- Digital device #AlerteBacklash: countering anti-rights movements
Equipe Hope - a group of young volunteers from Equipop in Paris - is launching #AlerteBacklash. This digital device aims to counter anti-rights, conservative and masculinist movements.
– User kit – #BacklashAlert device
By using this kit, you are helping to raise awareness about backlash, but also pushing French public authorities to take action in favor of human rights. Thank you for your feminist activism!
Summit meetings to defend support for feminist movements in the Global South
As part of the Feminists in Action project, a delegation of seven African feminist activists traveled to Paris from January 23 to 27 to advocate on behalf of feminist movements in the Global South.
– EQUIPOP MOBILIZES WITH YOUNG LEADERS TO ADVOCATE FOR AN END TO GENDER-BASED AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN NIGERIAN SCHOOLS
The Jades II project ended in January 2023... but this is not the end of young people's advocacy in the fight against gender-based and sexual violence in schools! The Young Leaders for Advocacy hope to be able to support the Niger Ministry of Education in finalizing the revision of school regulations, disseminating [...]
Women's rights: combating the backlash Recommendations for French foreign policy
The Jean-Jaurès Foundation and Equipop have published an analysis of the backlash against women's rights and made recommendations for France to pursue a truly feminist foreign policy. This report reviews the situation in twelve countries and proposes three essential recommendations to counter the backlash.
Voices of young people at the heart of advocacy for effective reproductive health rights
On January 9, the national incubation lab for the Sansas project will begin in Dakar. The incubation lab will bring together young people and civil society organizations to define their vision for better consideration of reproductive health rights (RHR) and gender equality in Senegalese public policy. […]
Expert and activist perspectives to encourage feminist foreign policies
On November 23, 2022, the event "Women and Conflict: Towards Feminist Diplomacy" organized by the CESE (Economic, Social, and Environmental Council), the High Council for Equality (HCE), and UN Women France, brought together more than 2,000 people in person and online, demonstrating growing interest in the subject and high expectations for […]
– #ZeroViolence: young people taking action against gender-based and sexual violence in Nigerien schools!
On the occasion of the 16 Days of Activism, Equipop presents the Young Leaders for Advocacy (JLP) and their work: 30 young Nigeriens, mobilized to ensure that public school regulations prevent, protect against, and address gender-based and sexual violence.
The fight against AIDS is also a feminist issue
OPINION PIECE – UNAIDS figures are alarming: every two minutes somewhere in the world, another teenage girl or young woman is infected with HIV/AIDS. And in sub-Saharan Africa in 2021, young women aged 15 to 24 are three times more likely to contract HIV than young men of the same age.
Collecting to raise awareness: young women's commitment
As announced, social audits were carried out in Senegal and Burkina Faso. Implemented since March 2020, the Jeunes en Vigie project has enabled the project's auditors to gain first-hand experience of the constraints faced by young people and adolescents in accessing quality healthcare tailored to their needs. It is […]