– Cultivating our international feminist solidarity: account of the exchange trip to Lyon
Feminists from different countries have accumulated knowledge, strategies, and successes in their local struggles. International feminist solidarity allows these practices to be shared and used as inspiration to strengthen the fight on an international scale. To facilitate this sharing, Equipop organized a feminist exchange trip during the Brisons le Silence festival […]
- 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 […]
– Empowerment in action in the SANSAS project
The SANSAS project experience illustrates the power of mutual support and cohesion within a group. The testimonials of the young leaders involved reveal a strong collective dynamic, driven by a spirit of mutual solidarity. "For me, the SANSAS project is about cohesion among young people, a solidarity that has taken root," says one of them.
– 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 […]
– Defending abortion rights in the EU – Equipop supports “My Voice, My Choice!”
Several major European feminist organizations have launched "My Voice My Choice," a European citizens' initiative calling on the European Union to provide free, safe, and accessible abortion services to anyone in Europe who wants one. With the far right, which has always been against women's and LGBTQIA+ rights, [...]
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.
Our bodies, our health: women exercising their rights over their own bodies
Our Body, Our Health is a project that fights against gynecological and obstetric violence (GOV) in Senegal. It highlights an epidemic problem, the treatment of which is emerging but which struggles to be considered a real public health issue contributing to preventable maternal and infant deaths: gynecological violence and [...]
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 [...]
Repoliticizing sexual and reproductive rights and health: creating “our own space”
From March 4 to 6, 2024, in Cotonou, Equipop organized, with a committee of experts, a symposium entitled "A space of our own between activism and research: let's discuss a feminist approach to SRHR!"
– Conference in Geneva: Facing backlash, strengthening alliances for a global feminist agenda
On Tuesday, November 21, 2023, Equipop organized a conference in Geneva on the theme "Facing the backlash: Promoting sexual and reproductive rights and health in multilateral spaces" in partnership with the Rosa Luxembourg Foundation and the Sexual Rights Initiative. The event welcomed around 100 participants, both online and on-site.