-#IWantToKnow, looking back on a year of social and political mobilization campaigns
The #JeVeuxSavoir campaign—launched in March 2019 by members of the Alliance Droits et Santé network with the support of Equipop—has worked to open a civic and political dialogue on Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) for young people in West Africa. It has reached more than 9 million people in […]
– Burkinabe parliamentarians trained to defend SRHR with the government!
From July 22 to 24, in Koudougou, five Burkinabe parliamentarians attended a training course on policies, programs, commitments, and legal instruments in sexual and reproductive health and rights and family planning (SRHR/FP). The aim of this training was to make these elected officials more effective in their own questioning of authorities and decision-makers during […]
– Equipop, Young Feminists of West Africa, and Alliance Droits et Santé mobilize for the FGE! #3 – Lucie Daniel
Lucie Daniel, Advocacy Expert, presents Equipop's commitment to gender equality at the Generation Equality Forum, which will begin on Wednesday, June 30, 2021.
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 [...]
– UPCOMING EVENTS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ZERO TOLERANCE FOR FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION
More than 200 million girls and women worldwide have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM). On February 5, 2016, the UN Secretary-General called for the total elimination of FGM by 2030, in line with the Sustainable Development Goals. Equipop is contributing to this goal and is campaigning for the abandonment of FGM.
– 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 […]
– 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
– 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) [...]
– Conference summarizing the "Let's CHANGE" project on the prevention of STIs in Europe
On September 15, 2020, the final conference of the Let's CHANGE project was held. Dedicated to the prevention of STIs in Europe, this two-year project was co-funded by the European Union. 136 people—professionals, institutions, and activists from across Europe—participated in this event.