467 232 751 201 2.5

Littoral 20 1,730 1,844 3,594 41 499 454 994 86 1.9

North 277 926 450 1,653 66 164 233 463 82 3.9

North-West 0 783 356 1,139 93 755 230 2,726 71 1.8

West 200 3634 1,976 5,810 44 381 239 664 138 2.1

South 1,495 6,701 4,826 13,022 551 1,502 1,394 3,447 108 0.7

South-West 87 2,706 1,997 4,790 54 861 513 1,428 279 4.5

Total 2,766 25,030 15,965 45,185 1,546 9,589 5,521 19,628 1,389 2.1

Source: MINPROFF Survey, 2013 Table60: Number of persons having benefited from socio-professional guidance in 2012 by type of structure

Type of structure Men Women Total MINPROFF Central Services ... ... ... MINPROFF Regional Delegation 0 187 187 MINPROFF Divisional Delegation 22 229 251 Women's Empowerment and Family Center 45 389 447 MINPROFF Sub-Divisional Delegation 16 521 542 Total 83 1,326 1,427


Table 61: Number of persons having benefited from support for socio-professional integration by type of structure in 2013

Type of structure Men Women Total MINPROFF Divisional Delegation 76 572 648 MINPROFF Sub-Divisional Delegation 196 434 630 Total 272 1,006 1,278

Source: MINPROFF


Table 62 : Number of persons having benefited from socio-professional guidance by Region in 2012

Region Men Women Total

Adamawa 2 0 2

Center 49 460 509

East ... ... 0

Far-North 10 178 188

Littoral 2 134 136

North ... 430 430

North-West 0 16 16

West 10 23 33

South ... 11 11

South-West 10 74 84

Total 83 1,326 1,409


Table 63: Distribution of SMEs created in Business Creation Formality Center (CFCE) by the sex of the promoter in 2013

Zone Sex

Men Women Total % of female promoters

Yaounde 3,734 1,406 5,140 27.4% Douala 3,172 860 4,032 21.3% Bafoussam 108 35 143 24.5% Garoua 128 54 182 29.7% Bamenda 161 48 209 23.0% Total 7,303 2,403 9,706 24.8%

Source: MINPMEESA

III.6 CAPACITY BUILDING

III.6.1. Support in agricultural equipment

Table 64: Trends in proportion(%) of employed workers, operating manager (boss, self employed) in the primary sector of 2005 - 2010

2005

2010

Region Women Total

Women Total Adamawa 20,6 27,1

38,9 36,8

Center 30,9 24,5

25,8 22,5 East 45,8 46,9

35,9 37,7

Far-North 14,0 27,5

12,2 34,2 Douala 14,1 11,0

13,5 10,2

North 26,8 42,1

26,1 35,1 North-West 47,7 36,1

45,5 35,1

West 52,2 45,9

38,2 30,5 South 35,6 31,6

37,6 28,4

South-West 48,2 37,8

44,4 44,0

Total 30,4 31,1

28,4 29,0

Source : NIS, EESI 1, 2


Table 65 : Number of persons living in rural areas and having benefited from support in terms of agricultural equipment in 2012

Type of structure Men Women Total

MINPROFF Central Services NR NR NR

DRPROFF 0 25 25

MINPROFF Divisional Delegation 393 1,201 1594

MINPROFF Sub-Divisional Delegation 57 2,072 2129

Total 450 3,298 3748 Source: MINPROFF , 2013

Table 66 : Number of persons living in rural areas and having benefited from support in term of light agricultural equipment by type of equipment and per region in 2012

Machete Hoe wheelbarrow spade

Region Men Women Total Men Women Total Men Women To tal Men Women Total

Adamawa … 02 02 … … … … 02 02 … … …

Center 02 16 18 01 12 13 02 22 24 … … …

East … 02 02 … 01 01 … 02 02 … … …

Far-North … 02 02 … 01 01 … 02 02 … … …

Littoral … … … … … … … … … … … …

North … 03 03 … … … … 04 04 … … …

North-West … 14 14 … … … … 16 16 … 04 04

West … 03 03 … 01 01 … 03 03 … 02 02

South … 03 03 … 03 03 … 04 04 … … …

South-West … 15 15 … … … … 16 16 … 04 04

Total 2 60 62 1 18 19 2 71 73 0 10 10


Table 67: Number of associations in rural areas having benefited from support in terms of agricultural equipment by type of equipment in 2013

Designation/Type of equipment

Region

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Machete 72 35 81 22 40 21 1,030 - - 305 1,606 Hoe 75 50 71 21 - 21 2,570 - - 370 3,178 Wheelbarrow - 2 6 - 10 21 - - - 400 439 spade 10 - 65 - - - 90 - - 200 365 Truck - - 1 2 10 - - - - 112 125 Watering cans - 10 12 20 20 - 130 - - 10 202 Simple grinding mill - - - - - - - - - 5 5 Engine-powered grinding mill - - - - - - - - - - - Chain saw - - - - - - - - - - - Sprays - 2 2 5 10 - - - - 6 25 Power generator - - - - - - - - - - - Water pump - - - 1 - - - - - - 1 Others - - 51 20 3 10 - - - - 84 Source: MINPROFF


III.7. TRAINING AND AWARENESS RAISING

Table 68 : Number of persons having benefited from capacity building in production, processing and preservation techniques of agro-pastoral products in 2013


Divisional Delegation 537 11,695 12,232

Sub-Divisional Delegation 496 4,622 5,118

Total 1,033 16,317 17,350 Source: MINPROFF

Table 69: Number of persons having benefited from capacity building in business creation and project management in 2014(initiated by decentralized structures of MINPROFF)


Divisional Delegation 456 9 960 10 416

Sub-Divisional Delegation 488 3 196 3 684

Total 944 13 156 14 100 Source: MINPROFF

Table70 : Number of persons sensitized and involved in environmental protection in 2013 by Structure


Divisional Delegation 2,012 14,190 16,202

Sub-Divisional Delegation 4,305 20,533 24,838

Total 6,317 34,723 41,040 Source: MINPROFF Table71: Trends in the number of associations sensitized and involved environmental protection in 2013 by Region

