organised to promote these two sectors highlighted the role of the woman as an actor of
development in these sectors431.
C: Social Welfare for Women Working in the Informal Sector
866- According to Decree No. 2014/2377/PM of 13 August 2014 to lay down the terms and
conditions of support for voluntary insured persons to old age, invalidity and death pension
insurance scheme, Government committed to extend social coverage to as many persons as
possible including freelance workers and those in the informal sector. Every year, the NSIF
in charge of implementing voluntary insurance organises awareness raising campaigns for
voluntary insured persons of the informal sector particularly women, business persons and
moto-bike riders.
§3: Protecting the Family and the Child
867- The equal rights of spouses to family obligations was reflected in the spouses' family
responsibilities. The protection of children against abuse at the workplace is part of the
concern to preserve the social fabric.
A: Fight against Child Labour, including the Girl Child
868- Child protection has been enforced by determining the minimum age for child labour
and also fighting against child labour.
1: Determining the Minimum Age for Child Labour
869- As a Party to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989, ratified
on 11 January 1993) and two ILO Conventions on child labour which are Convention 138, the
Minimum Age Convention (1973, ratified in 2001) and Convention 182, the Worst Forms of
Child Labour Convention (1999, ratified in 2002), Cameroon has a legal framework which
defines the minimum age for employment, an official tool to protect the child with regards to
work and against the worst forms of child labour.
870- Section 86 of the Labour Code sets the minimum age for work at 14 years and provides
that pursuant to Convention 138, dispensations could be allowed to go beneath this age. In
application of the Labour Code, Order No. 17/MTLS/DEGREE of 27 May 1969 relating to
child labour governs this sector. Summarily, it emerges that some forms of work are
prohibited to children and when children are employed, particular measures should be applied
to them.
871- When the child is above 14 years and is doing an authorised job, he is covered by added
protection till he/she turns 18. This protection takes the form of verifying the conformity of
the job, increasing the duration of annual leave and adjusting their work time.
2: Fight against Child Labour
872- See the First Part, Chapter on the protection of children’s rights and the fight against
child labour.
B: Equal Rights of Spouses to Family Obligations
873- Reconciling their professional and domestic obligations remains a challenge.
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The 4th edition of Festi Cacao organised by the Ministry of Commerce and the Inter-Professional Cocoa and
Coffee Council (CICC) from 3 to 5 December 2015 in Douala and a round table on “The woman, indispensable
vector in the cocoa sector” created an opportunity for dialogue on the challenges to overcome.
The 3rd edition of Festi Coffee 2015 was celebrated in Yaounde under the theme “The Cameroonian Woman in
the coffee sector” and it was realised that 50% of coffee producers in Cameroon are women. During this edition,
the difficulties faced by the Cameroonian woman in this sector were identified.
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