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 in Cameroon, including domestic violence victims and survivors, have little protection or access…

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Primary source: Human Rights Watch News · August 28, 2026

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