Latest items for Benin
June 29, 2025, 2:26 p.m.
Countries: Benin
Variables: MMR-DATA-1
"The Ministry of Health estimates that 15% of maternal deaths in the country result from unsafe abortion. And data on complications associated with clandestine abortions and practices related to family planning use show that unsafe abortions are a growing trend" (Para 14).
Variables: MMR-DATA-1
"The Ministry of Health estimates that 15% of maternal deaths in the country result from unsafe abortion. And data on complications associated with clandestine abortions and practices related to family planning use show that unsafe abortions are a growing trend" (Para 14).
June 29, 2025, 2:26 p.m.
Countries: Benin
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"However, it is important to note that the ruling of the law on its own is not enough for women to access the medical abortion services. There is a lot to do including developing policies for the implementation of the law, working with health professionals to reduce the number of those who are likely to refuse to offer such services using conscientious objection" (Para 25).
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"However, it is important to note that the ruling of the law on its own is not enough for women to access the medical abortion services. There is a lot to do including developing policies for the implementation of the law, working with health professionals to reduce the number of those who are likely to refuse to offer such services using conscientious objection" (Para 25).
June 29, 2025, 2:26 p.m.
Countries: Benin
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Benin’s parliament has voted to legalise abortion in most circumstances" (Para 1). "Benin’s new abortion law, which amends a previous one, now states that: upon the request of the pregnant woman, voluntary termination of pregnancy can be allowed when the pregnancy is likely to aggravate or cause a situation of material, educational, professional or moral distress incompatible with the interest of the woman and/or the unborn child…The voluntary termination of the pregnancy is not to happen after 12 weeks of amenorrhea, the absence of a period. Before this amendment, a woman could get her pregnancy terminated if the pregnancy would threaten her health or life, in case of foetal malformation,...more
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Benin’s parliament has voted to legalise abortion in most circumstances" (Para 1). "Benin’s new abortion law, which amends a previous one, now states that: upon the request of the pregnant woman, voluntary termination of pregnancy can be allowed when the pregnancy is likely to aggravate or cause a situation of material, educational, professional or moral distress incompatible with the interest of the woman and/or the unborn child…The voluntary termination of the pregnancy is not to happen after 12 weeks of amenorrhea, the absence of a period. Before this amendment, a woman could get her pregnancy terminated if the pregnancy would threaten her health or life, in case of foetal malformation,...more
June 29, 2025, 1:58 p.m.
Countries: Benin
Variables: MMR-PRACTICE-1
"She recounted how she and her peers had struggled to save women who had tried to end their pregnancies by ingesting dubious pills or bleach, inserting sharp objects into their bodies or getting illegal abortions from the dangerous hacks known locally as 'mechanics.' The death toll was unacceptably high, she told them: One in five maternal deaths in Benin resulted from unsafe abortions, according to the government — more than twice the average on the African continent, which is the most unsafe region in the world to terminate a pregnancy" (Para 2-3). "Botched abortions leave hundreds of women infertile and kill at least 200 women annually in Benin — and...more
Variables: MMR-PRACTICE-1
"She recounted how she and her peers had struggled to save women who had tried to end their pregnancies by ingesting dubious pills or bleach, inserting sharp objects into their bodies or getting illegal abortions from the dangerous hacks known locally as 'mechanics.' The death toll was unacceptably high, she told them: One in five maternal deaths in Benin resulted from unsafe abortions, according to the government — more than twice the average on the African continent, which is the most unsafe region in the world to terminate a pregnancy" (Para 2-3). "Botched abortions leave hundreds of women infertile and kill at least 200 women annually in Benin — and...more
June 29, 2025, 1:58 p.m.
Countries: Benin
Variables: BR-DATA-1
"The country has brought down its birthrate in recent decades, to 4.7 births per woman" (Para 32).
Variables: BR-DATA-1
"The country has brought down its birthrate in recent decades, to 4.7 births per woman" (Para 32).
June 29, 2025, 1:58 p.m.
