Abstract            Volume:12  Issue-8  Year-2024         Original Research Articles

Online ISSN : 2347 - 3215 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcret@gmail.com

This research work deals with the place of women in the political changes that Benin is experiencing in an environment of socio-political pluralism as well as basic education as its catalytic factor. A purely documentary approach supported by a descriptive analysis made it possible to conduct this research. The data used were collected via the internet, press reviews, study reports and databases of the autonomous national electoral commission. The results revealed that there is a very low level of activism of women in the political environment that can lead to their accession to certain positions. However, the rare women who achieve this are educated. The reforms and various actions undertaken have nevertheless led to some progress and indirectly confirmed the thesis relating to the influences of the level of education. However, the problem of the participation of women in the animation of political life in Benin, in perpetual change, remains a major concern and strongly challenges women but also the political class, given that the existing statistics are very unencouraging. It seems important to implement actions to strengthen current reforms and to boost awareness-raising actions aimed at political decision-makers. Better still, it would be interesting to encourage women executives and elites in society to become more involved in the country's political life. Training on leadership and female political activism would also help to breathe new life into the process. Mechanisms to encourage women to join public affairs, coupled with the development of literacy policies for women in rural areas, would allow them to more easily integrate into the political environment and actively participate in the development of the nation. Finally, as with legislative contests, MPs could legislate in favor of positive discrimination in favor of women in the context of local elections.

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