Landen - OS Portaal 2021
Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
Women speak out about gender-based violence in their communities.
Photo credit: ASTHA
Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
Theme Result Of
Bangladesh
Theme | Results report year 2021
Bangladesh has an alarming level of child rape, sexual assaults and violence against women. COVID-19 has led to a further deterioration in the safety of women and girls in the country. Our efforts therefore focus on combating gender-based violence and on improving women’s position on the labour market.
ASTHA: Strengthening Access to Multi-sectoral Public Services for Survivors of Gender-based Violence (GBV) in Bangladesh
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UNFPA implemented the ASTHA project (2017-2021) in collaboration with five local NGOs. ASTHA’s efforts to prevent gender-based violence included raising awareness of gender equality, women's rights and gender-based violence in local communities. The project also supported victims of gender-based violence by providing them with protection and offering them legal, health and psychosocial support. The project contributes to improved collaboration and coordination between the various care providers. It also helps to lower the threshold for victims to seek help.
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Bangladesh
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Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
Food and Nutrition Security
Private Sector Development
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Yemen
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Related Assets:
- SDG 1: No poverty
- SDG 2: Zero hunger
- SDG 3: Good health and well-being
- SDG 6: Clean water and sanitation
- SDG 10: Reduced inequalities
- SDG 13: Climate action
- SDG 16: Peace and justice strong institutions
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- Yemen SRHR
- Security and Rule of Law
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- Drinking water, sanitation and hygiene
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Benin water
Women at a market near Porto-Novo. The market is protected from flooding.
Photo credit: Photo taken during a field visit
Water
Theme Result Of
Benin
Theme | Results report year 2021
The Netherlands works to give people access to safe drinking water and sanitation. It also provides information on hygiene and fosters sustainable integrated water management. Reorganisations in the programme have caused delays, though they ensure that the programme is completed on time in 2022.
Autonomous water point in the village of Bahounkpo (N’Dali municipality)
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This water point is part of a series of projects in the north of the country. It provides more than 3,000 people with access to clean drinking water, pumped up using electricity from solar panels. The water is stored in a water tower so it is always available and much closer to hand. This benefits women and girls in particular, as they have responsibility for obtaining water. Water-borne diseases have declined, and the water point has also helped the local market develop.
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Autonomous water point in Bahounkpo in N’Dali municipality
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Results
Benin did not achieve its ambition of providing all inhabitants with
access to safe drinking water by the end of 2021. It has, however,
made some impressive improvements. Thanks to a fivefold increase in
investments, in urban regions 75% of the population has access to safe
drinking water supplies (up from 55% in 2016). The figure in rural
areas is 70% (42% in 2016). Dutch support made a major contribution to
these successes, with the large-scale OmiDelta programme playing a key
role. OmiDelta helps provide sustainable water supplies and
sanitation, a safe urban delta, and climate resilience thanks to a
combination of investments in sustainable infrastructure and
integrated water management. Â
OmiDelta has separate budgets for government programmes and NGOs,
allowing all partners to focus on their areas of expertise. Government
bodies are responsible for large-scale water supplies. NGOs focus on
small-scale rural facilities. The programme also has links with other
programmes run by Invest International (the Lac Nokoué-project),
UNICEF and WSSCC, IUCN and NCEA.Â
The water programme provides better access to drinking water to
500,000 people. Another 250,000 people benefit from better sanitation.
750,000 people no longer live in an environment whereÂ
people defecate in the open air. 600,000 people are benefiting from
better water management, including flood protection in deltas. The
programme experienced delays in 2018 and 2019 as a result of
government reforms and the establishment of new implementing bodies.
The COVID-19 pandemic and uncertainty about funding also delayed
implementation. Most results will become apparent in the next results
report. Â
The government organisations responsible for water launched major
infrastructural projects in 2020. Some of the results will be apparent
in the report on 2021, and others in the report on 2022. Together, the
NGOs partially achieved their envisaged results. For instance, 62,000
people gained access to clean water (32,000 planned). The number of
people who gained access to sanitation was behind schedule, at 4,577.
The organisations provided 414,000 people with protection from
flooding. Â
Corresponding Country
Benin
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Water
Food and Nutrition Security
SRHR
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Benin food security
Farmers learning about agricultural methods on a farm in the village of Towé in Pobè municipality (ACMA project)
Photo credit: Photo: IFDC
Food and Nutrition Security
Theme Result Of
Benin
Theme | Results report year 2021
The Dutch food security programme ensures sustainable improvements in the productivity and income of smallholders. It focuses mainly on young people and women. We also work to enhance food security and tackle malnutrition, through school lunches, for example. In the year under review we exceeded our targets by a large margin.
