UNFPA Benin
While Benin remains a poor country, the Government is committed to poverty reduction, especially among vulnerable populations. Maternal mortality rates are high, for reasons including insufficient emergency obstetric and newborn care, and a high unmet need for family planning. UNFPA supports programmes to improve services in both areas and expand reproductive health care specific to adolescents and youth. It helps strengthen statistical information systems as well as national capacities to manage and coordinate population programmes. Support for gender equality includes initiatives to prevent and respond to violence against women.
Data overview
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Population
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Population aged 0-14
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Population aged 15-64
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Population aged 65+
Maternal and newborn health
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Births attended by skilled health personnel
Sexual and reproductive health
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CPR any method
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Unmet need
Education
Fertility
Total fertility rate, per woman, 2010-2015
Life expectancy
Life expectancy at birth (years), 2010-2015
Harmful Practices
Child marriage by age 18, per cent, 2006-2017
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Child marriage by age 18
Demographic Dividend: Benin
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Key results of Benin in 2018
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Census disaggregation
Census results disaggregated by age and sex were available and publically accessible online
Fistula treatment
617 Fistula repair surgeries provided with the support of UNFPA
Minimum Initial Services Package
80 Health service providers and managers were trained on the minimum initial service package
Life skills programmes for girls
57666 Marginalized girls were reached with health, social and economic asset-building programmes
Advocacy platforms against harmful social norms
14 Communities developed advocacy platforms to eliminate discriminatory gender and sociocultural norms which affect women and girls
Child, early and forced marriage
103 Girls received, with support from UNFPA, prevention, protection services, and/or care related to child, early, and forced marriage
Female genital mutilation
20 Girls and women received, with support from UNFPA, prevention, protection services, and/or care related to female genital mutilation
Community declarations on harmful practices
15 Communities made public declarations to eliminate harmful practices, with support from UNFPA, including child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation
Essential services for gender-based violence survivors
253 Women and girls who were subjected to violence have accessed the essential services package
Census disaggregation
Census results disaggregated by age and sex were available and publically accessible onlineFistula treatment
617 Fistula repair surgeries provided with the support of UNFPA
Minimum Initial Services Package
80 Health service providers and managers were trained on the minimum initial service package
Life skills programmes for girls
57666 Marginalized girls were reached with health, social and economic asset-building programmes
Advocacy platforms against harmful social norms
14 Communities developed advocacy platforms to eliminate discriminatory gender and sociocultural norms which affect women and girls
Child, early and forced marriage
103 Girls received, with support from UNFPA, prevention, protection services, and/or care related to child, early, and forced marriage
Female genital mutilation
20 Girls and women received, with support from UNFPA, prevention, protection services, and/or care related to female genital mutilation
Community declarations on harmful practices
15 Communities made public declarations to eliminate harmful practices, with support from UNFPA, including child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation
Essential services for gender-based violence survivors
253 Women and girls who were subjected to violence have accessed the essential services package
Expenditure
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Dashboards available for Benin
News
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UNITED NATIONS, New York/COTONOU, Benin – A coalition of reproductive health organizations is sound
26 September 2016
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COTONOU, Benin – “I have seen more and more women with child-delivery problems suffer needlessly,”
4 May 2015
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COTONOU, Benin — On the eve of the Africa Regional Youth Forum in Benin, UNFPA's Executive Director was award
14 November 2012