International Development Grant
Improving Sexual and Reproductive Health and Respect for the Rights of Adolescent Girls in Benin
Project Number: CA-3-D004989001
Status: Closed
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Maximum Contribution: $7,825,508.00
Start Date: February 28, 2018
End Date: December 31, 2021
Duration: 3.8 years
Project Description
This project aims to improve the sexual and reproductive health and rights of adolescent girls in the Atlantique and Mono departments of Benin. The project supports more than 108 000 adolescent girls aged 15 to 19 in the full exercise of their fundamental rights in the area of sexual and reproductive health. Project activities include: (1) training health care providers and community health volunteers in sexual and reproductive health and respect for adolescent girls’ rights including mental health; (2) providing sexual and reproductive health-related equipment to health centers as well as modernize expand or rehabilitate them taking into account environmental standards; and (3) raising awareness among communities in terms of sexual and reproductive health and related rights of adolescent girls. The project works with all relevant stakeholders to achieve these results: from governance structures to local actors; through youth associations and health structures. This approach among other things provides a full range of family planning services and has a lasting impact.
Expected Results
The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) increased demand for sexual and reproductive health services especially among adolescent girls; (2) increased supply of adolescent girl-friendly rights-based sexual and reproductive health services; and (3) governance structures empowered to better coordinate sexual and reproductive health prevention and care while respecting the rights of adolescent girls.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved as of the end of the project (March 2022): (1) adolescent girls (15 to 19 years) increased their use of sexually transmitted infections services from less than 1% at the start to more than 20% at the end of the project; (2) 14 788 adolescent girls (15 to 19 years) accessed sexual and reproductive health care doubling the project target; (3) gender focal points at all levels of the health pyramid have been established to build the capacity of structures to promote gender equality and ensure its sustainable integration into supervision training and coordination activities; (4) 96% of community associations and groups have integrated activities to promote sexual and reproductive health and respect for adolescents' rights; and (5) adolescent-friendly spaces were created in 8 communes. Integrating these spaces into community health centres improves the delivery of sexual and reproductive health services to adolescents by trained providers in an environment that meets their needs (privacy and confidentiality).
Key Information
Executing Agency:
CCISD - Center for International Cooperation in Health and Development
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
WGM Africa
Last Modified:
September 19, 2025
Development Classifications
DAC Sector:
Aid Type: Project-type interventions
Collaboration: Bilateral
Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Selection Mechanism:
Unsolicited Proposal