A specific advocacy on SRHR
At the end of 2019, Equipop initiated an international mobilization that led the FGE organization to endorse the existence of an SRHR action coalition. Equipop therefore contributed to the work surrounding this coalition through several entry points.
#StopTalkingStartFunding, a look back at the global campaign against GBV
In May 2021, the Collectif Générations Féministes (Feminist Generations Collective), of which Equipop is a member, launched the global campaign #StopTalkingStartFunding against gender-based violence, in partnership with #NousToutes. A look back at the mobilization.
– Youth health: not without them
Since the 2000s, Equipop has been supporting associations and projects that seek to improve the health of young people, particularly their sexual and reproductive rights and health, with a special focus on young women and adolescents. This objective remains central to Equipop's partnerships and actions. It raises collective questions that need to be explored in greater depth […]
"The Alliance has demonstrated its experience in SRHR."
Interview with Agathe Blanc, program manager at AFJCI (Association of Women Lawyers of Côte d'Ivoire) and spokesperson for Alliance Droits et Santé in the SRHR coalition of the Generation Equality Forum.
Mobilizing governments and civil society in French-speaking West Africa
Equipop advocates for the adoption of feminist public policies at the national and international levels. With this in mind, Equipop has campaigned for the Generation Equality Forum (GEF) to result in ambitious financial commitments, particularly in favor of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), the fight against gender-based violence, and other issues.
After the Generation Equality Forum
A total of $40 billion for gender equality was announced in Paris in early July 2021, including $23 billion from governments. This impressive aggregate figure will remain an abstraction unless each individual commitment is fulfilled.
Amplifying feminist voices
In West Africa, as in other parts of the world, we are witnessing a renewal of the fight for gender equality, with the emergence of young feminist voices linking new repertoires of action to historic struggles for women's rights.
– I am alive thanks to the sorority.
Palwasha arrived in France with her mother Anissa at the end of August, shortly after the Taliban took Kabul in Afghanistan. Due to their activism, particularly in support of women's rights, both women were under serious threat. Their evacuation was made possible thanks to a wave of […]
– The Fondemsan grant: Equipop's role in the West Africa project
Since 2017, Equipop has been working with OOAS to roll out the FONDEMSAN grant, which supports citizen and political mobilization initiatives promoting the sexual and reproductive rights and health of adolescents and young people in French-speaking West Africa. Elise Petitpas, Program Manager at Equipop, provides an update!
Fondemsan Niger: Lawali Amadou reflects on the innovative nature of Round 1
Interview with Lawali Amadou, project manager, Jama’a Jar (Round 1) in Niger, who kindly agreed to answer a few questions we asked him. In this exchange, he discusses the innovative nature of the project, the changes it has brought about, and the challenges it faces.