Cameroon Grapples with Gender-Based Violence, Increased Femicides
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Click to expand Image Marie-Thérèse Abena Ondoa, Minister of Women's Empowerment and the Family, at the International Day of Rural Women celebrations in Nguibassal, Centre Cameroon, October 17, 2022. © 2022 Giordanno Brumas/SOPA Images/Sipa via Getty Images Several women were killed, including by current or former partners in Cameroon between August 6 to 26, some in the presence of their children. These killings are the latest signs that women …
© DRThe Ligue pour l'éducation de la femme et de l'enfant (Lefe) denounces the increase in femicides, indicates the warning signs and demands the adoption of laws to solve the phenomenon. The situation is alarming. Eight women killed within eight days, plus 60 during the year 2026. 1,599 cases of gender-based violence, including 166 rapes recorded between January and April 2026. The Lefe describes the situation as a national crime in a recent pl…
Yaoundé, August 28, 2026. It is not an impression. It is a crisis. The League for Women's and Children's Education (LEFE) is sounding the alarm in a shocking plea published this week. The number is cold in the back: 8 women killed over an eight-day period in August 2026. One woman a day. A media count that the NGO calls a national emergency. These dramas are not isolated. According to the official data of the Ministry for the Advancement of Wome…
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