Author:Marion Lambert

30 April 2025

– DEFENDING OUR GROUND AT CPD58: FEMINIST PRESENCE AND VIGILANCE.

 WHAT OUR PARTICIPATION AT THE 58TH SESSION OF THE COMMISSION ON POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT TAUGHT US

 

From April 7 to 11, 2025, Equipop took part in the 58th session of the United Nations Commission on Population and Development (CPD). This year’s theme: “Ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages.” An intense, highly institutional space, largely dominated by States… yet one that remains absolutely essential for defending sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) as fundamental pillars and drivers of equality.

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20 December 2024

– Mobilization in the European Parliament: How to Build a Feminist Europe? The challenges posed by the far right in the wake of the European elections

On Tuesday, December 10, 2024, to mark International Human Rights Day, Equipop co-organized, in collaboration with MEP Mélissa Camara, a launch event at the European Parliament to present its new report, “How to Build a Feminist Europe? The challenges posed by the far right in the wake of the European elections”. This report, written by Equipop in cooperation with the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Paris association, serves as the second part of a study titled, “Quand l’extrême droite avance, les droits de femmes reculent”. It provides an overview of the European Union’s post-election landscape, focusing on the rise of far-right parties, their strategies, and their impact on the rights of women and LGBTQIA+ individuals.

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27 September 2024

– U.S. Presidential Election: Why These Elections Are Crucial for Abortion Rights Worldwide

On November 5, 2024, nearly 244 million voters will head to the polls to elect the next President of the United States. Polls predict a tight race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, especially in key swing states where the outcome could be decided by just a few votes. A Trump victory would have significant repercussions far beyond U.S. borders, with consequences for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and gender equality on both the national and international stages.

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11 April 2024

– Coming back from CSW68 : to achieve new victories, UN States must fund feminist movements

Equipop took part in the 68th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, which took place from March 11 to 22, under the theme “accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls by addressing poverty and strengthening institutions and financing from a gender perspective”. The text adopted at the end of these two weeks is the result of negotiations during which the most conservative states attacked women’s rights and gender equality.

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2 February 2024

– EMMANUEL MACRON’S “DEMOGRAPHIC REARMAMENT”: OUR OVARIES WON’T GO TO WAR

After carrying out another government reshuffle in early January, and ahead of the Prime Minister’s policy statement, Emmanuel Macron held a press conference on January 16th to lay out the main political orientations on a variety of issues. In particular, he presented the government’s measures for “demographic rearmament”. Borrowing language from ultra-conservative war rhetoric, the President sparked incomprehension and indignation among many feminist activists and associations. Equipop joins in these reactions: women’s bodies must not be instrumentalized to serve the nation or a war effort, whether literally or figuratively speaking. Public action must be driven instead by the realization of the rights of each individual and the quest for gender equality. 

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