- Sang pour Sang: a worldwide project to defend menstrual dignity
Launched in October 2024, the Sang pour Sang: uni.e.s pour la dignité (Blood for Blood: united for dignity) project aims to change the narrative surrounding menstruation, which is not simply a matter of hygiene. Thanks to funding from AFD – FSOF (Fund to Support Feminist Organizations), this project, carried out in consortium with three other NGOs, has […]
– Commitments to protect survivors of gender-based and sexual violence!
Shelters for survivors of gender-based and sexual violence (GBV) with no accommodation in Benin, a law protecting and creating shelters with no implementing decree in Burkina Faso, a new government with no national strategy to increase the number of centers providing holistic care for survivors of GBV—these are […]
– Francophone Sororities #8 – Media and Feminisms: creating, transforming, dreaming our spaces
At the 8th Sororités francophones meeting, three media and feminism professionals gathered to discuss the theme "Media and Feminism: creating, transforming, dreaming our spaces." Christelle Murhula, freelance journalist and author, Sadia Mandjo, founder of Tour d'Afrique des droits des femmes (Tour of Africa for Women's Rights), and Kharoll-Ann Souffrant, social work researcher, […]
– Women's rights leagues demand data so they can fight back!
As part of the Feminists in Action (FEA) project, the LIGUES consortium, comprising the Ivorian, Beninese, and Nigerien Women's Rights Leagues, conducted an assessment in each country of the systems for collecting data on gender-based and sexual violence (GBV) with the aim of understanding why there is so little [...]
– Interview – Cornélia GLELE: Beninese filmmaker and feminist
Activist and defender of women's rights in Benin, Cornélia GLELE is the founder of the Cotonou International Women's Film Festival (FIFF). Launched in 2019, the event highlights and celebrates the work of African female filmmakers. The third edition took place from February 20 to 24, 2024.
– Bringing a feminist perspective to the Francophone conference on HIV: a look back at AFRAVIH
The AFRAVIH Conference is an essential forum for dialogue on HIV in French-speaking Africa. At the 12th edition in Yaoundé, Equipop advocated for the incorporation of a feminist perspective, which is essential to the fight against HIV and the defense of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). Our interventions highlighted the link between […]
– International Conference on “Public Action and Citizen Mobilization in Africa”: Equipop shares its feminist approaches to democracy
Continents, particularly Africa, are undergoing democratic transition. The challenges of democratic transition mainly include consolidating democratic institutions, promoting citizen participation, protecting human rights, and managing political tensions.
JEV – The educational guide to a healthy feminist democracy!
The Jeunes en vigie (JEV) project is an innovative initiative in Burkina Faso and Senegal that aims to strengthen youth participation in health decision-making bodies through health democracy with a feminist approach.
ROAJELF calls on health authorities to address the need for holistic shelters for survivors of sexual violence
Today, some survivors seek to escape repeated violence from their partners, their partners' families, and sometimes even their own families. Often accompanied by young children, they want to leave this violence behind despite their vulnerability, their fears, and the weight of tradition... in order to stop enduring further abuse and humiliation [...]
From empowerment to an effective place in decision-making bodies
Between 2021 and 2024, 90 young women known as auditors challenged health authorities in their respective districts (Burkina Faso: Koudougou, Réo, Koupéla, Tenkodogo; Senegal: Mbour and Matam) , to demand improved sexual and reproductive health services and the active and effective participation of young people in decision-making bodies on [...]