Women's Agency and child mortality.Case study of ;the Northern Region of Cameroon.
- 주제(키워드) Women , Agency , child mortality
- 발행기관 아주대학교
- 발행년도 2012
- 제출일 2012-06-29
- 학위수여년월 2012. 8
- 학위명 석사
- 학과 국제대학원 국제개발협력과
- 실제URI http://www.dcollection.net/handler/ajou/000000012756
- 본문언어 영어
- 저작권 아주대학교 논문은 저작권에 의해 보호받습니다.
초록/요약
ABSTRACT Cameroon and other developing countries around the world and the Sub-Saharan African continent in particular, suffer from a high incidence of child mortality, the causes of which are many and varied but mainly related to malnutrition and environmental sanitation. Because of the high incidence of child mortality and burden on developing countries, the UN general assembly in the year 2000, included it amongst the Human Development Indicators (HDI) in poor countries to be improved upon by the year 2015 and made a clarion call on all stakeholders, particularly governments to reduce the rate by 2/3 by the targeted year. Efforts by the Cameroon government, with the support of specialized UN agencies and other development partners have only improved the situation, but not enough to meet the UN target by 2015, as regional variations indicate that the incidence is very high, especially in the Northern region of the country. This research attributes the high incidence of child mortality to the weak free agency of women, as the indicators of women’s agency-education and literacy, female employment and financial autonomy and political participation are very weak, particularly in the most affected Northern region. Enhancing these indicators is the only sure way to add voice and empowerment to women’s agency and combat child mortality.
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TABLE OF CONTENT
DEDICATION………………………………………………………………………………............1V
AKNOWLEDGEMENT………………………………………………………………………......…V
ABSTRACT………………………………………………………………………………….............VI
CONTENT…………………………………………………………………………………..............V11
ACRONYMS…………………………………………………………………………………............1X
CHAPTER ONE
RESEARCH PURPOSE AND NECESSITY
1.1 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY……………………………………………………………..3
1.2 PROBLEM STATEMNT…………………………………………………………..……....…….3
1.3 HYPOTHESIS…………………………………………………………………………………...3
1.4 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES……………………………………………………………….……..3
1.5 RESEARCHQUESTIONS………………………………………………….………….…...……4
CHAPTER TWO
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK AND LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 THEORETICAL BACKGROUND………………………………………………………………...5
2.2 FACTORS AFFECTING CHILD MORTALITY.LTIERATURE REVIEW………..…………….14
CHAPTER THREE
CHILD MORTALITY IN CAMEROON
3.1 TREND OF CHILD MORTALITY IN CAMEROON………………………………….…….…..21
3.2 REGIONAL VARIATIONS IN CHILD MORTALITY IN CAMEROON …………………...…..23
3.3 SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF CHILD MORTALITY IN CAMEROON …....23
3.4 CAMEROON GOVERNMENT AND THE FIGHT AGAINST CHILD MORTALITY ………...32
3.5 WOMEN’S AGENCY IN CAMEROON………….………………………………………….......34
CHAPTER FOUR
WOMEN’S AGENCY AND CHILD MORTALITY
4.1 WOMEN’S EDUCATION AND LITERACY …………….………………..................................42
4.2 WOMEN’S EMPLOYMENT ………………………………………………….........................45
4.3 WOMEN’S POLITICAL PARTICIPATION…...............................................................................47
4.4 POLICY MEASURES FOR ENHANCING WOMEN’S AGENCY IN
NORTHERN CAMEROON………………………………………………………………………....49
CHAPTER 5
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
5.1 MAIN FINDINGS OF THE STUDY………………………………………………………..........55
5.2 POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS……………………………………………….….....................56
REFERENCES………………………………………………………………………………………..59
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1 Trend of child mortality in Cameroon from 1990-2000…………………………………….22
Figure 2. Regional variations in child mortality in Cameroon…………….………………………….23
Figure 3. Regional Variations by percentage of children who were fed with food before
Breast milk………………………………………………………………………………….29
Figure 4.Regional variations by percentage of women without access to the media………………....30
Figure 5.Regional variations by percentage of mothers who were assisted in delivery by
A medical doctor……………………………………………………………………………31
Figure 6.Regional variations by percentage, of children who suffered diarrhea two weeks
Before the survey……………………………………………………………………………...31
Figure 7 regional variations by percentage, of women with no education……………………………39
Figure 8. Regional variations by percentage of women in administrative and
Technical professions………………………………………………………………………………….40
Fig 9 .Regional variations in female political representation in the current National Assembly…......41
LIST OF TABLES.
Table 1.Regional variations in child mortality in Cameroon………………………………………….23
Table 2.Percentage of children who were fed with food before breast milk 2 weeks before the
survey by region………………………………………………………………………..……………...24
Table 3 Mothers exposure to the media for information on family planning………………………....25
Table 4 Delivery assistance by percentage, of births registered 5 years preceding the survey, by type
of medical assistance………………………….……………………………...……………………27
Table 5 Prevalence of diarrhea. Children who had diarrhea 2 weeks before the survey……………...28
Table 6.Regional variations in female education, by level and place of residence…………… ……...35
Table 7. Regional variations in Female employment. by type of employment……………………….38
Table 8 Women’s representation in the current National Assembly as a function of men, by region...39
