Record Details

Substantive equality and women’s rights to sexual and reproductive health in Cameroon

Journal of Social Development in Africa

View Archive Info
 
 
Field Value
 
Title Substantive equality and women’s rights to sexual and reproductive health in Cameroon
 
Creator Munge, SP
 
Subject Reproductive health, HIV and AIDS, Cameroon, domestic violence, equality, women
 
Description Substantive equality is a very important phenomenon in the promotion of the reproductive health rights of citizens in the developing world in general and Cameroon in particular. The multiplicity of ethnic groups coupled with diverse cultural beliefs and practices impact negatively on the promotion of the notion of substantive equality in Cameroon. Although the preamble to the Cameroonian Constitution recognizes the idea of equal rights for all, the country’s record on promotion of rights associated with reproductive health is below expectations. Hence, it is worth reviewing Cameroon’s achievements, gaps and prospects in regard to the promotion of the doctrine of substantive equality in relation to the reproductive health of women in the country. In this paper, the aspects of domestic violence, abortion, and HIV and AIDS are used as examples in an attempt to analyse the extent to which the notion of substantive equality as provided for under the Cameroonian Constitution, has been implemented, particularly in regard to the reproductive health rights of women.KEYWORDS: Reproductive health, HIV and AIDS, Cameroon, domestic violence, equality, women
 
Publisher School of Social Work, University of Zimbabwe
 
Contributor —
 
Date 2010-05-07
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.ajol.info/index.php/jsda/article/view/54273
10.4314/jsda.v24i2.54273
 
Source Journal of Social Development in Africa; Vol 24, No 2 (2009)
1012-1080
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.ajol.info/index.php/jsda/article/view/54273/42794
 
Rights Copyright for articles published in this journal is retained by the journal.