– COVID and SRHR: how did the #OnDoitAgir project better withstand and integrate the pandemic?
The Covid-19 epidemic currently ravaging the world has also impacted the community activities of the #OnDoitAgir project, which were suspended at one point in accordance with official instructions from the Beninese health authorities. As a result, the implementing partners, with the support of Equipop, began to consider the possibilities of […]
– FROM THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY (UNGA) TO THE GENERATION EQUALITY FORUM: RECOMMENDATIONS FROM YOUNG FEMINISTS IN WEST AFRICA
The United Nations General Assembly is currently taking place and it marks the beginning of a political momentum that will culminate in the summer of 2021 with the Generation Equality Forum in Paris. The coming months represent a unique opportunity to foster progress towards gender equality at the global level, and West African states must […]
– From the UN General Assembly to the Generation Equality Forum: recommendations from young feminists in West Africa
The United Nations General Assembly, currently underway, marks the beginning of a political sequence that will culminate in the summer of 2021 with the Generation Equality Forum in Paris. The coming months are a unique opportunity to make progress toward gender equality worldwide, and West African states must participate fully in this momentum. Young people […]
– Artists from six West African countries mobilized for Comprehensive Sexuality Education
In Benin, Burkina Faso, Niger, Ivory Coast, Mali, and Senegal, 21 artists are rallying behind the #JeVeuxSavoir campaign to promote comprehensive sexuality education. Equipop supported its partner Alliance Droits et Santé in implementing this activity.
– New French government: a worrying sign one year ahead of the Generation Equality Forum
France’s new government, announced on July 6 and now complete with the appointment of the Secretaries of State on Sunday, is still strongly criticized by a wide variety of associations, movements, and citizens, both in France and abroad. Equipop is adding its voice to these reactions and underlining the international scope of the bad signal […]
– MINISTERIAL RESHUFFLE: A VERY BAD SIGN ONE YEAR BEFORE THE GENERATION EQUALITY FORUM
The cabinet reshuffle of July 6, which was completed last Sunday with the appointment of the secretaries of state, continues to draw strong criticism from a wide range of associations, movements, and citizens, both in France and abroad. Equipop adds its voice to these reactions and emphasizes the international significance of the signal […]
– Our latest report – Protecting women’s health and rights during Covid-19
Organizations and activists working on gender equality throughout the world have played an important role in responding to Covid-19. This role has been threefold: as observers of the disproportionate impacts of the pandemic on women; as whistleblowers for human rights violations and social distress; and of course, as partners for crisis prevention and management, notably […]
– Mobilization leading up to the Generation Equality Forum in 2021
The one-year postponement of the Generation Equality Forum extends Equipop's involvement in this global process, but does not change its substance. Until the summer of 2021, we will continue to campaign for the Forum to set itself a truly ambitious political agenda and to be co-constructed with feminists in all their diversity. We will facilitate [...]
– Opinion piece – Heads of State, when will we see feminist responses to COVID-19 in West Africa?
Tomorrow, heads of state from around the world were due to gather in Paris for the Generation Equality Forum to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Conference, a historic turning point for women's rights worldwide. The aim of the Forum was to "launch a set of concrete, ambitious, and transformative actions" in favor of [...]
– Press release – Women's rights and health put to the test by COVID-19
Press release Ouagadougou, Paris, July 6, 2020 Published on July 6: Equipop releases a survey conducted from April to June 2020 among some 30 women's rights associations and activists in seven West African countries.