- Tuesday January 7th, 2025
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Summary: The policy guidance note on gender and the labour market in Cameroon aims to assess the differentiated access of men and women to employment opportunities, as well as the conditions of exercise in light of the policies for the promotion of employment and gender equality implemented by the Government. The data used are those from the third Employment and Informal Sector Survey (EESI3) conducted by the NIS in 2021. Results make it possible to note the following main findings:
– Regarding labour share, with 61.4%, men are more present than women whose rate is 47.3%. However, these women have an entrepreneurial spirit in the informal sector where they operate mainly. By socio-professional category, nearly seven women out of ten (68.3%) work as self-employed as against to 48.2% of men. However, they work in sectors requiring few qualifications, especially due to the mismatch between the training acquired and the jobs offered by the labour market.
– As for remuneration, 55.4% of women and 40.9% of men had an hourly income from their main job lower than the standard set by current regulations.
– Regarding the rate of labour underutilization, 28.7% of women are affected as against 24.1% of men.
– Regarding underemployment, 18.7% of women and 18.4% of men worked fewer hours per week compared to the current regulation of 40 hours. 55.4% of women and 40.9% of men had an hourly income from their main job lower than the standard set by the current regulation. This level of underemployment remains higher than the Government’s employment objectives set out in the NDS30, which aims to reduce the overall underemployment rate to 50.1% by 2030. The above findings suggest accelerating the implementation of the guidelines for the promotion of gender and employment contained in the National Development Strategy (NDS30), National Gender Policy (NGP), Sector Strategy for Education and Training (SSET), National Employment Policy (NEP) and Gender-Sensitive Budget Document (GSB).