Gender Quotas Database
Cameroon
Middle Africa
Single / Lower House
Assemblée nationale - National Assembly
| Total seats | 180 |
| Total women | 61 |
| Percentage of women | 34% |
| Gender Quota target | |
| Election year | 2020 |
| Electoral system |
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| Quota type | |
| Election details | IDEA Voter Turnout - IPU Parline |
Upper House
Sénat - Senate / Senate
| Total seats | 100 |
| Total women | 31 |
| Percentage of women | 31% |
| Gender Quota target | |
| Election year | 2023 |
| Electoral system | Indirectly elected |
| Quota type | No legislated |
| Election details | IPU Parline |
| Legal source | Details | |
|---|---|---|
| Quota type: No legislated | Electoral law |
Voluntary Political Party Quotas*
| Party | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Front | Front Social Démocrate (SDF) |
SDF has adopted a 25 percent quota. |
* Only political parties represented in parliament are included. When a country has legislated quotas in place, only political parties that have voluntary quotas that exceed the percentage/number of the national quota legislation are presented in this table.
Additional information
Each list shall take into consideration the various sociological components of the constituency concerned. It shall also take into consideration gender aspects. (Electoral law No 2012/001, Section 151:3)
Sources
Legal Sources:
- Cameroon Constitution of Cameroon - Link
- Electoral Law (amended through 2019) - Link
- Political Party Law - Link
Other Sources:
- Parliament of Cameroon - Link
- Electoral Commission - Link
- Inter-Parliamentary Union [IPU] - Cameroon Profile
- iKnowPolitics - Gender Quotas in African Countries
Additional reading
- See the latest updates on Cameroon on iKNOW Politics
- Mougoué, J. 2019. Gender, Separatist Politics, and Embodied Nationalism in Cameroon. doi:10.3998/mpub.9955202
- Adams, M. 2003. ‘Cameroon’, in A.M. Tripp (ed.) The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Women’s Issues Worldwide: Sub-Saharan Africa, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, pp. 82–107.
- Yoon, M.Y. 2001. ‘Democratization and Women's Legislative Representation in Sub-Saharan Africa’ in Democratization, Vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 169–190.
- Inter-Parliamentary Union. 1997. Democracy Still in the Making: A World Comparative Study. Geneva: Inter-Parliamentary Union.
- Inter-Parliamentary Union. 1997. Towards Partnership Between Men and Women in Politics. Geneva: Inter-Parliamentary Union.
- Cameroon Parliament website
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