Thinking Together for Fairer and More Effective Health Care Systems
During the groundbreaking webinar “Gender and Health Economics—Interconnected Approaches for Better Health,” Equipop and FERDI brought together researchers and development practitioners to address a central issue: understanding gender relations, their role in the creation of health inequalities, and their influence on effectiveness, […]
Selma, a doctor and activist: more than thirty years of fighting for women’s autonomy
An interview with Dr. Selma Hajri. A physician specializing in reproductive endocrinology, Selma Hajri has been advocating for sexual and reproductive rights for more than twenty-five years. Her career, spanning clinical practice, research, and activism, has taken her from the introduction of medical abortion in Tunisia to coordinating a regional network for access to abortion […]
- 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 […]
– Our Bodies, Our Health, Women's Sexuality in Sub-Saharan Africa: Towards a Definitely Feminist Reprint.
Co-published in 2004 by Fatou Sow, a Senegalese feminist sociologist and researcher on gender issues, particularly in Africa, and Codou Bop, a journalist, sociologist, researcher, feminist, and human rights activist, the book "Our Bodies, Our Health" has influenced generations of women in sub-Saharan Africa by offering a fresh perspective on their health and [...]
– 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 […]
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 [...]
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!"
Jeunes en Vigie closing workshop: a space for dialogue on a feminist approach to democracy in health
From December 5 to 7, 2023, the city of Dakar hosted the closing workshop for the Jeunes en Vigie project. On the sidelines of this workshop, a round table was organized on December 7 on the theme: "Health democracy and the meaningful and inclusive participation of young people for effective accountability in [...]
– High-level regional commitment to ECS in West and Central Africa
In early April, as part of its involvement since 2018 in a regional multi-stakeholder working group, Equipop traveled to Brazzaville (Republic of Congo). The ministers of health and education from 23 West and Central African countries officially proclaimed their commitment to "comprehensive education and information" (CEI) programs, [...]
– “POSITIVE!” Changing perceptions of young people living with HIV
"POSITIFS!" is a collection of audio podcasts aimed at amplifying the voices of young people living with HIV in Senegal. The result of a participatory project focused on empowerment and scientific mediation, Positifs! was produced by IRD, RAES, and Réseau Convergence des Jeunes to change society's perception of these young people. Equipop […]