Region 2012 2013 2014

Adamawa 14 10 12

Center 26 34 0

East 240 0 240

Far-North 26 40 430

Littoral NR NR 341

North NR NR NR

North-West NR NR 136

West NR NR NR

South 70 45 40

South-West 260 270 325

Total 636 399 1,524

Source: MINPROFF


Table 72 : Aforestation outside forests (operation Green Sahel, mangroves, development Benoue river basin)

Year Linear on River Benoue (in km)

Reforestion surface area (in ha)

Number of trees planted

Distibution of improved cook stoves

2008 - 3 000 480 000 21 300

2009 - 3 000 480 000 12 974

2010 20 3 500 60 000 13 384

2011 21 3 500 60 000 18 496

2012 20 3 000 520 000 18 496

2013 21 2 500 440 000 11 500

2014 15 2 500 315 000* 3 500

Total 97 21 000 99 650

Source : MINEPDED

Table73 : Trends in the number of trees planted by women in the reforestation activity between 2012 and 2014 by Region

Region

Year

2012 2013 2014 Adamawa 40 - - Center 300 133 150 East - - 1,252 Far-North 12,521 15,021 33,827 Littoral - - - North 120 343 213 North-West 5,165 6,292 5,025 West 20,057 - 10,081 South 50 150 620 South-West 2,610 3,500 4,415

Total 40,863 25,439 55,583

Source: MINPROFF Table 74: Percentage of the population using solid fuels

2001 2007 2014 Yaounde 32.7 32.2 21.1 Douala 40.1 46.9 29.3 Adamawa 92.3 94.8 65.8 Centre (excluding Yaounde) 92.4 91.7 76.3 East 95.4 95.7 82.5 Far-North 99.5 97.2 94.3 Littoral( excluding Douala) 81.5 84.8 75.6 North 94.9 97.8 92.0 North-West 95.7 94.4 80.9 West 93.8 92.3 83.1 South 83.4 88.3 71.2 South-West 79.1 84.4 57.7 Area of residence Urban 55.1 58.7 36.8 Rural 97.0 96.2 87.5 Cameroon 82.4 82.9 65.0

Source : INS, ECAM2, 3 and 4


III.8. TRAINING IN THE WEFCS

Table 75: Number of trainees in the WEFCs in 2014(Permanent training)

Heading SEX

Men Women Total

Number of persons aged 14 to 21 admitted 122 1236 1,358

Number of trainees of 21 years and above admitted 535 2,101 2,636

Total 657 3,337 3,994

Number of trainees who got to the end of the traini ng 206 1,274 1,480

Source : MINPROFF Table 76 : Number of trainees for the 2010/2011 and 2011/2012 training year by level

Level YEAR OF TRAINING

2010/2011 2011/2012

Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total

Level 1 (tailored training) 102 1272 1374 226 2698 2924

Level 2 (less than 12 months) 35 844 879 46 816 862

Level 3 (more than 12 months) 99 1264 1363 51 1242 1293

Total 236 3380 3616 323 4,756 5,079 Source: MINPROFF Table 77 : Number of trainees for the 2010/2011 and 2011/2012 training years in WEFCs by sector

Activity sector

YEAR OF TRAINING Year of training

2010/2011 Year of training

2011/2012

Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total Primary 9 15 641 656 173 1,762 1,936 Secondary 10 192 1,544 1,736 11 1,562 1,573 Tertiary 11 29 1,195 1,224 139 1,431 1,570 Total 236 3,380 3,616 323 4,756 5,079 Source: MINPROFF

Table 78 : Trends in the number of cases of abandonment for the 2010/2011 and 2011/2012 training years by sector

Activity sector 2010/2011 training year 2011/2012 training year

Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total

Primary 3 35 38 1 43 44

Secondary 3 187 190 2 307 309

Tertiary 17 138 155 23 223 246

Total 23 360 383 26 573 599

Source: MINPROFF

9 Agriculture, breeding, fishing 10 Clothing Industry, Manufacturing 11 Hotel management, catering, ICT


Table 79 : Trends in the number of cases of abandonment for the 2010/2011 and 2011/2012 training years by Region

Source: MINPROFF

Table 80: Number of trainers by professional and academic diploma

Diploma YEAR OF TRAINING

2010/2011

2011/2012

Men Women Total Men Women Total Academic diploma

DEA/DESS and over 1 0 1 1 0 1 Masters 2 2 4 5 2 7 Bachelors degree 15 12 27 20 15 35 DEUG/DUT 2 0 2 6 0 6 GCE-A Level (General) 20 18 38 26 22 48 BEPC 2 12 14 14 15 29 CEP 8 11 19 14 18 32 Others 6 7 13 8 7 15 TOTAL 1 56 62 118 94 79 173 Professional diploma

DIPCEG, DIPES I, DIPCET, DIPET I,CAPCEG 1 3 4 1 4 5 DIPEPS / INGINEER/MASTER 18 5 23 13 2 15 HND 15 30 45 18 24 42 CAPIEG, CAPIEMP, CAPI, CAPIET 4 23 27 9 15 24 CAPIAEG, CAPIA, CAPIAET 0 7 7 1 14 15 BEP, BP, BACC TECH, BACC PRO, BT 0 17 17 5 21 26 CAP 7 28 35 8 40 48 Other professional diplomas 20 16 36 33 28 61 TOTAL 2 65 129 194 88 148 236 GRAND TOTAL 121 191 312 182 227 409

Source: MINPROFF

Region 2010/2011 training year 2011/2012 training year

Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total Adamawa 6 35 41 7 46 53 Center 1 103 104 0 168 168 East 0 56 56 0 51 51 Far-North 11 64 75 14 92 106 Littoral 0 32 32 0 42 42 North 0 27 27 0 57 57 North-West 0 0 0 0 9 9 West 0 3 3 0 36 36 South 2 16 18 2 55 57 South-West 3 24 27 3 17 20 Total 23 360 383 26 573 599


CHAPTER IV FAMILY DEVELOPMENT AND PROTECTION OF

CHILDREN’S RIGHTS This part deals with the changes in education, schooling and notes the progress of girls and boys in terms of obtaining diplomas or choosing study fields in various levels of education, advantages or shortcomings that are characteristic of either sex, as well as where parity is achieved or is being achieved, such as in the primary education for instance.