ACMA II
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The project Approche Communale pour le Marché Agricole au Bénin is helping to improve food and nutritional security among the rural population of Benin. The goal is to increase the income of local producers by improving productivity, increasing trade and removing barriers to trade with Nigeria. The project enhances access to seed, fertiliser and financing, innovations, markets, professionalisation, agricultural loans and IT solutions.
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Results
Agriculture is the main source of income for over 70% of the
population of Benin. The land is fertile and the climate good, but
production methods are antiquated, so yields remain low. 10% of the
population are not guaranteed an adequate diet, and one in three
children are malnourished. TheÂ
food security programme helps smallholders, particularly young people
and women, improve their productivity and income. The Netherlands is
investing in access to farmland, seed and fertiliser, financing and
modern production methods. We are strengthening farmers’ market
position by promoting collaboration and offering training and IT
solutions. We also promote food diversity and more
environmentally-friendly land use. Â
In 2020 83,000 people, mainly children, gained access to a varied and
healthy diet with Dutch support. We achieved this through school
lunches, using local producers to supply them. We also provided
targeted help for farmers to improve their income. They were given
information and support to grow products of high nutritional value,
such as soya beans, nuts and vegetables. Â
Dutch-funded projects helped small and medium-sized enterprises to
develop, through training, information about technological innovations
and assistance with obtaining seed, fertilisers and loans. These
projects also helped to strengthen markets with investments in value
chains and IT solutions for better information exchange. The projects
helped 68,000 producers, mainly young people and women, to increase
their production, turnover and income. Farmers are using 55,000
hectares of land more sustainably, thanks to the use of organic
materials rather than artificial fertiliser. The project with the land
registry recorded and secured the land rights of almost 40,000
individuals in the year under review. By focusing more on young people
in the north of the country, the Netherlands is helping to prevent
radicalisation and violent extremism in Benin. The embassy also
supported an extensive study of food and nutritional security in the
country. Â Â
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Corresponding Country
Benin
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Water
Food and Nutrition Security
SRHR
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Benin SRHR
SRHR Project visit at Zangnanado (Consortium/ABPF)
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SRHR
Theme Result Of
Benin
Theme | Results report year 2021
The Netherlands supports the policy of improving maternal health, reducing child mortality and teenage pregnancy, and increasing use of contraceptives. The Netherlands also tackles violence against children, forced child marriage, female genital mutilation and violence and discrimination against LGBTI people. We have achieved most of the envisaged results.
Promotion de la Santé et des Droits Sexuels et Reproductifs (PSDSR) au Bénin
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The project Promotion de la SantĂ© et des Droits Sexuels et Reproductifs (PSDSR) provides information and SRHR services to young people aged 10 to 24, at school and in other settings. The project sets up school clubs and out-of-school clubs, where issues like sexuality, family planning, leadership and self-respect are discussed. It also uses mobile and other clinics that offer SRHR services. It is run by three NGOs – CARE, ABMS and ABPF – and covers 12 health zones and 29 municipalities.
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Sexuality education at a school in Porto-Novo in southern Benin
Results
Benin is one of the more progressive countries in the West Africa
region when it comes to women’s rights and sexual and reproductive
health and rights (SRHR). Nevertheless, the country still has a long
way to go to achieve the SRHR SDGs. A woman in Benin has almost five
children on average. More than eight in 100 women are under the age of
20 when they give birth. Almost 400 in every 100,000 births end in the
death of the mother. Â
Promoting women’s own choices , as well as the independence and
autonomy of young people, is key to the Dutch approach to SRHR. The
Netherlands pursues this by: 1) promoting sexuality education; 2)
improving access to and use of family planning and other SRHR services
for young people; and 3) promoting respect for the sexual and
reproductive rights of all individuals, irrespective of their sexual
orientation. The Netherlands also promotes respect for women’s rights
and the protection of children, with a focus on preventing child
marriage, child labour and gender-related violence. In 2020 the
Netherlands started funding a project designed to ensure more girls
attend secondary school, particularly in the north of Benin. The
project encourages them toÂ
participate in education by providing financial support (cash
transfers), help with managing menstrual hygiene, and safe, separate
toilets at school. The Netherlands works with government ministries,
UN organisations, NGOs, youth organisations and religious and
traditional leaders. Â
The various SRHR projects provided information to almost 170,000
young people in schools and 250,000 in other settings. Thanks to these
projects, there are now 144,000 new users of family planning
methods. Â
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Corresponding Country
Benin
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Water
Food and Nutrition Security
SRHR
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