Countries: Benin
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"Still, in Benin, many women now feel more at liberty to inquire about the procedure, health workers said, although the authorities have yet to provide official statistics on abortion rates. 'Women bluntly tell us, ‘I want to abort,’' said Serge Kitihoun, the director of medical services at the Beninese branch of the International Planned Parenthood Federation. 'That would have been unthinkable years ago'" (Para 15-16). "In interviews with four women who recently had abortions, only one said she had felt comfortable telling a friend or a relative about it. 'Aborting is like being different. It’s like you’re not a saint anymore,' said Précieuse, 24, a student who received an abortion...more
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"Still, in Benin, many women now feel more at liberty to inquire about the procedure, health workers said, although the authorities have yet to provide official statistics on abortion rates. 'Women bluntly tell us, ‘I want to abort,’' said Serge Kitihoun, the director of medical services at the Beninese branch of the International Planned Parenthood Federation. 'That would have been unthinkable years ago'" (Para 15-16). "In interviews with four women who recently had abortions, only one said she had felt comfortable telling a friend or a relative about it. 'Aborting is like being different. It’s like you’re not a saint anymore,' said Précieuse, 24, a student who received an abortion...more
June 29, 2025, 1:58 p.m.
Countries: Benin
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"A year after that testimony, Benin, with a population of 12 million, mostly Christians and Muslims, has become one of the few countries in Africa where abortion is broadly available. Legislators voted in October 2021 to decriminalize abortion under most circumstances, allowing it when a pregnancy is likely to cause a woman “material, educational, professional or moral distress.” Previously, abortion was allowed only in cases of rape, incest or fetal abnormalities, or if the mother’s life was at risk. Unlike in several Latin American countries, where abortion was recently legalized in response to grass-roots feminist movements, in Benin, the law was changed after years of discreet lobbying by advocates and...more
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"A year after that testimony, Benin, with a population of 12 million, mostly Christians and Muslims, has become one of the few countries in Africa where abortion is broadly available. Legislators voted in October 2021 to decriminalize abortion under most circumstances, allowing it when a pregnancy is likely to cause a woman “material, educational, professional or moral distress.” Previously, abortion was allowed only in cases of rape, incest or fetal abnormalities, or if the mother’s life was at risk. Unlike in several Latin American countries, where abortion was recently legalized in response to grass-roots feminist movements, in Benin, the law was changed after years of discreet lobbying by advocates and...more
June 29, 2025, 1:58 p.m.
Countries: Benin
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"Since the law was passed, her clinic, the Beninese Association for the Promotion of the Family, has gone from performing about 30 abortions a month to performing 50" (Para 19). "Botched abortions leave hundreds of women infertile and kill at least 200 women annually in Benin — and that figure could be two or three times as high" (Para 22).
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"Since the law was passed, her clinic, the Beninese Association for the Promotion of the Family, has gone from performing about 30 abortions a month to performing 50" (Para 19). "Botched abortions leave hundreds of women infertile and kill at least 200 women annually in Benin — and that figure could be two or three times as high" (Para 22).
June 24, 2025, 9:07 a.m.
Countries: Benin
Variables: AFE-DATA-1
The gender parity index (GPI) for gross secondary school enrollment (i.e. the ratio of gross enrollment of girls to gross enrollment of boys at the secondary level) is 0.83. This number was found by using the World Bank's data for secondary school gross enrollment for girls and boys. As of 2022, the gross enrollment rate for females is 42% while the gross enrollment rate for males is 49%. (CEC2 - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: AFE-DATA-1
The gender parity index (GPI) for gross secondary school enrollment (i.e. the ratio of gross enrollment of girls to gross enrollment of boys at the secondary level) is 0.83. This number was found by using the World Bank's data for secondary school gross enrollment for girls and boys. As of 2022, the gross enrollment rate for females is 42% while the gross enrollment rate for males is 49%. (CEC2 - CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 15, 2025, 9:58 p.m.
Countries: Benin
Variables: NGOFW-DATA-1
"Raïmath Moriba, president of Femmes engagées pour le développement, a non-governmental organisation, agrees that only people in large towns and cities know about the legal change. 'Clandestine abortions are still happening,' she says. In areas where news of the law has not filtered through, 'women don’t know about laws like this that have been voted in to protect them. There is still a lot of work to do'" (para 12).
Variables: NGOFW-DATA-1
"Raïmath Moriba, president of Femmes engagées pour le développement, a non-governmental organisation, agrees that only people in large towns and cities know about the legal change. 'Clandestine abortions are still happening,' she says. In areas where news of the law has not filtered through, 'women don’t know about laws like this that have been voted in to protect them. There is still a lot of work to do'" (para 12).