In terms of building the capacities of families, it globally stands out that, the number of families, who received capacity building on their role in guiding children has almost doubled between 2013 and 2014, rising from 6.313 to 11.390. The East and South-West Regions are those in which we have a large number of beneficiaries.

It should also be noted that the local dialogue committees for children have increased from 42 in 2013 to 133 in 2014; this is prove of the will of all stakeholders to provide adequate guidance to children. Moreover, 20.640 persons were sensitized on the fight against maternal, neonatal, and infant-juvenile mortality in Cameroon in 2013.

Regarding marriage and family reunion, MINPROFF supported 3,668 marriages in 2014 as against 4,327 in 2013. This drop not only reflects the appropriation of the activity by several actors but also the target’s increasing enthusiasm for a legal, more stable, reassuring and favourable supervision of children. In addition, it should be noted that this activity, which is preceded by preparatory marriage sessions for future spouses induces a relationship of post marriage monitoring for potential crisis prevention and management thereby guaranteeing harmony within familie.

Regarding children's rights, the number of cases of sexual abuse on children has fluctuated from 189 cases in 2010 to 216 cases in 2013. Girls remain the most affected, particularly in the South-West Region where 107 cases were recorded in 2010 and 114 cases in 2013. Once again, the South-West Region is that in which child trafficking is persistent and disturbing. Besides, this trend is confirmed by a study carried out in 2014 by MINPROFF and Plan Cameroon dealing with the socio cultural and economic determinants of early and forced marriages in Akwaya Sub-Division. This study revealed that girls aged between 0 and 12 suffer unions arranged by parents under the term “Money Woman”. On the other hand, the South and North Regions almost registered no case of sexual abuse on children below 18 years. With regard to the Northern Regions, the weakness of the figures could be explained by the silence maintained around the question of child marriage due of socio cultural constraints.

As part of psychosocial care, assistance and follow up of procedures, MINPROFF services provided psychosocial care to 2,085 persons in 2013 as against 1,567 in 2012, that is, an increase of more than 30%.

As concerns conflicts, mediation, marital and family therapy, the North-West and South-West Regions recorded the highest number of marital and family conflicts declared in 2013. Within the same period, the South-West, West and Center Regions recorded the highest number of declared cases of cohabitation in 2013.


IV.1 FAMILY HEALTH

IV.1.1. Women’s health

Table 81: Frequency of patients regularly followed in psychiatry/Reception and consultation in 2013

Month Formal Patients New Patients

Total Portion of women

(%) Total

Portion of women (%)

January 815 53.1 220 56.4 February 736 53.7 167 53.3 March 780 52.6 164 50.6 April 810 53.3 167 48.5 May 710 53.8 152 52.6 June 687 49.8 159 58.5 July 727 52.4 205 45.9 August 569 49.6 195 51.3 September 758 52.5 184 49.5 October 727 50.5 168 49.4 November 726 52.5 137 50.4 December 548 54.6 154 51.3 TOTAL 8593 52.4 2072 51.4 Source: Hôpital Jamot - Psychiatry Service, Yaounde Chart 10: Proportion of declared victims of Female Genital Mutilation in 2004

Source: NIS, EDS III, IV.1.2. HIV/AIDS Chart 17: Trends of the prevalence rate between 2004 and 2014

Source : INS and CNLS


Chart 18 : Trends of the number of people on ARV treatment from 2005 to 2013

Source: Activity reports of CNLS, 2005 to 2013 Table 82: Trends of knowledge acquired and attitudes towards HIV AIDS among people of 15 -49 years

Indicator 2011 2014

Men Women Men Women

People who have already heard about HIV AIDS 98.3% 95.9% 98.8% 95.6%

People who know the means of transmission of HIV AIDs from mother to child

- - 43.5% 50.0%

People who know a place where to get tested 87.1% 82% 87.6% 83.4%

People who have were tested for HIV and know of their status 40.1% 50.9% 22.5% 25.1%

People who accept people living HIV AID 18.7% 12 18.1% 14.2%

Source: NIS, EDS-MICS 2011, EDS-MICS 2014

Table 83: Knowledge and attitude towards HIV AIDS among people aged 15-24 in 2014

Indicator Men Women

People who correctly identify ways of preventing sexual transmission of HIV/AIDs 41.2% 32.0%

Sexually active people who have been tested for HIV and know their status 22.5% 30.7%

Source: INS, EDS-MICS 2011, EDS-MICS 2014

Table 84: HIV-AIDS prevalence rate of the 15-24 yea rs according to sex and area of residence

Age Group Year

2004 2011 W M T W M T

15-19 2.2 0.6 1.4 2.0 0.4 1.2 15-17 1.6 0.5 1.0 1.3 0.1 0.7 18-19 3.0 0.8 2.0 3.1 0.8 2.0 20-24 7.9 2.5 5.5 3.4 0.6 2.2 20-22 5.7 2.7 4.3 2.5 0.7 1.7 23-24 11.8 2.2 7.4 5.1 0.5 3.0 Area of residence Yaounde/Douala 5.6 2.3 4.0 3.6 0.4 2.2 Other towns 5.8 0.9 3.4 2.3 0.5 1.4 Total urban 5.7 1.4 3.6 2.9 0.5 1.7 Rural 3.5 1.5 2.6 2.6 0.5 1.6 Total 4.8 1.4 3.2 2.7 0.5 1.7

Source: NIS, DHS III, DHS-MICS 2011


Table 85: HIV-AIDS prevalence rate of the 15-49 years by region

Year

2004 2011

Region M W T M W T

Adamawa 4.1 9.8 6.9 2.3 7.1 5.1

Center (excluding Yaounde) 2.1 6.8 4.7 5.3 6.9 6.1

Douala 3.6 5.5 4.5 2.6 6.4 4.6

East 7.6 9.4 8.6 3.7 8.8 6.3

Far-North 1.7 2.2 2.0 0.8 1.5 1.2

Littoral (excluding Douala) 4.7 6.4 5.6 2.7 5.1 3.9

North 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.5 3.2 2.4

North-West 5.2 11.9 8.7 5.0 7.2 6.3

West 5.2 4.3 4.7 2.9 2.8 2.8

South 4.5 8.4 6.5 3.8 10.6 7.2

South-West 5.1 11.0 8.0 3.3 7.9 5.7

Yaounde 6.0 10.7 8.3 3.6 8.9 6.3

Total 4.1 6.8 5.5 2.9 5.6 4.3

Source: NIS, DHS-MICS 2011

IV.1.3. Health of reproduction

Table 86: Some indicator trends in women’s reproductive health

Indicator 2011 2014 Specific fertility rate of women aged 15- 19 (%0 127 119

Percentage of women aged 20-24 who have had at least a live birth before the age of 18

