– "Feminist diplomacy: taking action": the HCE calls on the government
The High Council for Equality has submitted its assessment report on France's "feminist diplomacy" strategy to Ministers Catherine Colonna and Isabelle Rome. Equipop contributed significantly to this report, which draws the government's attention to the level of ambition required to pursue a truly feminist foreign policy.
Promoting youth involvement in decision-making bodies
Over five days in January, Dakar hosted the National Incubation Lab organized by Equipop as part of the Sansas project (funded by @AFD_France). The Lab brought together 25 representatives of young people and civil society organizations. Together, they co-developed an advocacy project to be implemented in […]
– Make menstruation a topic of health, education, and equality!
Every day, 300 million women around the world have their periods. Yet periods are often shrouded in silence and shame within families and receive little public investment. On May 28, World Menstrual Hygiene Day, let us remember that periods are a matter of education, rights, and health […]
– Gender-based and sexual violence in West Africa: feminists are mobilizing across the region!
From strategy to writing action plans, media training, and designing the visual universe... in a five-day workshop, 16 feminist activists from eight West African countries designed an advocacy and communication campaign to support the fight against gender-based and sexual violence (GBV).
– Looking back at CSW 67: At the UN and around the world, feminist foreign policy must step up to combat the backlash.
Equipop participated in the 67th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, which concluded with the adoption of a text on a new topic: women's rights and digital technology. However, the negotiations resulted in concessions to anti-rights movements, which were particularly active this year.
– Supporting feminist initiatives in French-speaking West Africa
Equipop is expanding its support for feminist movements year after year. In French-speaking West Africa, Equipop provides several types of support tailored to the needs of feminist activists and organizations: provision of financial resources; provision of technical resources; support for forums for sharing experiences and knowledge; support for […]
– For feminist public policies, from local to international levels
Equipop mobilizes influential actors to create an institutional and legal environment conducive to human development and, in particular, to respect for the rights of women and girls.
- Digital device #AlerteBacklash: countering anti-rights movements
Equipe Hope - a group of young volunteers from Equipop in Paris - is launching #AlerteBacklash. This digital device aims to counter anti-rights, conservative and masculinist movements.
– User kit – #BacklashAlert device
By using this kit, you are helping to raise awareness about backlash, but also pushing French public authorities to take action in favor of human rights. Thank you for your feminist activism!
Summit meetings to defend support for feminist movements in the Global South
As part of the Feminists in Action project, a delegation of seven African feminist activists traveled to Paris from January 23 to 27 to advocate on behalf of feminist movements in the Global South.