Bénin

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'Médiatrices' on motorbikes help narrow Benin's education gender gap
Rosine Mahinou, a mother of seven, never thought she would send her girls to school. In her village in Benin, most girls used to stay home to do housework or help their mothers sell items in the market.

Health and Social Services for Adolescent Girls in Benin
Empowering Adolescent Girls and Enhancing their Reproductive Rights (EAGER)

Benin: On the move for immunization
The entire village waits impatiently under a big tree which serves as the public meeting place. It is sowing season in Sawlakpa village, Djidja district, and the community are eager to get to the fields, though not before their children have been immunized.

Don't tie the knot (yet): Preventing early marriage
The work of Benin's Local Committees to Fight Against Child Trafficking, created with funding from UNICEF, has been so successful that they have now taken on other protection issues.