- 27.5%

Percentage of married women aged 15-49 or in cohabitation who use (or whose partner uses) a method of contraception

23.4% 34.3%

Percentage of married women aged 15-49 or in cohabitation who use modern method of contraception

14.4% 21.0%

Percentage of married women aged 15-49 or in cohabitation who use traditional method of contraception

8.9% 13.3%

Table 87: Some indicators trends of prenatal care among women aged 15-49

Indicator 2011 2014

Percentage of women aged 15-49 with a live birth within the past 2 years who were followed by a skilled health personnel at least 1 time during their last pregnancy which resulted in a live birth,

84.7% 82.8%

Percentage of women aged 15-49 with a live birth within the past 2 years who were followed by any health care provider at least 4 times during their last pregnancy which resulted in a live birth,

62.2% 58.8%

Percentage of women aged 15-49 with a live birth within the last 2 years who were attended by a qualified health personnel during the most recent live birth

63.6% 64.7%

Percentage of women aged 15-49 whose most recent live birth during the last 2 years was carried out in a health care centre

61.2 61.3%

Source : NIS, EDS MICS-2011 ; EDS MICS 2014


Table 88: Percentage of women aged 15-49, who received prenatal care from a trained personnel by Region

Region Year

2004 2011

Adamawa 72.8 87.8

Center (excluding Yaounde) 92.7 92.8

Douala 98.3 99.2

East 87.1 85.4

Far North 59.1 59.0

Littoral (excluding Douala) 98.6 97.4

North 64.8 71.7

North West 98.2 97.6

West 96.6 98.9

South 93.1 94.2

South West 89.7 91.3

Yaounde 95.9 97.6

Total 83.4 84.7 Source: NIS, DHS III, DHS-MICS 2011

Table 89: Percentage of women aged 15-49 who gave birth with the assistance of a qualified personnel by Region

Year

Region 2004 2011 Adamawa 37.1 47.4 Center 83.1 86.0 East 47.7 48.9 Far North 26.5 25.1 Douala 96.0 97.4 North 22.3 32.9 North West 87.5 93.6 West 93.3 95.8 South 70.6 82.2 South West 77.8 80.1 Total 61.8 63.6

Source: NIS, DHS III, DHS-MICS 2011


Table 90: Trends of the proportion of assisted delivery by the qualified health personnel between 2004 and 2014 (in %)

Region 2004 2011 2014 Adamawa 37.1 47.4 51.5 Centre (excluding Yaounde) 74.2 78.5 80.7 Yaounde 94.2 92.9 90.5 East 47.7 48.9 55.3 Far-North 26.5 25.1 28.1

Littoral (excluding Douala) 93.8 94.2 88.5 Douala 97.1 98.8 95.2 North 22.3 32.9 34.6 North-West 87.5 93.6 93.6 West 93.3 95.8 92.3 South 70.6 82.2 81.0 South-West 77.8 80.1 82.9

Area of residence Urban 84.2 86.7 85.3 Rural 44.2 46.7 47.3 Cameroon 61.8 63.6 62.8

Source: INS/EDS3 (2004), EDS-MICS (2011) & MICS 2014

Table 91: Proportion (%) of pregnant women aged 15-49 sleeping under a treated bed net

Region Year

2004 2011 2013

Adamawa 1.0 19.4 41.3

Center (excluding Yaounde) 0.0 23.5 31.4

Douala 4.3 34.6 49.7

East 3.0 27.2 55.7

Far-North 0.7 10.3 34.6

Littoral (excluding Douala) 0.0 19.3 38.2

North 0.0 12.9 32.7

North-West 4.0 40.0 37.5

West 1.1 14.0 23.8

South 0.0 29.2 62.1

South-West 1.8 13.0 63.8

Yaounde 1.6 24.0 40.7

Total 1.3 19.8 40.9

Source: NIS, DHS III, DHS-MICS 2011, EPC-MILDA 2013


IV.1.4 Child Health

IV.1.4.1. Infant Mortality

Chart 11: Quotient of infant mortality

Source : INS, EDS-MICS 2014 Table 92: Infant and juvenile mortality quotient (children under 5 years) per region (calculated over the period of 10 years before the survey)

Years Infant mortality Juvenile mortality

2004 2011 2014 2004 2011 2014 Adamawa 79 74 72 136 129 127 Centre (excluding Yaounde) 77 65 55 120 121 96 Yaounde 63 58 32 112 76 42 East 111 48 82 187 96 127 Far-North 91 85 81 186 168 154 Littoral (excluding Douala) 63 63 49 113 106 84 Douala 48 49 39 75 75 52 North 106 96 100 205 191 173 North-West 58 43 42 99 68 64 West 75 48 42 126 100 83 Sud 87 53 55 154 103 100 South-West 86 77 58 144 127 78

Total 74 62 66 144 122 112 Source : INS, EDS 1998 and 2004, EDS-MICS 2011, MICS 2014


IV.1.4.2. Vaccination

Table 93: Trends in the immunization coverage of children 12-23 months

Indicator 2011 2014 Percentage of children 12-23 months who received BCG Vaccine before their first birthday (tuberculosis vaccine)

86% 91.2%

Percentage of children 12-23 months who received the 3rd dose of polio vaccine (polio 3) before their first birthday

67.7% 845.5%

Percentage of children 12-23 months who received the 3rd dose of pentavalent (DTcoq3, Hep B3, Hib3-diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough) before their first birthday

63.3% (62.9%)

79.6%

Percentage of children 12-23 months who received the vaccine against measles before their first birthday

64% 79.9%

Percentage of children 12-23 months who received the 3rd dose of pneumo vaccine (Pneumo3-vaccin against pneumonia) before their first birthday

- 78.9%

Percentage of children 12-23 months who received the vaccine against yellow fever before their first birthday

