Gender Inequalities and Vulnerability of sub-Saharan Adolescents

Yves CHARBIT, Professor Emeritus of Demography at the Université de Paris Cité and Associate Researcher to the School of Anthropology at Oxford University, is a specialist in population and development issues, notably in Africa with a strong emphasis on interdisciplinary research.Mustapha Omrane is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Khemis-Miliana, and associated researcher in the Centre de Recherche en Economie Appliquée pour le Développement (CREAD) in Algeria. He is a specialist of Population and development in developing countries. He has numerous works on various subjects: Youth; Adolescence and vulnerability; Demographic Dividend; Health and demographic dynamics.

• Foreword.- Chapter 1: Introduction.- Part I: The Experience of Adolescence in Benin.- Chapter 2: Access to Mass Media and Use of Information and Communication Technologies.- Chapter 3: The Well-Being of Adolescents.- Chapter 4: Hiv/Aids and Sexual Behaviour.- Chapter 5: Tobacco and Alcohol Use.- Chapter 6: Attitudes on Child Discipline and Domestic Violence.- Chapter 7: The Work of Adolescents.- Part Ii: Child Marriage and Early Pregnancy: Chapter 8: Child Marriage and Polygamy.- Chapter 9: Early Pregnancy and Prenatal Care of Adolescent Mothers.- Chapter 10: Birth Weight and Breastfeeding of The Child.- Part Iii: Socio-Demographic Conditions of the Dividend in Benin: Chapter 11: Adolescents’ Fertility and Dividend.- Chapter 12: Contraception and Demographic Dividend.- Chapter 13: Postnatal Care and Immunization of Children.- Chapter 14: Preparing for the Future of Early Childhood.- Chapter 15: Education, Gender and Demographic Dividend.- Chapter 16: Household Health Vulnerability:Water and Sanitation.- List of Tables and Charts.- Appendix: The Mics 2014 Survey.