– UPCOMING EVENTS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ZERO TOLERANCE FOR FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION
More than 200 million girls and women worldwide have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM). On February 5, 2016, the UN Secretary-General called for the total elimination of FGM by 2030, in line with the Sustainable Development Goals. Equipop is contributing to this goal and is campaigning for the abandonment of FGM.
– Generation Equality Forum: France must lead a coalition on "sexual and reproductive rights and health"
On the initiative of Equipop, Planning Familial, and MDM, 93 networks and associations working on issues related to "sexual and reproductive health and rights" in more than 30 countries are calling on Emmanuel Macron to have France create and lead an SRHR coalition at the Generation Equality Forum ("Beijing+25").
– Press Release – G7 – Women’s rights: France has not met all expectations
Press releaseBiarritz, August 27, 2019 This G7 summit was an opportunity for French President Emmanuel Macron to translate his commitment to making gender equality a major global cause into action. Multiple financial commitments were made, but the Women 7 (W7) feminist associations believe that the French Presidency has not met all expectations. France failed to embody […]
– Press Release – G7 Finance Ministerial Meeting: reaction of Women 7 feminist organizations
A missed opportunity to take ambitious financial actions on women’s and girls’ rights The G7 countries finance ministers as well as several multilateral financial institutions governors met on July 17 and 18 in Chantilly. It was the last ministerial meeting before the Biarritz Summit, and a key opportunity to announce ambitious funding for women’s and […]