emerged with the advent of multi-partism in the 1990s. Besides the declaration in the Constitution of equal political rights between men and women, this progress is a result of varying strategies employed to involve women in politics. What is more, this participation was consolidated with the Electoral Code and the increase in the number of women as electors or elected. - Legal and Strategic Framework 745- Law No. 2012/1 of 19 April 2012 relating to Electoral Code introduced the gender approach in managing elections for the first time. Thus, Sections 151 and 171 regarding legislative and municipal elections provide that: “Each list shall take into consideration the various sociological components of the constituency concerned. It shall also take into consideration gender aspects”. 746- In view of implementing these provisions effectively, Elections Cameroon (ELECAM), the body in charge of organising elections, designed a strategic plan in 2012 to implement the said law. On the one hand, this Plan makes a diagnosis of female participation in politics and on the other hand, it develops strategies to adopt to massively increase this participation. - Strategies to Boost the Participation of Women in Politics 747- Various strategies were used ranging from raising awareness through political training to mentoring. At the end, the respect of legal provisions was a great asset at the judicial level. In preparation for the 2013 elections, a Women's Political Training Manual was produced and updated in 2017 in preparation for 2018 elections. This document, intended for women and all persons involved in the electoral process, explains the principles, rules and requirements for participating in elections as voters or elected officials. Over 5,000 copies of the said document were distributed to female political leaders, candidates in elections and leaders of female associations in 2013. This document was shared to over 3,000,000 persons in 2017. 748- Political training seminars were organised from 2013 to 2017 for women at all levels of society. This can be illustrated, among other things by the organisation of a mentoring session from 11 to 12 September 2013 for female candidates at parliamentary and municipal elections, a training session for rural women held in several localities in 2016, an awareness raising caravan in March 2017 as part of an awareness operation dubbed Month of March, Month of the woman, Month of welcoming women to Elecam to encourage them to register on electoral lists, 10 discussion sessions on gender issues (café genre) in 2017 in all 10 Regions to build women’s political capacities, the celebration of the 55th edition of the Day of the African Woman on 31 July 2017 under the theme “Female Leadership and Political Participation of Women”. 749- In addition, a charter of good practices on the implementation of provisions of the Electoral Code was adopted during a workshop organised in Yaounde from 30 November to 2 December 2017 by ELECAM with support from the United Nations System, on political participation of women and marginalised groups. In 2017 and 2018, a civil society platform led by Women League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) organised several activities on the prevention of violence during elections. 750- Furthermore, at the initiative of the More Women in Politics federation of associations, an International Conference on Female Leadership took place in Yaounde in February 2016, on political participation of women and alternative solutions. One of the resolutions of this conference was the adoption of a law to set quotas in favour of women. Moreover, as part of a project led by the same organisation in collaboration with Horizon Femmes with support from the European Union, a mobile caravan was launched to raise awareness among women 124