Gender equality · Women’s empowermentProgramme focusParticipation, dignity and opportunity Gender equality is a priority across CADEF Cameroon’s work with children, women and communities. For women and girls, opportunities to learn,…
Year: 2022
Female Genital Mutilation
Child protection · Girls’ rightsProgramme focusPreventing harmful practicesProtecting girls’ health and rightsFemale genital mutilation (FGM) involves injury to female genital organs for non-medical reasons. The World Health Organization identifies it…
Child Marriage
Protecting children’s choices and opportunitiesChild marriage is a formal marriage or informal union involving someone younger than 18. UNICEF recognises it as a violation of children’s rights that can disrupt…
Harmful Practices
CADEF’s child protection priorities include preventing harmful practices such as child marriage and female genital mutilation. These practices undermine children’s rights, dignity and opportunities. Prevention requires attention to the social…
Bakassi Peninsula: Community and Health-Access Context
Understanding a hard-to-reach settingIn Bakassi, reaching communities calls for an understanding of waterways, mangrove landscapes and seasonal access conditions. This hard-to-reach setting in Cameroon’s South West Region makes locally informed…
The Role of Communities in Child Protection
A protective community begins with shared responsibilityA child’s protective environment begins with the people around them: caregivers, neighbours, teachers and local services. Protecting children from violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation…
Drinking Water Safety and Security: Community WASH Support in 2022
Community WASH support in the South West RegionSafe water and practical hygiene information are important to community wellbeing. CADEF’s Drinking Water Safety and Security Project was conceived as a pilot…
Working with Communities to Support Children’s Protection
Conflict and displacement can disrupt children’s learning, separate them from caregivers and make support harder to reach. In the South West Region, CADEF’s community-based approach brings protection and education together,…
“Rescue Our Children From Harmful Practices”
Listening to children to build trusted protectionWhen children face a problem, knowing whom they trust is an important starting point for community protection. CADEF’s Rescue Our Children from Harmful Practices…
Girls’ Education: Access, Inclusion and Opportunity
How we increased the Girl child enrollment at schools in Menji Village.