title: Circular protecting female students, 1988.
abstract: In 1988 the Ministry of Education of Benin issued a Circular designed to protect female students from sexual advances from male students and teachers.  Teachers who are suspected of having sexual relations with a student are to receive a note in their file or can be suspended for a month.  Teachers who have raped a student or are responsible for a student's pregnancy are to be suspended for three months if the student was not in their class, and six months if she was.  Teachers who have incited their sexual partner to have an abortion are subject to demotion.  Teachers who are repeat offenders or whose actions have led to an abortion resulting in death are to be fired.  Students who have made a female student pregnant are to be suspended from school until delivery of the child and then are to be enrolled in a different school.  The directors of schools are asked to put an end to the provocative clothes, make-up, and hairstyles of female students.
mesh_terms: D000028:Abortion, Induced; D000349:Africa; D017954:Africa South of the Sahara; D000352:Africa, Northern; D000354:Africa, Western; D001519:Behavior; D001541:Benin; D003075:Coitus; D003415:Crime; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004493:Education; D005178:Faculty; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005298:Fertility; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence; D011902:Rape; D012098:Reproduction; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D017406:Sexual Harassment; D012940:Social Problems; D013334:Students
keywords: Abortion, Induced--legal aspects; Adolescent Pregnancy--legal aspects; Africa; Africa South Of The Sahara; Behavior; Benin; Coitus--legal aspects; Crime; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Education; Family Planning; Fertility; Fertility Control, Postconception; French Speaking Africa; Legislation; Population; Population Dynamics; Rape--legal aspects; Reproduction; Reproductive Behavior; School Teachers--men; Sex Behavior--legal aspects; Sexual Harassment--legal aspects; Social Problems; Students--men; Students--women; Western Africa