Outcome Report >> Cameroon, Comment, 30th Session, May 2018

Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom urged the Government of Cameroon to allocate sufficient resources to ensure the effective and meaningful participation of women in public and political life. Following the recent violence in English-speaking regions, it recommended that the Government should take urgent measures to address the specific impacts of displacement on women and girls. Additionally, it called on the Government to take urgent measures to reduce the number of people without birth certificates. Finally, it welcomed the Government prohibition on all forms of domestic violence against women. [Para 648]