Jan. 15, 2025, 9:58 p.m.
Countries: Benin
Variables: MMR-PRACTICE-1
"Benin’s health minister, Benjamin Hounkpatin, estimates that unsafe abortions are responsible for one in five maternal deaths nationwide" (para 5).
Variables: MMR-PRACTICE-1
"Benin’s health minister, Benjamin Hounkpatin, estimates that unsafe abortions are responsible for one in five maternal deaths nationwide" (para 5).
Jan. 15, 2025, 9:58 p.m.
Countries: Benin
Variables: GP-DATA-1, NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"In 2019, Tognifode became the west African country’s minister of social affairs, and was instrumental in getting MPs to vote to legalise abortion in most circumstances in October 2021. She didn’t do it alone; two other ministers, also gynaecologists, were heavily involved, as were professional bodies and civil society organisations who lobbied for years for expanded abortion rights. They also had support from Benin’s president, Patrice Talon" (para 6).
Variables: GP-DATA-1, NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"In 2019, Tognifode became the west African country’s minister of social affairs, and was instrumental in getting MPs to vote to legalise abortion in most circumstances in October 2021. She didn’t do it alone; two other ministers, also gynaecologists, were heavily involved, as were professional bodies and civil society organisations who lobbied for years for expanded abortion rights. They also had support from Benin’s president, Patrice Talon" (para 6).
Jan. 15, 2025, 9:58 p.m.
Countries: Benin
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"When abortion is illegal, says Tognifode, women resort to 'unimaginable and inhumane methods' that are 'completely mad, medically speaking'. They may ingest pills or bleach, or insert sharp objects into their vaginas, sometimes causing intestinal damage" (para 5). "Progress is slow, however, and women’s rights activists and doctors are convinced that unsafe abortions are still being practised across Benin. 'Not everyone knows about this law,' says Dr Serge Kitihoun, director of medical services at the country’s branch of the International Planned Parenthood Federation. 'It is written in French; not everyone speaks French. We must translate the law into the national languages so everyone can be informed. Those who don’t yet...more
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"When abortion is illegal, says Tognifode, women resort to 'unimaginable and inhumane methods' that are 'completely mad, medically speaking'. They may ingest pills or bleach, or insert sharp objects into their vaginas, sometimes causing intestinal damage" (para 5). "Progress is slow, however, and women’s rights activists and doctors are convinced that unsafe abortions are still being practised across Benin. 'Not everyone knows about this law,' says Dr Serge Kitihoun, director of medical services at the country’s branch of the International Planned Parenthood Federation. 'It is written in French; not everyone speaks French. We must translate the law into the national languages so everyone can be informed. Those who don’t yet...more
Jan. 15, 2025, 9:58 p.m.
Countries: Benin
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Pregnant with an unwanted baby, she asked for an abortion, but the law in Benin at that time permitted termination only in cases of rape or incest, or where the mother’s life was at risk or the unborn child had a serious medical condition" (para 1). "In 2019, Tognifode became the west African country’s minister of social affairs, and was instrumental in getting MPs to vote to legalise abortion in most circumstances in October 2021. She didn’t do it alone; two other ministers, also gynaecologists, were heavily involved, as were professional bodies and civil society organisations who lobbied for years for expanded abortion rights. They also had support from Benin’s...more
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Pregnant with an unwanted baby, she asked for an abortion, but the law in Benin at that time permitted termination only in cases of rape or incest, or where the mother’s life was at risk or the unborn child had a serious medical condition" (para 1). "In 2019, Tognifode became the west African country’s minister of social affairs, and was instrumental in getting MPs to vote to legalise abortion in most circumstances in October 2021. She didn’t do it alone; two other ministers, also gynaecologists, were heavily involved, as were professional bodies and civil society organisations who lobbied for years for expanded abortion rights. They also had support from Benin’s...more
Jan. 15, 2025, 9:58 p.m.
