Promoting Women\u2019s Economic Rights in Cameroon (WERC Project)\u201cReducing women\u2019s domestic unpaid work in Cameroon\u201dMay 24 2022, 03:00 pm (Cameroon time) zoom platform (Register Now)
\nBackground
\nIn Cameroon, 39% of the national population lives below the poverty line and this rate rises to 51.5% for women (OCHA, 2019). Among these women, 79.2% are underemployed; more than 71.6% of them work in the informal agricultural sector. This situation persists mainly because of the vulnerability of women\u2019s jobs, but even more so because of the pervasiveness of their unpaid work. Women have free control over the domestic economy (household utensils, management of daily food rations, water and household hygiene) and these domestic tasks account for more than 80 percent of total hours spent on unpaid work. In fact, women spend on average 8.2 hours more per week than men on unpaid domestic work and remain mostly excluded from the control of strategic family assets (land, livestock, money, children\u2019s education, access to health care, etc.) and therefore have no decision-making power over these aspects. This unpaid workload related to reproductive work, combined with the fact that women have extremely limited access to and control over resources, partly explains why the female population is more affected by a severe lack of access to income-generating activities and by poverty. This situation is now particularly acute in the crisis areas of the Northwest and Southwest, where increased morbidity requires increased care and where daily tasks such as collecting water, firewood and food often become more difficult. Despite the proliferation of labor-saving household technologies and the changing family landscape in many economies, traditional gender imbalances in unpaid work remain a problem in Cameroon. It is in this context that the Nkafu Policy Institute, a think tank of the Denis and Lenora Foretia Foundation, is organizing a roundtable discussion on Reducing Women\u2019s Unpaid and Domestic Work in Cameroon.
\nObjective
\nThe main objective of this panel is to discuss ways to lessen unpaid domestic work of women in Cameroon in order to accelerate progress in women\u2019s economic empowerment in the country.
\nSpecifically, it is to:
\nIdentify and assess women\u2019s unpaid workloads in Cameroon;
\nAnalyze existing policies in Cameroon put in place to promote women\u2019s economic empowerment and their possible shortcomings in terms of women\u2019s economic freedom;
\nDiscuss mechanisms that could contribute to the reduction of women\u2019s unpaid domestic work in Cameroon;
\nPropose policies that will reduce women\u2019s unpaid domestic work in Cameroon.
\nTarget audience
\nThis event is open to policy makers, women-led organizations, women leaders, youth leaders, housewives and the general public.
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