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Improving reproductive health rights to prevent teenage pregnancies in Niger
In Niger, 76.3% of girls marry before the age of 18 and 57% have already started their reproductive life.
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Amplifying youth voices to promote sexual and reproductive health and combat gender-based violence in West Africa
The overall objective of this project is to promote the uptake of research findings from the cohort of projects “Combatting sexual and gender-based violence and improving adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights in West Africa”.
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Understanding social norms and preventing child marriage to promote adolescent reproductive health in Niger
This project aims to empower adolescents to reduce the extent of child marriage in Niger. This includes research to understand the norms and practices for child marriage and their links to adolescent reproductive health and related rights.
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One hundred new women PhDs in economics for Francophone Africa by 2025
Focusing on reducing the gender gap, the project aims to strengthen analytical capacities in economics in Francophone Africa.
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Catalysing leadership to improve health outcomes for women, adolescents, and children in West Africa
This project aims to strengthen transformative leadership capacities in West Africa to encourage improved institutional and government use of health research and evidence in decision-making.
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Regional integration, improving women’s economic situation, and transformation of gender relations in West Africa
This project aims to document the impact of trade between member countries of the West African Economic and Monetary Union on their economic development, the economic situation of women, and the dynamics of relationships between men and women with
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Multivalent approach for the improvement of inactivated vaccines against small ruminant diseases in Africa (MultiVacc)
Heartwater and contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (CCCP) are two diseases that constitute major threats to small ruminant (grazing animals such as goats and sheep) production in developing countries, notably in Africa.
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Taking advantage of the gender dividend to accelerate economic growth in ECOWAS
This project aims to analyze the gender dividend in West Africa. The gender dividend is the increase in national production per head attributable to more equality between women and men in the labour market.
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Maternal and adolescent health in West Africa: Toward low-cost reforms grounded in reality
High numbers of women and adolescent girls continue to die in Niger and Benin while giving birth. The challenge is how to address the problem.