In preparation for EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) implementation, the Centre for Environment and Development (CED) Cameroon and Fern have analysed the central role of women in Cameroon’s cocoa sector, as well as the EUDR’s potential impacts on respect for their rights.
The study provides detailed documentation of the invisibility of women’s work and the violence associated with it. It analyses land tenure insecurity, income inequalities, lack of access to information and training, male dynamics within cooperatives and the particular vulnerability of Indigenous women.
It concludes with recommendations to ensure that future EUDR implementation guarantees not only the protection of forests, but also the rights of women, particularly those of local communities and Indigenous Peoples. These include developing policy and regulatory levers on capacity-building, incentives and securing land rights.
