Bénin

Histoires vécues

Health and Social Services for Adolescent Girls in Benin

A runaway 'vidomegon' (live-in domestic servant), holds an abandoned baby outside a shelter run by the NGO 'Terre des Hommes' where she has taken refuge, in Cotonou, Benin.

Project objectives

Improvement in the quality of lives of adolescent girls in Benin through:

Improved sexual and reproductive health

Adoption of positive, uncompromising behaviour

Attitude change towards adolescents particularly girls among peers, parents, society, religious and political leaders

Project background

The Health and Social Services for Adolescents project in Benin, (Empowering Adolescent Girls and Enhancing their Reproductive Rights -EAGER) is financed by the United Nations Foundation.

The project directly benefits uneducated girls and young mothers through non-formal education. The project aims to promote the improvement of adolescent reproductive health through raising awareness and changing behaviours among young women and adolescents and is based on human rights approach. It operates in youth recreation centres, youth clubs and training centres. The centres promoting the concept of safe spaces extends services to income generating activities, sensitisation, information, documentation, games and leisure, counselling and apprenticeship.

Situation of Adolescents particularly girls in Benin.

26% of the population (estimated to 6 million) are between 10 to 19
85% are reported to have had sexual experience at the age of 16 years
79.4% of pregnancies in schools end in abortions leading to complications and death
Secondary school enrolment for boys is 64.6% and for girls is 34.4%
Girls older than 15 never been to school 75.4% for girls as compared to 50.1% for boys

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Project partners

National Counterpart: Directorate of Leisure (Ministry of Youth Sports and Leisure), Directorate of Family Health (Ministry of Health)

Implementing Partner: UNICEF and UNFPA

Associated Implementing Partner: World Food Programme, UNESCO, Beninese Association for the Promotion of the Family-ABPF, OSV

Outcomes

Adolescent girls and mothers taking up income generating activities as compared to the starting point at the outset of the project activities.
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Significant number of parents, local community, religious and political leaders supportive top and informed about adolescent girls human rights
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Knowledge and understanding of situation of youth and of ways to promote the fulfilment of their rights.

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