Countries: Benin
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"Three weeks later, Tognifode was working on a ward at the local hospital when she reached a woman who had septicaemia, probably caused by a clandestine abortion. 'It was the same young woman I had seen a few weeks before,' she says. 'She had found her own solution in secret … I hadn’t completely recognised her because she was no longer in the same state but close to the other side, close to death.' For Tognifode, this story – and there are countless others from gynaecologists around the country – illustrates why reform to the law in Benin was so crucial" (para 3-4). "Outside a family planning clinic in Cotonou,...more
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"Three weeks later, Tognifode was working on a ward at the local hospital when she reached a woman who had septicaemia, probably caused by a clandestine abortion. 'It was the same young woman I had seen a few weeks before,' she says. 'She had found her own solution in secret … I hadn’t completely recognised her because she was no longer in the same state but close to the other side, close to death.' For Tognifode, this story – and there are countless others from gynaecologists around the country – illustrates why reform to the law in Benin was so crucial" (para 3-4). "Outside a family planning clinic in Cotonou,...more
Dec. 31, 2024, 4:46 p.m.
Countries: Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Brazil, Burundi, Central African Rep, Chile, Cote D'Ivoire, D R Congo, East Timor, Ethiopia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Netherlands, Niger, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Togo, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: IRP-SCALE-1
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Variables: IRP-SCALE-1
15
Aug. 10, 2024, 2:57 a.m.
Countries: Benin, Cameroon, Central African Rep, Cote D'Ivoire, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Niger, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Syria, Tanzania, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Variables: MULTIVAR-SCALE-6
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Variables: MULTIVAR-SCALE-6
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July 26, 2024, 6:17 p.m.
Countries: Benin
Variables: LO-PRACTICE-1
“Just 13% of women in Benin own land and 30% marry before the age of 18, according to a UN report. Fadeyi is offering an intriguing alternative. Grown indoors, in high concentration, mushrooms can mitigate a little of the damage done by slash-and-burn deforestation, which farmers carry out to clear plantations for crops such as cashews” (6). “ ‘Women are expected to work and earn money,’ says [Olyvia] Fadeyi, [mycologist teaching women to harness economic value of mushrooms]. ‘But what they earn from farming is not enough, and the money they do earn they are expected to give to their husbands’ ” (7). “Fadeyi, who recently received €10,000 to fund...more
Variables: LO-PRACTICE-1
“Just 13% of women in Benin own land and 30% marry before the age of 18, according to a UN report. Fadeyi is offering an intriguing alternative. Grown indoors, in high concentration, mushrooms can mitigate a little of the damage done by slash-and-burn deforestation, which farmers carry out to clear plantations for crops such as cashews” (6). “ ‘Women are expected to work and earn money,’ says [Olyvia] Fadeyi, [mycologist teaching women to harness economic value of mushrooms]. ‘But what they earn from farming is not enough, and the money they do earn they are expected to give to their husbands’ ” (7). “Fadeyi, who recently received €10,000 to fund...more
July 26, 2024, 6:17 p.m.
Countries: Benin
Variables: LO-DATA-3, AOM-DATA-2
“Just 13% of women in Benin own land and 30% marry before the age of 18, according to a UN report” (6).
Variables: LO-DATA-3, AOM-DATA-2
“Just 13% of women in Benin own land and 30% marry before the age of 18, according to a UN report” (6).
July 26, 2024, 6:17 p.m.
Countries: Benin
Variables: DLB-DATA-1, ATFPA-PRACTICE-2
“The spread of conflict in the Sahel region depends on the recruitment of disaffected men who have few economic options. Women having livelihoods and income is an important alternative for husbands or male family members who might be otherwise be drawn to groups such as the al-Qaida-affiliated Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen” (4). “ ‘Women are expected to work and earn money,’ says [Olyvia] Fadeyi, [mycologist teaching women to harness economic value of mushrooms]. ‘But what they earn from farming is not enough, and the money they do earn they are expected to give to their husbands’ ” (7). “Albertine Doussoumon and her mother, Rosaline Chabi, are two of 180...more
Variables: DLB-DATA-1, ATFPA-PRACTICE-2
“The spread of conflict in the Sahel region depends on the recruitment of disaffected men who have few economic options. Women having livelihoods and income is an important alternative for husbands or male family members who might be otherwise be drawn to groups such as the al-Qaida-affiliated Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen” (4). “ ‘Women are expected to work and earn money,’ says [Olyvia] Fadeyi, [mycologist teaching women to harness economic value of mushrooms]. ‘But what they earn from farming is not enough, and the money they do earn they are expected to give to their husbands’ ” (7). “Albertine Doussoumon and her mother, Rosaline Chabi, are two of 180...more
July 26, 2024, 6:17 p.m.
