– EquipopLabs for feminist advocacy at the heart of communities
In 2025, three incubation labs were organized by Equipop as part of the C'est la vie! (CLV 2) project in Ouagadougou, Abidjan, and Niamey. These workshops, facilitated using the EquipopLab participatory methodology, brought together members of Ratanga Clubs, civil society organizations, institutional partners, the project's feminist consultants, [...]
– Young Women in Motion: Five days to imagine, share, and co-create advocacy strategies to combat sexual violence against women.
From April 2 to 7, 2025, the Professional Training Center (CIFOP) in Mboro, Senegal, welcomed 135 Young Women in Motion (JFM) from Mbour, Fimela, and Matam. Accompanied by teams from Jeunesse et Développement (JED), Equipop, and a Senegalese feminist consultant, these young women took part in a unique incubation lab […]
Voices of young people at the heart of advocacy for effective reproductive health rights
On January 9, the national incubation lab for the Sansas project will begin in Dakar. The incubation lab will bring together young people and civil society organizations to define their vision for better consideration of reproductive health rights (RHR) and gender equality in Senegalese public policy. […]
Hackathons in Senegal to mobilize teens and young people in favor of SRHR
Saint-Louis is the starting point for a creative tour of Senegal featuring three hackathons. Several members of the community—the private sector, youth and women's associations, local authorities, and the medical community—came together for 48 hours to incubate projects on various topics related to SRHR for [...]
– My Reality: improving young people's access to quality information and services on sexual and reproductive health
When you are a teenager in Côte d'Ivoire and want reliable information about your body, sexuality, and reproductive health, who can you turn to? To answer this question and better understand the realities faced by young Ivorians, the Ma Réalité project was launched in […]
– Tell me everything…, a campaign to raise awareness and promote the adoption of SRHR by everyone
SOS/JD, ASMADE, and MMF are launching the "Tell me everything..." campaign. ." This campaign is part of the "Sen Da Ya Foo" project and will run from October to December 2020 on the web and on the airwaves. Its objectives are to inform adolescents and young people about sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) [...]
– COVID and SRHR: how did the #OnDoitAgir project better withstand and integrate the pandemic?
The Covid-19 epidemic currently ravaging the world has also impacted the community activities of the #OnDoitAgir project, which were suspended at one point in accordance with official instructions from the Beninese health authorities. As a result, the implementing partners, with the support of Equipop, began to consider the possibilities of […]
– SEN DA YA FOO: A WHATSAPP PLATFORM FOR REPORTING VIOLATIONS OF THE RIGHTS OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND TEENAGERS
The aim of the Sen Da Ya Foo project is to raise awareness of the rights of young people and adolescents in terms of reproductive health/family planning (RH/FP). The WhatsApp tool developed as part of this project highlights cases of violations of young people's and adolescents' access to services [...]
– C’est la vie Lab Niger: Opening up dialogue on SRHR among newly married couples
Equipop and its partners in Niger—NGO SongES, Ratanga Club, COJEFIL, and the SR/PF Coalition—have launched the first activities of the C'est la vie project in Filingué! Over the course of 12 months, this project will bring together young couples from five villages—selected in the Filingué area (Gao sohon gari, Gao Gardi, […]
– Two new funding mechanisms to strengthen the social and political impact of civil society in West Africa
Equipop, believing in the collective strength of its partner associations to accelerate social and political change in West Africa, has developed two new flexible and innovative financing mechanisms in recent months: the Innovation Fund and the Organizational Development Support Fund.