Cameroon Education Response to School-Based Gender-Based Violence

  • R Research Project/Report/Study

? Activity Status: Unknown

Key Information

The Cameroonian government, by subscribing to the global effort to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal, has included the gender approach and the education of girls, particularly in disadvantaged areas, as one of its development priorities. Thus, Cameroon has increased efforts to offer quality education to all children, particularly girls given the harmful impact of violence in general andgender-based violence on their educational trajectories. As part of this project, UNESCO, in collaboration with the Institute of Training and Demographic Research, launched a diagnostic study of the response provided by the education sector to SRGBV in three target countries: Cameroon, Senegal and Togo. The objective of this study is to identify needs and propose areas for improvement in four components of the educational response to SRGBV: school programs, teacher training, educational policies and strategies, and regulations. Training and regulation are the points where the response to SRGBV in Cameroon is most visible. Indeed, a good number of regulatory texts support the prevention and management of violence in schools and continuing training for teachers has been organized. However, in the political and strategic framework, aspects relating to SRGBV remain poorly represented. This last component and integration into curricula are the main areas where improvements need to be made in the country. 


Lead Implementing Government(s)

Cameroon

Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Cameroon

Government Affiliation

Government-affiliated program

Years

Not applicable or unknown

Ministry Affiliation

Cameroon's Ministry of Basic Education and Ministry of Secundary Education

Funder(s)

French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs

COVID-19 Response

Unknown

Geographic Scope

National

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Other skills

  • Life skills/sexuality education
  • Social and emotional learning

Quality

  • School-related gender-based violence
  • Teacher training

Cross-cutting areas

  • Community sensitization
  • Gender equality
  • Social and gender norms and beliefs

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Girls in school, Youth

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

All in school

School Level

  • Lower primary
  • Upper primary
  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary

Other populations reached

  • School administrators
  • Teachers - female
  • Teachers - male

Participants include

  • N/A

Program Approaches Back to Top

Curriculum/learning

  • Gender-sensitive curricula

Life skills education

  • Gender, rights and power

School-related gender-based violence

  • Safe and welcoming schools

Teaching

  • In-service teacher training – gender-responsive pedagogy

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Curricula, teaching and learning materials are free of gender-bias and stereotypes
  • Improved critical thinking
  • Improved social and emotional learning/skills and mindsets
  • Increased school completion (general)
  • Teachers and learners have the knowledge and skills to promote gender equality

Cross-cutting goals

  • Changed social norms
  • Improved critical consciousness
  • Improved understanding of sexual harassment, coercion, and consent
  • More equal power in relationships
  • More equitable gender attitudes and norms
  • Reduced school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV)