Only 7.9% of all women aged 15-49 in Benin use contraceptives. Indeed, this low figure means Benin is at the bottom of the ranking in terms of access to contraception. What is worse, of all young people, which is about one third of the country’s population, only 4.2% of all 15-19 year-olds and 5.7% of all 20-24 year-olds use modern contraception, even though half of them are already sexually active before the age of 18.
Young people’s health and rights undermined
The lack of access to contraception leads to high levels of unplanned pregnancies, unsafe abortions, increased vulnerability for
In 2016 Belgium supports the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) for an amount of € 19 million, the GFATM announced on June 15th.
"Belgium has been an active partner of the Global Fund since its inception and it is very encouraging that they are maintaining their financial commitment with the Global Fund partnership," said Mark Dybul, Executive Director of the Global Fund. “We look forward to continue our work in partnership so that together we can end the three diseases.”
Saving millions of lives
The Global Fund partnership was created to save and improve the lives
On 8 june, the Dutch and Belgian SRHR platforms organized a joint meeting in Brussels to learn about their priorities and activities and about the SRHR policies of Belgian and Dutch development cooperation.
The Belgian working group on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and HIV of Be Cause Health and Sharenet International, the Dutch network on sexual and reproductive health and AIDS want to advance Belgium’s and the Netherlands’ leading role in the promotion of SRHR worldwide.
Diversity of stakeholders
Representatives from Dutch and Belgian development organisations, universities,
Only 7.9% of all women aged 15-49 in Benin use contraceptives. Indeed, this low figure means Benin is at the bottom of the ranking in terms of access to contraception. What is worse, of all young people, which is about one third of the country’s population, only 4.2% of all 15-19 year-olds and 5.7% of all 20-24 year-olds use modern contraception, even though half of them are already sexually active before the age of 18.
In 2016 Belgium supports the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) for an amount of € 19 million, the GFATM announced on June 15th. 
On 8 june, the Dutch and Belgian SRHR platforms organized a joint meeting in Brussels to learn about their priorities and activities and about the SRHR policies of Belgian and Dutch development cooperation.