62.5% 79.6%

Percentage of children 12-23 months who received all the vaccinations recommended by the National Immunization Programme before their first birthday (Measles before their 2nd anniversary)

50.2% 64.4%

Source: INS, EDS-MICS 2011, EDS-MICS 2014

Table 94: Percentage of children from 12 to 23 months completely vaccinated (having received all the vaccines) per region or area of residence

Region 2004 2011 2014 Adamawa 47.2 53.7 79.9 Centre (excluding Yaoundé) 47.4 51.6 89.9 Yaounde 53.3 59.9 87.3 East 37.5 47.3 78.5 far-North 38.6 30.9 50.8 Littoral (excluding Douala) 67.9 66.3 88.0 Douala 63.7 67.3 88.7 North 20.3 38.1 65.3 North-West 71.7 82.5 84.5 West 58.2 63.7 85.9 South 42.3 35.2 72.4 South-West 53.1 75.2 87.7

Area of residence Urban 54.9 63.0 85.4 Rural 42.4 46.1 67.7 Cameroon 48.2 53.2 75.3 Source: INS, EDSC III, 2004 &EDS-MICS 2011, MICS 2014


IV.1.4.2. Fight against Malaria

Chart 20 : Percentage of children under 5 years sleeping under a treated mosquito nets

Source : EDS 2004, EDS-MICS 2011 and 2014

Table 95: Trends in percentage of children under 5 years sleeping under a treated mosquito net

Region 2004 2011 2014

Adamawa 0.5 27,6 48,0 Centre (excluding Yaounde) 0.3 23,9 62,2 Yaounde 3.5 21 63,4 East 0.8 22,5 47,1 Far-North 0.5 5,4 50,3 Littoral (excluding Douala) 0.2 31,9 58,7 Douala 3.4 37,0 64,9 North 0.3 16,9 61,6 North-West 1.3 38,6 59,6 West 0.0 18,5 42,7 South 0.9 19,5 68,2 South-West 0.5 26,0 47,1


Source : EDS 2004, EDS-MICS 2011and 2014 Table 96: Trends in the management of fever and malaria

Description 2011 2014 Percentage of children below 5 who slept under ITN the night preceding the survey 21% 54.8% Percentage of children below 5 with fever who advice or treatment were sought from a health agent/structure (2 weeks prior to the survey)

26.9% 32.9%

Percentage of children below 5 with fever who received any anti malaria treatment (2 weeks prior to the survey).

23.1% 38.2%

Percentage of children below 5 who had fever and received an ACT (or another 1st-line treatment, in accordance with the National Policy ( 2 weeks prior to the survey)

- 15.1

Source: NIS, DHS-MICS 2011, DHS-MICS 2014


IV.2. ESSENTIAL FAMILY PRACTICES

Table 97 : Proportion of households having treated bed nets (ITNs12)

Year

Region 2004 2011 2013 Adamawa 0.8 38.0 71.3 Center (excluding Yaounde) 0.4 39.7 60.0 Douala 3.2 37.2 53.0 East 2.4 35.7 59.0 Far North 1.2 26.5 83.4 Littoral (excluding Douala) 0.7 41.5 53.5 North 0.6 52.3 75.3 North west 1.6 46.9 79.2 West 0.2 31.1 45.1 South 0.8 33.0 69.2 South West 0.9 33.6 67.4 Yaounde 3.0 31.5 56.3 Total 1.4 36.4 65.8

Source: INS, DHS III, DHS-MICS 11, EPC-MILDA13 2013

Table 98: Percentage of adults aged 15 and above, by detailed smoker status and by sex in 2013

Smoker status Sex

Men Women Total Current tobacco smoker 118 0.6 6.0

daily smoker 9.1 0.5 4.6 occasional smoker 2.7 0.2 1.4 occasional smoker, former daily smoker 1.2 0.0 0.6 occasional smoker, never been daily smoker 1.5 0.1 0.8

Non-smoker 88.2 99.4 94.0 Former daily smoker 5.1 0.3 2.6 Never been daily smoker 83.1 99.1 91.3 Former occasional smoker 1.8 0.4 1.1 Has never smoked 81.3 98 ,7 90.3

Source: GATS14 Cameroon, 2013

Table 99: Number of adults aged 15 and above, by detailed status of tobacco consumption without smoke and by sex-GATS Cameroon, 2013

Total Men Women Status of tobacco consumption without smoking Number in thousands Current tobacco consumer without smoke 363.9 130.4 233.5 Daily consumer 243.6 92.0 151.7 Occasional consumer 120.3 38.4 81.8

Occasional consumer, former daily consumer 26.3 3.6 22.7 Occasional consumer, never been daily consumer 94.0 34.8 59.1

Non-consumer of tobacco without smoke 11,656.5 5,675,3 5,981,3 Former daily consumer 53.0 29.0 23.9 Never been daily consumer 11,630.6 5,646.2 5,957.3 Former occasional consumer 73.6 35.8 37.9 Has never consumed 11,529.9 5,610.5 5,919.4

Source: GATS Cameroon, 2013 12A Mosquito Treated Net (MII) is either one permanently treated with insecticides, or one that was acquired and has been treated less than six months ago, or again, one that has been treated with insecticide less than 6 months ago. 13 A Mosquito Treated Net (MII) is(1) a bed net treated industrially by the manufacturer ad which does not need an additional treatment (MIILDA) or (2) a pre treated mosquito net that was obtained less than 12 months ago, or (3) one that has been soaked with insecticide less than 12 months ago. 14 Global Adult Tobacco Survey


Table 100: Percentage of adults aged 15 and above, who think that tobacco smoking can cause a serious illness, a vascular cerebral accident, a heart attack, a lung cancer, a cancer of the bladder, a stomach cancer, a premature birth, or a bone loss, according to sex

Adults who believe that tobacco smoking can cause

Demographic characteristics

Severe disease

Vascular cerebral accident

Heart attack

Lung cancer

Cancer of the bladder

Cancer of the

stomach

Premature birth

Bone loss

Percentage (95%)

