r
i
s
o iv[7]
M
n
s
Cotonou
571
W
B&G
T
M
W
B&G
T
M
W
B&G
T
M
W
B&G
T
37
2
610
357
15
14
386
326
14
0
340
1254
66
16
1336
Porton
o132
v
o
NCL
Reception
10
1
143
310
29
10
349
260
3
2
265
702
42
13
757
M
c
a
p
a
ci
t
y
500
10
500
8
Abomey
254
18
8
280
396
49
0
445
232
5
2
239
882
72
10
964
250
12
Total
957
65
11
1033
1063
93
24
1180
818
22
4
844
2838
180
39
3057
_
30
o Source :DAPAS Prison situation as of March 31, 2015
It should be noted that areas for women and children are maintained under safe and hygienic
conditions.
d.
Children under financial exploitation:
i.
313
Protection against financial exploitation:
The survey on Child Labour in Benin, made by the ILO in 2008, showed that 664,537
children aged from 5 to 17 were financially exploited and 67 437 would be potential
victims of trafficking.
314
In 2014, the multiple indicator cluster survey (MICS) made by the INSAE, showed that
52.5% of children aged from 5 to 17 are concerned by child labour.
315
According to the results of a national survey on child labour made in 2008, about 1
child out of three (34%) is working in Benin. This result does not take into account
disparities based on the department and place of residence. The departments of
Donga and the Hills are those with the highest rates of child labourers with
respectively 76.1% and 70.2% against 9.8% and 10.2% respectively in the Littoral
and the Atlantic.
316
Child labour is a predominantly rural phenomenon (42.3% against 18.4% in rural
area). The majority of these children work in the farm sector (64.5%) and in services
(28.7%). Despite its alarming level, child labour is not considered as an issue by the
great majority of Beninese people. To make a child work or to make him do
housework is seen as a means of socialising him and teaching him to take care of
him in life. The situation is even worst for it interferes in child schooling and is also
detrimental to child health. Indeed, children are often obliged in the best case, to
combine school and work and at the worst case to exclusively work. In that matter,
the data of ENTE shows that 19.2% of children combine school and work and around
15% of children exclusively work. Concerning non-revenue activities, they are almost