Gender and implications of armed conflict in the Anglophone regions of Cameroon

Abstract

Conflict is a serious factor that affects national development. In different parts of the world, conflict threatens how the society develops. In the African continent, armed confrontation is a major factor that destroys governance and creates ungoverned spaces in parts of Africa under crisis. This study focuses on the armed crisis in Cameroon. It traced the origin and causes of the crisis. The study used documentary analysis of secondary sources as bases of interpretation of the armed conflict in Anglophone region of Cameroon. The finding reveals that the armed conflict created different forms of gender crisis that undermined both gender but weighed down the female gender more than the male gender. It recommends increased gender sensitivity and gender-based peacebuilding in Cameroon.