Total 95.4

(94.4 ;96.2) 72.1

(69.6 ;74.5) 82.5

(80.5 ;84.2) 95.8

(94.8 ;96.6) 61.7

(58.9 ;64.4) 80.4

(78.2 ;64.4) 71,7(

69.3 ;73.9) 61.3

(58.4 ;64.0) Sex

Male 96.1

(95.0 ;97.0) 73.0

(69.8 ;76.0) 82.2

(79.6 ;84.5) 96.7

(95.8 ;97.4) 62.3

(58.9 ;65.6) 79.1

(76.4 ;81.5) 69.6

(66.7 ;72.3) 61.0

(57.9 ;64.0)

Female 94.6

(93.2 ;95.8) 71.2

(68.2 ;74.1) 82.7

(80.1 ;85.0) 95.0

(93.2 ;96.3) 61.1

(57.8 ;64.2) 81.5

(79.0 ;83.8) 73.6

(70.6 ;76.4) 61.5

(58.1 ;64,.) Source: GATS Cameroon, 2013

Table 101: Percentage of adults aged 15 and above, who think that tobacco smoking can cause a serious illness, a vascular cerebral accident(stroke), a heart attack, a lung cancer, a cancer of the bladder, a stomach cancer, a premature birth, or a bone loss, according to smoker status and by sex

Adults who believe that tobacco smoking can cause

Demographic characteristics

Severe disease

Vascular cerebral accident

Heart attack Lung

cancer Cancer of

the bladder

Cancer of the

stomach

Premature birth

Bone loss

Percentage (95%) Current smoker 15

93.1 (89.5 ;95.5)

61.1 (55.3 ;68.0)

69.1 (62.0 ;75.4)

91.1 (87.0 ;93.9)

57.3 (50.5 ;63.8)

69.6 (63.0 ;75.5)

50.9 (43.4 ;58.3)

52.9 (46.2 ;59.5)

Sex

Male 92.9

(89.1 ;95.4) 61.9

(55.2 ;68.2) 69.3

(62.0 ;75.7) 90.7

(86.5 ;93.7) 56.9

(49.9 ;63.6) 69.4

(62.6 ;75.5) 50.4

(42.7 ;58.2) 52.4

(45.6 ;59.0)

Female 96.3

(85.4 ;99.1) 60.7

(35.1 ;81.5) 66.1

(37.6 ;86.4) 98.1

(87.0 ;99.7) 65.2

(41.9 ;82.9) 72.8

(45.4 ;89.6) 59.1

(33.8 ;80.3) 62.8

(38.1 ; Source: GATS Cameroon, 2013

IV.3. FAMILY WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT

Year 2010 2011 2013 Single person 18.6 16.0 14.5 Couple without a child 5.0 3.8 5.3 Couple with children (nuclear) 28.3 22.8 27.9 Single-parent nuclear 8.8 7.7 8.2 Single-parent extended 8.9 10.4 9.2 Extended 30.2 39.3 34.9 Source: NIS, EESI2, DHS-MICS, EPC-MILDA 2013

15 Include daily and occasional smokers (smoking less than once a day)


Table 102 : Trends in the number of marriages celebrated through the joint celebration system

Region YEAR

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Adamawa 40 70 70 218 286 355 Center 384 903 403 1399 743 615 East 131 299 205 398 391 159 Far-North 70 40 194 86 394 6 Littoral 368 428 452 1,250 743 156 North 178 161 1,004 655 284 83 North-West 175 177 354 241 243 186 West 84 360 528 316 298 443 South 235 135 699 712 458 557 South-West 375 568 548 473 483 915 Total 2,040 3,141 4,457 5,748 4,321 3,475 Source : MINPROFF Table 103 : Number of families who have requested assistance from MINPROFF to facilitate family reunion

YEAR Region 2013 2014

Adamawa 0 0 Center 57 191 East 0 2 Far-North 61 163 Littoral 31 17 North 6 20 North-West 25 189 West 0 0 South 0 2 South-West 772 1,118 Total 952 1,702

Source : MINPROFF Table 104: Percentage of families having electric power as main source of lighting

2007 201016 2011 Region Douala 97.1 98.7 97.6 Yaounde 98.2 98.7 99.1 Adamawa 25.5 54.0 41.0 Center 46.7 51.0 61.6 East 23.6 34.7 43.4 Far-North 11.8 15.2 12.8 Littoral 67.2 86.2 73.1 North 16.6 23.5 23.3 North-West 31.0 48.4 45.0 West 56.6 67.2 58.9 South 72.1 66.0 61.2 South-West 36.4 66.1 53.2 Area of residence Urban 90.4 94.7 87.5 Rural 23.4 35.1 18.5 Total 48.2 60.1 53.7

Source: NIS, ECAM 3, EESI2 ,DHS-MICS 2011

16 Including power generator.


Table 105: Trends of the proportion (in %) of the population having access to potable drinking water

Region 2001 (1) 2007 (2) 2014 (3) Douala 83.7 81.6 95.9 Yaounde 94 80.4 80.2 Adamawa 40.1 41.8 45.5 Centre (excluding Yaounde) 22.7 35.5 52.7 East 13.2 16.8 41.6 Far-North 41.9 28.3 53.8 Littoral (excluding Douala) 55.0 55.0 70.8 North 38.2 20.6 36.9 North-West 48.4 52.2 65.6 West 28.7 28.7 49.4 Sud 32.6 35.4 47.8 South-West 75.1 43.2 63.3


Source: ECAM2, 3 and 4

Table 106: Trends in the percentage of households having acces s to certain facilities

Indicator 2011 2014

Percentage of household members using improved source of drinking water 68.9% 72.9%

Percentage of household members using improved and individual toilets 39.9% 34.9%

Percentage of households having a specific place for the washing of hands (water and soap or another product to bathe)

- 14.19%

Percentage of households having soap or another product to bathe - 82.3%

Source : INS, EDS-MICS 2011, EDS-MICS 2014 Table 107: Median age at women’s first meeting aged 25-49 years and of men between 30-49 years

