Addressing the Complexities of the Cameroonian Penal Code in the Protection of Womens Right An Overview of Gender Based Discrimination

This paper examines the complexities of the Cameroonian penal code in the protection of women's rights, most especially on the crime of domestic violence. The paper equally brings out the gender base discrimination in the protection of women's right. In this light, the write up focuses on the infelicities and inconsistencies surrounding domestic violence and examines some of the offenses which can be prosecuted under domestic violence. The Penal Code not withstanding has laid down a series of offences that can be considered as domestic violence with the status and rights of the women within the Cameroonian context, though some of those sections are plagued with aspects of gender base discrimination. These crimes are committed through the use of force or intention with its varieties spelled out in the Penal Code considering that the mental element that provoked them may not be the same. The arguments in piece of work are buttressed by the fact that domestic violence is not recognised as a specific crime in Cameroon and there is no specific legislation by which domestic violence can be prosecuted. This work concludes by arguing that the legislation ought to review the Family Code drafted in 1997 to redress issues of domestic violence which has remained on the shelf unadopted and unimplemented. Adna Ebude Enang "Addressing the Complexities of the Cameroonian Penal Code in the Protection of Women's Right: An Overview of Gender Based Discrimination" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-6 , October 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd46421.pdf Paper URL : https://www.ijtsrd.com/management/law-and-management/46421/addressing-the-complexities-of-the-cameroonian-penal-code-in-the-protection-of-womens-right-an-overview-of-gender-based-discrimination/adna-ebude-enang