Countries: Benin
Variables: CL-PRACTICE-1
“Albertine Doussoumon and her mother, Rosaline Chabi, are two of 180 women from three villages taking part in Fadeyi’s pilot project, overseen by the University of Parakou. ‘We women make money from gathering firewood and collecting sand for the construction companies,’ says Doussoumon, in Nago, a dialect similar to the Yoruba spoken on the Nigerian side of the forest. ‘We use that to buy clothes for the children.’ Doussoumon’s daily routine is working the plot of land owned by her husband where they grow maize, cassava, yams and rice. In the rainy season she picks mushrooms to eat with pounded yam and sell at the market” (8-10).
Variables: CL-PRACTICE-1
“Albertine Doussoumon and her mother, Rosaline Chabi, are two of 180 women from three villages taking part in Fadeyi’s pilot project, overseen by the University of Parakou. ‘We women make money from gathering firewood and collecting sand for the construction companies,’ says Doussoumon, in Nago, a dialect similar to the Yoruba spoken on the Nigerian side of the forest. ‘We use that to buy clothes for the children.’ Doussoumon’s daily routine is working the plot of land owned by her husband where they grow maize, cassava, yams and rice. In the rainy season she picks mushrooms to eat with pounded yam and sell at the market” (8-10).
July 26, 2024, 6:17 p.m.
Countries: Benin
Variables: CWC-DATA-2
“[O]pportunities for women in areas away from the urban hubs are few. Just 13% of women in Benin own land and 30% marry before the age of 18, according to a UN report” (6).
Variables: CWC-DATA-2
“[O]pportunities for women in areas away from the urban hubs are few. Just 13% of women in Benin own land and 30% marry before the age of 18, according to a UN report” (6).
July 26, 2024, 6:17 p.m.
Countries: Benin
Variables: ERBG-DATA-5
“At the forest’s edge, a scientist is giving a lesson on the mushrooms that grow here in the damp ground around the trees of Toui-Kilibo reserve in Benin. Olyvia Fadeyi is a mycologist – she studies fungi – and is teaching the women from the village of Yaoui how best to harness the economic value of this strangest of crops. Mushrooms can be cultivated year round, in back gardens, on vertically stacked shelves, rather than waiting for the naturally abundant ones in the rainy season” (1). “Just 13% of women in Benin own land and 30% marry before the age of 18, according to a UN report. Fadeyi is offering...more
Variables: ERBG-DATA-5
“At the forest’s edge, a scientist is giving a lesson on the mushrooms that grow here in the damp ground around the trees of Toui-Kilibo reserve in Benin. Olyvia Fadeyi is a mycologist – she studies fungi – and is teaching the women from the village of Yaoui how best to harness the economic value of this strangest of crops. Mushrooms can be cultivated year round, in back gardens, on vertically stacked shelves, rather than waiting for the naturally abundant ones in the rainy season” (1). “Just 13% of women in Benin own land and 30% marry before the age of 18, according to a UN report. Fadeyi is offering...more
July 26, 2024, 6:17 p.m.
Countries: Benin
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
“ ‘Women are expected to work and earn money,’ says [Olyvia] Fadeyi, [mycologist teaching women to harness economic value of mushrooms]. ‘But what they earn from farming is not enough, and the money they do earn they are expected to give to their husbands’ ” (7). “Albertine Doussoumon and her mother, Rosaline Chabi, are two of 180 women from three villages taking part in Fadeyi’s pilot project, overseen by the University of Parakou. ‘We women make money from gathering firewood and collecting sand for the construction companies,’ says Doussoumon, in Nago, a dialect similar to the Yoruba spoken on the Nigerian side of the forest. ‘We use that to buy...more
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
“ ‘Women are expected to work and earn money,’ says [Olyvia] Fadeyi, [mycologist teaching women to harness economic value of mushrooms]. ‘But what they earn from farming is not enough, and the money they do earn they are expected to give to their husbands’ ” (7). “Albertine Doussoumon and her mother, Rosaline Chabi, are two of 180 women from three villages taking part in Fadeyi’s pilot project, overseen by the University of Parakou. ‘We women make money from gathering firewood and collecting sand for the construction companies,’ says Doussoumon, in Nago, a dialect similar to the Yoruba spoken on the Nigerian side of the forest. ‘We use that to buy...more
July 26, 2024, 6:17 p.m.