Year

2004 2011

Region Women between

25-49 years Men between 30-49 years

Women between 25-49 years

Men between 30-49 years

Adamawa 15.6 23.0 16.3 26.4

Centre 18.8 25.0 19.6 24.2

Douala 20.6 27.5 22.1 29.5

East 17.4 23.8 18.3 24.6

Far-North 14.9 23.7 15.9 23.1

Littoral 19.5 28.2 19.8 26.9

North 15.5 24.1 15.9 23.5

North-West 19.5 27.0 19.5 26.5

West 17.1 22.3 18.8 27.4

South 20.1 24.1 20.4 26.2

South-West 19.2 27.2 19.8 26.6

Yaounde 20.6 27.0 21.4 26.3

Total 17.6 25.2 18.5 26.0 Source : INS, EDS III, EDS-MICS 2011


IV.3.1. Capacity building of families

Table108: Trends in the number of families who have benefited from capacity building on their role in guiding children

Region 2013 2014 Adamawa 113 103 Center 563 906 East NR 3,138 Far-North 301 710 Littoral 1,400 1,169 North 10 132 North-West 350 660 West 388 695 South - 50 South-West 3,188 3,927 Total 6,313 11,490

Source: MINPROFF

Table109 : Number of local dialogue committees for children identified in 2013 and 2014

Region 2013 2014 Adamawa 0 0 Center 2 6 East 0 7 Far-North 16 16 Littoral 0 0 North 0 0 North-West 9 63 West 0 11 South 0 0 South-West 15 30 Total 42 133

Source : MINPROFF

Table110 : Number of personnel whose capacities have been built on the use of thematic aids on the family in 2013

Region Men Women Total Adamawa 0 0 0 Center 0 0 0 East 33 40 73 Far-North 11 28 39 Littoral 0 0 0 North 0 0 0 North-West 0 0 0 West 0 0 0 South 0 0 0 South-West 0 0 0 Total 44 68 112

Source: MINPROFF


Chart 12: Number of persons sensitized on the fight against maternal, neonatal, and infant-juvenile mortality in Cameroon in 2013

Source : MINPROFF

Chart 22: Number of families sensitized on their role in guiding adolescents in 2013

Source : MINPROFF


Chart 23: Number of families who have been educated on responsible parenthood in 2013

Source : MINPROFF Chart 13: Number of families who have been educated on children's rights in 2013

Source : MINPROFF

IV.4 CHILDREN’S RIGHTS

IV.4.1. Education and schooling

Table 111: Net rate of primary school enrolment

Region Boys Girls Total IPS Adamawa 87 86 86 0,99 Center 91 87 89 0,95 East 96 83 89 0,86 Far North 78 75 77 0,86 Littoral 99 85 92 0,96 North 91 83 87 0,92 North West 85 96 91 1,12 West 92 99 96 1,08 South 83 96 90 1,16 South West 90 87 88 0,96 Cameroon 90 87 88 0,96

Sources : MINEDUB 2011/2012 / School Map data


Table 112: Adjusted Net rate of primary school enrollment between 2001 and 2014 Region 2001 2007 2014 Adamawa 58.2 57.0 74.3 Centre 92.0 96.5 96.8 Yaounde 94.4 97.6 98.2 Centre (excluding Yaounde) 89.9 95.1 94.6 East 77.2 72.5 84.0 far-North 41.6 46.7 63.0 Littoral 96.4 97.1 98.1 Douala 97.4 98.1 98.0 Littoral (excluding Douala) 94.8 94.9 98.1 North 50.8 54.1 74.2 North-West 88.7 89.7 96.8 West 92.9 95.1 96.9 South 89.8 95.5 95.8 South-West 90.8 93.7 95.9

Area of residence Urban 91.5 92.9 95.3 Rural 70.6 70.4 79.7 Sex

Male 79.0 79.2 85.7 Female 74.6 75.2 84.5 Cameroon 76.9 77.2 85.1

Source : ECAM 2 & 3, ECAM4 Table 113: Rate of completion (in %) in Primary schools

Région Garçon Filles Ensemble Adamawa 69,8 46,5 58,0 Center 75,7 77,9 76,8 East 67,4 56,6 62,4 Far North 72,8 45,5 59,2 Littoral 83,8 79,9 75,7 North 71,9 47,0 65,3 North West 91,1 88,8 90,0 West 94,3 94,0 94,1 South 78,3 73,4 75,9 South West 73,3 78,5 75,8 Cameroon 78,2 96,0 73,7

Sources : MINEDUB 2011/2012 /School Map data Chart 14: Completion rate (%) in the primary school

Source : School Map MINEDUC 2004 and MINEDUB 2006 and 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014


Table 114: Indicator of education by sex in 2014

Indicator Boys Girls

Preparation for school 32% 34%

Admission rate in primary school 59% 55%

Completion rate at primary level 83% 78%

Transition to secondary school 78% 78%

Attendance at a preschool program 27% 29%

Primary school attendance 87% 84%

Secondary school attendance 55% 50%

Children reaching the last class of primary school 93% 94% Source : NIS, EDS-MICS 2011, EDS-MICS 2014

Table 115: Trends of parity at primary and secondary level index

Indicator 2011 2014 Parity at the Primary level index 0.94% 0.96%

Parity between sexes at the Secondary level index 0.96% 0.92%

Source : INS, DHS-MICS 2011, DHS-MICS 2014 Table 116: Net rate of school attendance by age gro up

Indicator 2010 2011

Male Female Total Male Female Total Primary, children aged [6 – 11] 79.4 78.0 78.8 80.8 76.1 78.5

Secondary, children aged [12 – 18] 51.0 47.7 49.3 46.9 44.9 45.9

Source: NIS, EESI 2010, DHS/MICS 2011 Table 117: Indicators in education by sex in 2014

Indicator Boys Girls

Preparation for school 32% 34%

Admission rate in Primary School 59% 55%

Completion rate at the Primary level 83% 78%

Transition to Secondary school 78% 78%

Attendance at a preschool program 27% 29%

Primary school attendance 87% 84%

Secondary school attendance 55% 50%

Children reaching the last class of primary school 93% 94% Source : INS, DHS-MICS 2011, DHS-MICS 2014

Table 118: Some indicator trends in children’s vulnerability

Indicator 2011 2014

Percentage of children (0-17) with either 1 or both biological parents deceased 9.7% 9.9%

Percentage of children (0-17) with at least one of the parents living abroad - 1.0%

