– CP – G7 Development and Education: The feminist approach, key to the G7's success!
The G7 development and education ministers are meeting on July 4 and 5 in Paris, with the G5 Sahel countries in attendance. Several key issues are at the heart of these ministerial meetings: the Sahel, development financing, access to decent employment, and girls' education. Women's rights […]
– Free family planning: a reality in Burkina Faso
Family planning has been free in Burkina Faso since June 1, 2019. Extended to include maternal and child health care, this decision taken in December 2018 by the Burkinabe president should help reduce maternal mortality.
– Women Deliver – From Charlevoix to Biarritz and Beyond: is the G7 an accelerator for gender equality?
Feminist activists gathered in Vancouver, Canada, to participate in Women Deliver 2019. Among the events marking the conference, a panel discussion on June 4 focused on the role that the G7 could play to accelerate efforts toward gender equality.
– Appointment of Equipop to the HCE: a new commitment to feminist policies
Equipop is one of the associations that will sit on the High Council for Gender Equality. This is recognition of the work accomplished in recent years, which goes hand in hand with a responsibility shared with the other members: that of contributing to equality policies over the next three years.
– Women Deliver – From Charlevoix to Biarritz and beyond: can the G7 accelerate gender equality?
Several feminist activists gathered in Vancouver, Canada, to participate in Women Deliver 2019. Among the various events that marked this conference, a roundtable discussion on June 4 was devoted to the role that the G7 could play in accelerating efforts to achieve gender equality.
– Civil society concerns about its participation in the G7
Open letter to President Emmanuel Macron
– Responsive – G7 Social: Response from feminist NGOs in the Women 7
The labor ministers of the G7 countries gathered in Paris on June 6 and 7 for the G7 Social Summit. At the end of this meeting, gender equality was recognized as a priority for the world of work as a whole. The Women 7 associations now expect its […]
– WOMEN DELIVER: the power of gender equality!
This Monday, June 3, marks the start of the most important international conference of the 21st century in Vancouver, Canada. Dedicated to gender equality and the health, rights, and well-being of girls and women, this fifth edition of Women Deliver brings together more than 8,000 activists, researchers, journalists, politicians, and donors around […]
– "We, young feminists, are sparking a revolution among young girls."
On the occasion of the Women 7 Summit, which took place on May 9 and 10 in Paris, 12 young feminists from Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, and Senegal co-signed an open letter to the heads of state of West Africa. Five major daily newspapers in the sub-region published this statement simultaneously.
– Journalists involved in producing programs on SRHR celebrated in Ouagadougou
Equipop, a founding member of the Alliance Droits et Santé network in Burkina Faso, took part in the award ceremony for the best radio program produced on family planning for young people. For nearly two months, internet users were invited to vote for the best program produced in each country participating in the project. […]