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Cameroon Veils Women's Electoral Participation

The country's new biometric voter registration process could disenfranchise women in the largely Muslim north, where cultural practices may prevent them from having their photos taken.

  • Cameroon:   New Vote Move May Bar Women

    IPS, 7 November 2012

    Cameroon's new biometric registration of voters may end up disenfranchising many potential voters, especially women in the country's predominantly Muslim north where cultural… Read more »

Eskinder Debebe/UN Photo

Women clad in dresses with the image of Cameroonian President Paul Biya.

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