Latest items for Benin
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: 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
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-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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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).
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).
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:24 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Rep, Chad, Cote D'Ivoire, D R Congo, Eritrea, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Togo, Zimbabwe
Variables: MMR-SCALE-2
4
Variables: MMR-SCALE-2
4
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:19 p.m.
Countries: Benin
Variables: MMR-SCALE-1
523
Variables: MMR-SCALE-1
523
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:15 p.m.
Countries: Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma/Myanmar, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Rep, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cote D'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, D R Congo, Denmark, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Finland, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Namibia, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad/Tobago, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: ERBG-SCALE-1
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Variables: ERBG-SCALE-1
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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:06 p.m.
Countries: Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Congo, Cote D'Ivoire, Denmark, Estonia, Gambia, Guinea, Iceland, India, Liberia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, South Sudan, Togo
Variables: DACH-SCALE-2
2
Variables: DACH-SCALE-2
2
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:03 p.m.
Countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Rep, Chad, Cote D'Ivoire, D R Congo, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Lesotho, Liberia, Mali, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Swaziland, Togo, Zimbabwe
Variables: DACH-SCALE-1
3
Variables: DACH-SCALE-1
3
Jan. 21, 2024, 11:10 a.m.
Countries: Benin
Variables: MMR-DATA-1
According to a 2023 report on global trends in maternal mortality from 2000-2020 published by the WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group, and UNDESA/Population Division, in 2020 the maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) in Benin was 523 (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: MMR-DATA-1
According to a 2023 report on global trends in maternal mortality from 2000-2020 published by the WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group, and UNDESA/Population Division, in 2020 the maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) in Benin was 523 (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 20, 2024, 1:37 p.m.
Countries: Benin
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
According to 2023 World Bank Gender Data collected from the most recent ILO modeled estimates from 2020 onwards, the female laborforce participation rate (as a percentage of the female population ages 15+) in Benin is 56.3% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
According to 2023 World Bank Gender Data collected from the most recent ILO modeled estimates from 2020 onwards, the female laborforce participation rate (as a percentage of the female population ages 15+) in Benin is 56.3% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 7, 2024, 3:30 p.m.
Countries: Benin
Variables: DACH-DATA-1
According to the World Bank, as of 2021, life expectancy in Benin is 61 years for women and 58 years for men (KMM-CODER COMMMENT).
Variables: DACH-DATA-1
According to the World Bank, as of 2021, life expectancy in Benin is 61 years for women and 58 years for men (KMM-CODER COMMMENT).
Dec. 28, 2023, 2:18 p.m.
Countries: Benin
Variables: DACH-DATA-1
According to 2019 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, average life expectancy in Benin is 61.2 years for men and 65.7 years for women (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: DACH-DATA-1
According to 2019 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, average life expectancy in Benin is 61.2 years for men and 65.7 years for women (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Oct. 12, 2023, 3:59 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cote D'Ivoire, Guinea, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia
Variables: BR-SCALE-1
3
Variables: BR-SCALE-1
3
Sept. 29, 2023, 9:40 a.m.
Countries: Benin, Uganda
Variables: BR-DATA-1
"35.5 births per 1000 population"
Variables: BR-DATA-1
"35.5 births per 1000 population"
Sept. 8, 2023, 10:16 a.m.
Countries: Benin
Variables: AOM-DATA-2
"Women who were first married by age 18 (% of women ages 20-24) is '30.60%'"
Variables: AOM-DATA-2
"Women who were first married by age 18 (% of women ages 20-24) is '30.60%'"
June 28, 2023, 1:28 p.m.
Countries: Benin
Variables: LO-LAW-1
"Each of the spouses retains in the separation of property the administration, enjoyment and free disposal of its property their own, subject to ensuring their contribution to household expenses" (46). The most recent laws noted in the WomanStats Database (since 2004) relating to administration of household property are still current as of 2022 and no changes have been made, as verified by consulting The Woman, Business, and the Law database for 2022 (JLR-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: LO-LAW-1
"Each of the spouses retains in the separation of property the administration, enjoyment and free disposal of its property their own, subject to ensuring their contribution to household expenses" (46). The most recent laws noted in the WomanStats Database (since 2004) relating to administration of household property are still current as of 2022 and no changes have been made, as verified by consulting The Woman, Business, and the Law database for 2022 (JLR-CODER COMMENT).
June 17, 2023, 5:11 p.m.
Countries: Armenia, Belgium, Benin, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma/Myanmar, Burundi, Chad, China, Comoros, Congo, Cyprus, D R Congo, Denmark, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Japan, Kazakhstan, Liberia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Philippines, Portugal, Rwanda, Serbia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Spain, Swaziland, Togo, Ukraine, Vietnam
Variables: MARR-SCALE-2
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Variables: MARR-SCALE-2
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March 28, 2023, 10:29 a.m.
Countries: Benin
Variables: MARR-LAW-7
Article 122: For reasons of relationship or alliance, a person may not marry: ancestors or spouse's ancestors; descendants or spouse's descendents; to the third degree, the descendants of their ancestors or of their spouse's ancestors.
Variables: MARR-LAW-7
Article 122: For reasons of relationship or alliance, a person may not marry: ancestors or spouse's ancestors; descendants or spouse's descendents; to the third degree, the descendants of their ancestors or of their spouse's ancestors.
March 4, 2023, 6:33 p.m.
Countries: Benin
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-8
"The objective of this study was to investigate whether or not daily contact with natural sources of water combined with family relationships was associated with an increased susceptibility to the development of BU. Our major finding was that the odds ratio of having BU was three times higher in the cases than the controls for those having a daily contact with natural sources of water, and five times higher for those who had a history of [genetic ulcer] in their family" (para 29). "In 2005, Johnson et al. showed that there was an inverse relationship between the prevalence of [genetic ulcer] and the distance from the Couffo River in Benin"...more
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-8
"The objective of this study was to investigate whether or not daily contact with natural sources of water combined with family relationships was associated with an increased susceptibility to the development of BU. Our major finding was that the odds ratio of having BU was three times higher in the cases than the controls for those having a daily contact with natural sources of water, and five times higher for those who had a history of [genetic ulcer] in their family" (para 29). "In 2005, Johnson et al. showed that there was an inverse relationship between the prevalence of [genetic ulcer] and the distance from the Couffo River in Benin"...more