Percentage of children (0-17) not living with either of their biological parents 17.9% 16.1%

ratio of school attendance of orphans (aged 10-14) - 0.86%

Birth registration (5 years) 61.4% 66.1%

Source : INS, DHS-MICS 2011, DHS-MICS 2014


IV.4.2. Sexuality among youths

Table 119: Trend of some indicators regarding the sexuality of youths from 15-24 years

Indicator 2011 2014

Men Women Men Women

Persons (aged 15-24) never married or in cohabitation who have never had sexual intercourse

47 54.8 44.8 51.8

Persons (aged15-24) who have had sexual intercourse before the age 15 10.9 16.4 9.3 16.0

Women aged 15-24 who have had sexual intercourse in the 12 months preceding the survey with a partner of 10 years or older than them

- 27.2 - 29.7

Source : INS, EDS-MICS 2011, EDS-MICS 2014

IV.5. VIOLATION OF CHILDREN’S RIGHTS Table 120: Some indicator trends in the violation of children’s rights

Indicator 2011 2014

Child labour (5-17 ans) 44.4% 47.0%

Percentage of children (1-14) who underwent psychological aggression or corporal punishment (during the months preceeding the survey)

- 85.0%

Source: INS, DHS-MICS 2011, DHS-MICS 2014 Table 121: Trends in the rates of early and polygamous marriages among persons aged 15-49 and 20-49

Indicator 2011 2014 Men Women Men Women

Percentage of women aged 15-49 who were married or in cohabitation before the age of 15

0% 15.8% 1.0% 11.4%

Percentage of youths aged 15-19 who are married or in cohabitation 1.9% 24.2% 1.3% 22.3%

Percentage of persons aged 20-49 who were married or in cohabitation before the age of 18

6.3 43.4 5.4 36.1

Percentage of persons aged 15-49 who are in a polygamist union 12.7% 25.4% 13.8% 24.1% Source: INS, DHS-MICS 2011, DHS-MICS 2014

Chart 15 : Number of declared cases of forced marriages by Region in 2013

Source MINPROFF


Table 122: Trends in the number of declared cases of sexual abuse on children below 18 years per Region

Region 2010 2011 2012 2013

Girls Boys Total Girls Boys Total Girls Boys Total Girls Boys Total

Adamawa 5 0 5 7 0 7 10 0 10 16 0 16

Center 1 0 1 3 1 4 2 0 2 14 0 14

East 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 23

Far-North 8 0 8 11 0 11 10 0 10 6 0 6

Littoral 2 0 2 5 0 5 12 0 12 21 1 22

North 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1

North-West 10 0 10 9 0 9 9 0 9 10 0 10

West 16 0 16 5 0 5 4 2 6 10 0 10

South 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

South-West 107 40 147 88 35 123 84 30 114 83 31 114

Total 149 40 189 128 36 164 131 32 163 184 32 216 Source: MINPROFF Table123: Trends by sex of declared cases of child trafficking in MINPROFF’s services

Region 2010 2011 2012 2013


Adamawa 0 2 2 1 3 4 0 2 2 2 3 5 Center 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 East 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Far-North 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 Littoral 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 North 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 North-West 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 West 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 South 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 South-West 120 50 170 155 55 210 145 60 205 105 35 140 Total 120 52 172 156 58 214 147 62 209 107 40 147 Source: MINPROFF, 2014

Table124: Trends in the number of declared cases of children kidnapped by a parent per Region

Region 2010 2011 2012 2013


Adamawa 0 0 0 0 3 3 8 3 11 4 3 7

Center 0 0 0 5 2 7 1 0 1 11 6 17

East 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2

Far-North 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1

Littoral 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2

North 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

North-West 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

West 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

South 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

South-West 25 12 37 20 5 25 37 11 48 20 9 29

Total 25 12 37 25 10 35 46 14 60 38 20 58 Source: MINPROFF


Table125: Trends in the number of declared cases of children kidnapped by a parent and found again per Region

Region 2010 2011 2012 2013


Adamawa 0 0 0 0 3 3 8 3 11 4 3 7

Center 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 4 0 4

East 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2

Far-North 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1

Littoral 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

North 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

North-West 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

West 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0

South 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

South-West 10 5 15 15 5 20 12 11 23 20 8 28

Total 10 5 15 16 8 24 26 14 40 30 12 42

Source: MINPROFF

IV.6. PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE AND ASSISTANCE Table 126 : Number of persons who benefited from psychosocial care in 2012 and 2013 by type of MINPROFF structure Type of structure 2012 2013


Divisional Delegation 304 739 1,043 254 1,115 1,369

Sub-Divisional Delegation 183 341 524 196 520 716

Total 487 1,080 1,567 450 1,635 2,085 Source: MINPROFF Table127 : Number of persons who benefited from psychosocial care in 2012 and 2013 by Region

2012 2013 Men Women Total Men Women Total

Adamawa 28 60 88 30 92 122 Center 60 100 160 77 192 269 East 17 19 36 2 10 12 Far-North 22 44 66 32 83 115 Littoral NR NR NR NR NR NR North NR NR NR NR NR NR North-West 67 344 411 60 494 554 West 215 330 545 145 302 447 South NR NR NR NR NR NR South-West 78 183 261 104 462 566 Total 487 1,080 1,567 450 1,635 2,085 Source: MINPROFF


Table128 : Trends in the number of divorces and legal separations pronounced by Region

Region 2010 2011 2012 2013 Total 4 years

Number of divorces pronounced in courts

372 338 441 406 2,284

Adamawa 11 8 18 23 81

Center 80 58 120 95 508 East 13 14 16 19 105

Far-North 6 Littoral 122 122 165 123 712

North 24 21 15 16 110

North-West 21 26 39 46 219 West 77 59 49 57 366

South 24 30 19 27 177 Sud-Ouest17 Source: NIS, TBS 3, MINPROFF

Table 129 : Number of marital, family and cohabitation conflicts declared in 2013

Region Number of cases of marital conflicts declared in these

services

Number of cases of family conflicts declared in these

services

Number of cases of cohabitation conflicts

declared in these services

Adamawa 96 97 60 Center 236 131 195 East 50 37 51 Far-North 175 62 140 Littoral NR NR NR North NR NR NR North-West 335 149 141 West 118 90 346 South 30 10 5 South-West 263 211 487 Total 1,303 787 1,425

Source: MINPROFF

17 Not available


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