– Press release – Tools to campaign for a more feminist world
2021 is a key year for equality: France will host the Generation Equality Forum (GEF) in June. Civil society is already mobilizing. Today, Equipop is publishing Activists, a short guide to making your voice heard, produced in partnership with the Network of Young Feminists of West Africa. Young activists from eight countries share […]
– 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.
– Press release – Putting social justice and gender equality at the heart of the fight against COVID-19 in West Africa
[Paris/Ouagadougou, May 19, 2020] – 85 associations mobilized in West Africa have signed the call to action launched by Equipop. In four key measures, they call on political leaders to place social justice and gender equality at the heart of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
– Press release – Plan to combat COVID-19 in Africa: faced with this health crisis, NGOs condemn France's inadequate response!
Yesterday and today, the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs and the French Development Agency announced the launch of the €1.2 billion "Covid-19 – Santé en commun" initiative to support the fight against Covid-19 in Africa. Our associations and NGOs specializing in health are alarmed by the weakness of this […]
– Reactive – Postponement of the Generation Equality Forum: Keep women's rights at the heart of the political agenda by involving feminist movements!
As the international community is hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic, France, Mexico, and UN Women announced on Friday the postponement of the Generation Equality Forum to the first half of next year. While this postponement is justified by compelling health and safety reasons, it cannot lead to a […]
– Reactive Statement – Generation Equality Forum postponed: keeping women's rights at the heart of the political agenda while involving feminist movements!
As the entire international community is severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, France, Mexico, and UN Women announced on Friday that the Generation Equality Forum will be postponed until the first half of 2021. While this change in schedule is justified by pressing health and security concerns, it cannot result in governments withdrawing their commitments […]
– CP – SRHR, one of the six priorities for the Generation Equality Forum!
Paris, January 15, 2020 On Wednesday, January 15, UN Women announced the themes for the Generation Equality Forum's action coalitions, the major international event of the year on gender equality. There will indeed be a coalition on "Freedom to control one's own body and SRHR," as Equipop and its partners had requested in recent weeks.
– Fighting pandemics: Success for France, hope for patients around the world!
Press release Lyon, October 10, 2019 Today marks the end of the Global Fund Replenishment Conference, organized in Lyon under the auspices of President Macron. NGOs welcome the $13.92 billion raised and the 20% increase in France's contribution, which now stands at […]
– CP – Replenishment Conference of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria: Statement by French civil society
Press release Lyon, October 9, 2019 The Global Fund Replenishment Conference for the fight against AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria opens today in Lyon. The French President and the Global Fund have set a target of at least $14 billion for the 2020-2022 cycle, the amount needed to save 16 […]
– CP – G7 – Women's rights: France has not fully fulfilled its commitments
Press release Biarritz, August 27, 2019 This G7 summit was an opportunity for President Macron to translate his announcement to make gender equality a major global cause into action. Several financial commitments were made, but the feminist associations of the Women 7 (W7) consider that the contract has not been fully fulfilled. Feminist diplomacy […]