– CSW – the weakness of the final text demonstrates the need to intensify feminist mobilization
The text adopted by states at the 65th CSW, which ended on March 26, does not represent any progress. With three months to go before the Generation Equality Forum, there is still a long way to go before feminist approaches become mainstream in multilateral bodies. The vitality of the ideas and mobilization of feminist movements […]
– Making menstruation a topic of health, education, and equality
Every day, 300 million women around the world have their periods. Yet periods are shrouded in silence and shame within families and receive little public investment. However, it is a subject that concerns education, rights, and health. For these reasons, Equipop is committed to taking action!
– 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 […]
– Youth Watch: Transforming the health care system so that girls are no longer left behind
In 2019, Equipop continues to support initiatives promoting civic participation among young people and women with the Jeunes en Vigie project, backed by the 5% Initiative. This project aims to improve the healthcare system's response to the specific needs of girls and respect for their rights, particularly with regard to treatment [...]
– Committing to comprehensive, high-quality sexuality education in West Africa
A vast body of research now shows that high-quality sex education has a very positive long-term impact on the lives of young girls and boys.
– Advocating for feminist policies: from the G7 to the Generation Equality Forum
In early 2019, Equipop launched a campaign to put gender equality on the international political agenda, taking advantage of the opportunity presented by the G7 summit in France. A year and a half later, the foundations have been laid, and the work can now move towards advocating for feminist foreign policies.
– For a Generation Equality Forum that makes a difference: young feminists in West Africa are getting involved!
Members of the West African Young Feminists Network are involved in preparations for the Generation Equality Forum. They have put forward seven recommendations to promote youth leadership and intergenerational activism. Equipop, which is supporting them in these efforts, reviews the main points raised during the last two discussions organized by the UN [...].
– The fight against AIDS must be feminist!
Faced with conventional discourse and political resistance, feminist activists still struggle to make women's voices heard and to promote the solutions they propose in the fight against HIV/AIDS. On World AIDS Day, what are we waiting for to listen to them? By Aurélie Gal-Régniez, Executive Director, Equipop, and Lucie Daniel, Expert […]
– The fight against AIDS must be feminist!
Faced with the agreed-upon discourses and political resistance, feminist activists are still struggling to make women's voices and solutions in the fight against HIV/AIDS heard. Today, on World HIV/AIDS Day, what are we waiting for to listen to them? by Aurélie Gal-Régniez, Chief Executive, Equipop, and Lucie Daniel, Advocacy Expert, Equipop
– Everyone mobilized against gender-based and sexual violence
All over the world, gender-based and sexual violence is a tragically common reality for millions of women and girls. Its scale and effects are rarely acknowledged by society, the courts, and political authorities. For November 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, […]