‘Many women face physical, emotional, socio-cultural, sexual and political violence at different times in their lives in both private and public spheres. Regrettably, men are the perpetrators of violence.’ In Cameroon, women constitute about 51% of the population and are still victims of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), forceful and early marriages, rape and incest, have little or no rights to inheritance and land tenure, lowly educated,
victims of human trafficking, relegated to the background on decision making amongst others.
