Women shun politics these days. - Rafiatou Karimou

By welcoming you today, we reaffirm our desire to make your voice heard and to give you all the space you deserve within our party because you constitute a force in the Republic.

On behalf of the Federation of Dynamic Women of Benin, I solemnly declare my membership and that of the 99 women's groups I lead in the Republican Bloc.

We also said that if, unfortunately, they become pregnant, they should avoid abortion at all costs, because today they are allowed to continue their studies after giving birth. They were also told about the risks they run with abortion. They were advised to abstain. For older girls who cannot abstain, they were told to have protected sex and thus avoid pregnancy, STDs and HIV/AIDS...