– 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 […]
– Commitments to protect survivors of gender-based and sexual violence!
Shelters for survivors of gender-based and sexual violence (GBV) with no accommodation in Benin, a law protecting and creating shelters with no implementing decree in Burkina Faso, a new government with no national strategy to increase the number of centers providing holistic care for survivors of GBV—these are […]
– 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 [...]
– Empowerment in action in the SANSAS project
The SANSAS project experience illustrates the power of mutual support and cohesion within a group. The testimonials of the young leaders involved reveal a strong collective dynamic, driven by a spirit of mutual solidarity. "For me, the SANSAS project is about cohesion among young people, a solidarity that has taken root," says one of them.
ROAJELF calls on health authorities to address the need for holistic shelters for survivors of sexual violence
Today, some survivors seek to escape repeated violence from their partners, their partners' families, and sometimes even their own families. Often accompanied by young children, they want to leave this violence behind despite their vulnerability, their fears, and the weight of tradition... in order to stop enduring further abuse and humiliation [...]