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In Mbororo communities located in the then Northwest Province (now turned Northwest Region of Cameroon), socio-cultural norms greatly defined gender relations but also the way people of different social status and class conducted themselves in the society. Women and men were valued differently according to the Mbororo code of conduct referred to as pulaaku. This chapter sets out to examine how Mbororo women integrated modern demands of gender equality, safe health for all, and education for all with their culture that limited women from access to the aforementioned. In realising this work, the historical (qualitative) approach of data collection and analysis was employed. Primary and secondary sources of data were used. Secondary sources consulted included: textbooks, dissertations, and academic articles. The primary sources consulted included: archival materials and oral interviews with the use of question guides. Personal observations served as complementary sources. The study revealed that in the past (prior to the early 1980s), Mbororo women did not have the right to decision making in the family and were predominantly responsible for reproductive and care work within the household. Meanwhile women/girls decision-making abilities within family circles and in their community remained limited, educational talks from NGOs and community-based organisations coupled with the advancement in modern technology contributed in an increase in the number of Mbororo girls who were being educated, the number of pregnant and lactating women who received conventional and modern health care as well as held positions of authority in their communities. The percentage of Mbororo women who sought the services of skilled birth attendants as well as neonatal and post-natal health care services equally increased, thanks to modernism. Further efforts at sensitising and educating Mbororo women/girls on the rights of woman/girls will go a long way in reducing the high rates of GBV/VAWG as well as illiteracy among the Mbororo communities in the Northwest Region of Cameroon.

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In-Between Tradition and Modernity; The Case of Mbororo Women in the Northwest Province Region of Cameroon (1980–2022)

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    2026年

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  • Nina-Prazil Lienjeh Lueong,
  • Salley Adamou,
  • Michael Kpughe Lang

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In Mbororo communities located in the then Northwest Province (now turned Northwest Region of Cameroon), socio-cultural norms greatly defined gender relations but also the way people of different social status and class conducted themselves in the society. Women and men were valued differently according to the Mbororo code of conduct referred to as pulaaku. This chapter sets out to examine how Mbororo women integrated modern demands of gender equality, safe health for all, and education for all with their culture that limited women from access to the aforementioned. In realising this work, the historical (qualitative) approach of data collection and analysis was employed. Primary and secondary sources of data were used. Secondary sources consulted included: textbooks, dissertations, and academic articles. The primary sources consulted included: archival materials and oral interviews with the use of question guides. Personal observations served as complementary sources. The study revealed that in the past (prior to the early 1980s), Mbororo women did not have the right to decision making in the family and were predominantly responsible for reproductive and care work within the household. Meanwhile women/girls decision-making abilities within family circles and in their community remained limited, educational talks from NGOs and community-based organisations coupled with the advancement in modern technology contributed in an increase in the number of Mbororo girls who were being educated, the number of pregnant and lactating women who received conventional and modern health care as well as held positions of authority in their communities. The percentage of Mbororo women who sought the services of skilled birth attendants as well as neonatal and post-natal health care services equally increased, thanks to modernism. Further efforts at sensitising and educating Mbororo women/girls on the rights of woman/girls will go a long way in reducing the high rates of GBV/VAWG as well as illiteracy among the Mbororo communities in the Northwest Region of Cameroon.