Countries: Benin
Variables: LO-DATA-1, NGOFW-DATA-1, SRACE-PRACTICE-2
“At the forest’s edge, a scientist is giving a lesson on the mushrooms that grow here in the damp ground around the trees of Toui-Kilibo reserve in Benin. Olyvia Fadeyi is a mycologist – she studies fungi – and is teaching the women from the village of Yaoui how best to harness the economic value of this strangest of crops. Mushrooms can be cultivated year round, in back gardens, on vertically stacked shelves, rather than waiting for the naturally abundant ones in the rainy season” (1). “Fadeyi, who recently received €10,000 to fund her mushroom-growing initiative from a science-funding foundation and is asking for additional support from the Beninese authorities,...more
Variables: LO-DATA-1, NGOFW-DATA-1, SRACE-PRACTICE-2
“At the forest’s edge, a scientist is giving a lesson on the mushrooms that grow here in the damp ground around the trees of Toui-Kilibo reserve in Benin. Olyvia Fadeyi is a mycologist – she studies fungi – and is teaching the women from the village of Yaoui how best to harness the economic value of this strangest of crops. Mushrooms can be cultivated year round, in back gardens, on vertically stacked shelves, rather than waiting for the naturally abundant ones in the rainy season” (1). “Fadeyi, who recently received €10,000 to fund her mushroom-growing initiative from a science-funding foundation and is asking for additional support from the Beninese authorities,...more
July 26, 2024, 6:17 p.m.
Countries: Benin
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
“At the forest’s edge, a scientist is giving a lesson on the mushrooms that grow here in the damp ground around the trees of Toui-Kilibo reserve in Benin. Olyvia Fadeyi is a mycologist – she studies fungi – and is teaching the women from the village of Yaoui how best to harness the economic value of this strangest of crops. Mushrooms can be cultivated year round, in back gardens, on vertically stacked shelves, rather than waiting for the naturally abundant ones in the rainy season. ‘There are 40 species, of which only 2% are currently harvested,’ says Fadeyi. ‘I want to empower these women and help them break free from...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
“At the forest’s edge, a scientist is giving a lesson on the mushrooms that grow here in the damp ground around the trees of Toui-Kilibo reserve in Benin. Olyvia Fadeyi is a mycologist – she studies fungi – and is teaching the women from the village of Yaoui how best to harness the economic value of this strangest of crops. Mushrooms can be cultivated year round, in back gardens, on vertically stacked shelves, rather than waiting for the naturally abundant ones in the rainy season. ‘There are 40 species, of which only 2% are currently harvested,’ says Fadeyi. ‘I want to empower these women and help them break free from...more
March 31, 2024, 3:14 p.m.
Countries: Albania, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Rep, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cote D'Ivoire, Croatia, D R Congo, East Timor, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Macedonia, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: TRAFF-SCALE-1
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Variables: TRAFF-SCALE-1
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March 30, 2024, 10:05 p.m.
Countries: Benin
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1
According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, Benin ranks as a Tier 2 country (85).
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1
According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, Benin ranks as a Tier 2 country (85).
March 11, 2024, 2:50 p.m.
Countries: Benin
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"Is selling sex criminalised? Selling sex is legal but soliciting is illegal. Is buying sex criminalised? No. Is organising/managing criminalised? Yes - procuring is illegal, living on the earnings and also brothel-keeping/tolerating sex workers on premises." (para 1-3).
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"Is selling sex criminalised? Selling sex is legal but soliciting is illegal. Is buying sex criminalised? No. Is organising/managing criminalised? Yes - procuring is illegal, living on the earnings and also brothel-keeping/tolerating sex workers on premises." (para 1-3).
Feb. 2, 2024, 6:33 a.m.
Countries: Benin
Variables: DV-DATA-1
According to 2022 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, the proportion of ever-partnered women and girls (aged 15-49) in Benin who have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in their lifetime is 26 percent (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: DV-DATA-1
According to 2022 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, the proportion of ever-partnered women and girls (aged 15-49) in Benin who have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in their lifetime is 26 percent (KMM-CODER COMMENT).