similar to those applicable in the event of adultery by a man. To this effect, Section 361 provides: “(1) A woman who, being married, has sexual intercourse with a man other than her husband shall be punished with imprisonment for from 2 (two) to 6 (six) months or with fine of from CFAF 25 000 (twenty-five thousand) to CFA 100 000 (one hundred thousand). (2) A husband who has sexual intercourse with a woman other than his wife or wives shall be punished as provided in subsection 1 above. However, the burden of proof of the existence of a polygamous union shall lie with the husband”. 722- Marriage between a rapist and their victim is no longer an exemption from prosecution as stipulated in the provisions of Section 297 of the Penal Code: “Marriage freely consented between the offender and the victim, even where she is over puberty at the time of the commission of the offence provided for in sections 295 and 296 above, shall have no effect on the prosecution and conviction”. 723- Discrimination is prohibited in several other legislative texts. Thus, in the field of education, provisions of section 7 of Law No. 98/4 of 14 April 1998 to lay down guidelines for education in Cameroon holds that “the State guarantees equal opportunities to education for all without discrimination as to sex, political, philosophical and religious opinion or social, cultural, linguistic and geographical origin”. In the same way, Law No. 2001/5 of 16 April 2001 to lay down the guidelines for higher education in Section 6 (2) states that higher education “participate in the promotion of the rule of law by disseminating a culture which respects justice, human rights and freedoms […] participate in the eradication of all forms of discrimination and encourage the promotion of peace and dialogue”. 724- The fight against discrimination is also taken into consideration in the national strategic and institutional framework. 2: Strategic and Institutional Framework of the Fight against Discrimination 725- In 2016, a Multisector Plan of Action for the implementation of the NGP (2016-2020) was also designed and adopted by Government in order to effectively take into consideration the specific needs of women in all sectors, with a view to combine and share sector initiatives. The Multisector Plan of Action is the basis for the implementation of the 6 major thrusts of the NGP broken down into programmes397. 726- The aim of the Plan is that it should be reflected at every level of the planning, programming, budgeting and monitoring chain using various plans of action. To this effect, the instructions given by the President in the Budgetary Circular to lay down guidelines for the preparation of the Budget aim at consolidating gender responsive budgeting which is henceforth a requirement for governance. 727- Besides, the institutional gender promotion mechanism was enhanced through the establishment, in 2007, of gender Focal Points in the public service and later on gender committees, 92 in number as at the end of 2017. These entities, being the real interfaces between the Ministry in charge of Women’s Empowerment and other sector departments, supervise the mainstreaming of gender in decision making within their institutions. 397 Thus, action matrices depend on the following programmes: - promoting equal access to education, training and information for girls and boys, women and men; - improving access to health services, especially reproductive health, for women; - promoting equal chances and opportunities between men and women in the economic sectors; - promoting the right to a healthy socio-cultural environment for the respect of women’s rights; - strengthening participation and representation of women in public life and decision making; - strengthening the institutional framework for gender promotion. 120