Form of Violence : Child, early and forced marriage. Child marriage is widespread in Cameroon, with over 20 per cent of girls aged 15 to 19 already married, according to a 2014 survey. Legal framework for marriage registration: Ordinance No. 31% of girls in Cameroon are married before their 18th birthday and 10% are married before the age of 15. Girls in Magba are victims of this practice given that most of them are forced into marriage as early as 9 years of age. Child marriage is most common in Adamaoua province and Extrême-Nord. 2011/011 (6 May 2011) Official authorities in charge of registering a marriage: Ministry of Territorial Administration and Decentralization (MINATD) A growing youth population faces unemployment, high illiteracy rates, and an HIV epidemic. Cameroon is a politically stable country, but it struggles with continued development deficits such as a rise in maternal mortality. This brief is based on research conducted by the Institut Supérieur du Sahel at the University of Maroua (Cameroon), in partnership with Association de Lutte Contre Les Violences Faites Aux Femmes (ALVF-EN), supported by IWHC.Child, early and forced marriage is widespread in Cameroon and particularly prevalent in the north of the country. They also examined the legal context in which these marriages take place and the profile of girls and women most at risk. As a result, they are unable to advance in everyday life and they are not very active in their communities. Specifically, ALVF-EN plans to use the findings to advocate for the implementation of a new To determine the nature and scale of child and early forced marriage in Cameroon, the Institut Supérieur du Sahel at the University of Maroua (Cameroon), in partnership with ALVF-EN, surveyed individuals and families on their views of early and forced marriage and its main drivers. * Child marriage prevalence is the percentage of women 20-24 years old who were married or in union before they were 18 years old (UNICEF State of the World’s Children, 2017)Imagining a future free of child marriage in Cameroon ( This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Some young mothers said that they fear sexual relations and are now HIV-positive or have had other sexually transmitted infections. UNFPA has supported the implementation of national health strategies and the development of data management tools. At current rates of reduction, it will take over 100 years to end child marriage in West and Central Africa; UNICEF report: Over half a billion ‘uncounted’ children live in countries unable to measure SDG progress; More action needed to improve security and humanitarian access in Myanmar if Rohingya children are to return safely - UNICEF
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