– Promoting gender equality in alternative care: the experience of SOS Children's Villages and Equipop
How can gender equality be sustainably integrated into alternative care? This is the challenge that SOS Children's Villages France and Equipop have been tackling since 2023 through the QUAPAO project, which aims to strengthen egalitarian dynamics within SOS Children's Villages in Togo, Niger, and Ivory Coast. This partnership draws on the expertise of a network […]
– France's first international strategy for feminist diplomacy: time for action!
Equipop Position Paper Following the official launch of France's first international strategy for feminist diplomacy (2025-2030) on March 7, 2025, in summary form, the full text was published in October by the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (MEAE). While this 60-page document [...]
– EquipopLabs for feminist advocacy at the heart of communities
In 2025, three incubation labs were organized by Equipop as part of the C'est la vie! (CLV 2) project in Ouagadougou, Abidjan, and Niamey. These workshops, facilitated using the EquipopLab participatory methodology, brought together members of Ratanga Clubs, civil society organizations, institutional partners, the project's feminist consultants, [...]
– Lab Collectiv’Act Research: five days to think about feminist research
From June 16 to 20, 2025, the Collectiv'Act Recherche incubation lab was held in Dakar, an initiative led by Equipop as part of its Des Marges à l'Avant-garde project. Five days of intense discussions enabled feminist activists, researchers, and committed experts from various African countries (Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal, Benin) to design a […]
– Artistic Marathon: resistance is written on walls and experienced in communities
What if art became a lever for transforming society? From July 23 to 27, 2025, Rufisque, Bargny, Sangalkam, and Yenne vibrated to the rhythm of creativity and mobilization. For four days, artists, young people, caregivers, institutional leaders, and citizens came together to amplify voices against gynecological violence and […]
– Young Women in Motion: Five days to imagine, share, and co-create advocacy strategies to combat sexual violence against women.
From April 2 to 7, 2025, the Professional Training Center (CIFOP) in Mboro, Senegal, welcomed 135 Young Women in Motion (JFM) from Mbour, Fimela, and Matam. Accompanied by teams from Jeunesse et Développement (JED), Equipop, and a Senegalese feminist consultant, these young women took part in a unique incubation lab […]
– 80 years of the UN: for a feminist, inclusive, and ambitious multilateralism
As the United Nations celebrates its 80th anniversary, more than 80 feminist and human rights organizations and activists from 17 French-speaking countries in Africa, Europe, and the Middle East, brought together by the Francophone Feminist Alliance, are calling on the international community to place gender equality and the voices of feminists at the heart of […]
– Rethinking peace: a feminist and pluralistic approach to the FPS agenda
For more than twenty years, the Women, Peace, and Security agenda, embodied in particular by Resolution 1325, has shaped international discourse on peace and security. However, behind these grand declarations, the reality on the ground often reveals a disconnect. How can we conceive of peace if we do not consider it through a […]
– Feminists take ownership of the "Change-Oriented Approaches" monitoring process
From June 2 to 4, 2025, feminist activists from Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Mauritania, and Senegal, as well as part of the Equipop team, gathered in Dakar to jointly develop the monitoring and evaluation approach for the Des Marges à l'Avant-Garde (MAAG) project.
– Amplifying voices, deconstructing norms: A look back at the three Equipop Labs in Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, and Benin
In 2025, Equipop organized a series of three Feminist Social Innovation Labs (Labs) in Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, and Benin. They brought together activists and representatives of feminist and civil society organizations committed to gender equality and sexual and reproductive health rights.