- Fondation des Jeunes Amazones pour le Développement: empowering women, combating violence
During the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, discover seven Equipop partner organizations committed to combating gender-based and sexual violence in West Africa. The Young Amazons Foundation for Development (FJAD) works at all levels—individual, community, and institutional—to build a world in which every person can flourish [...].
– November 25, 2023, and the rest of the year: General mobilization against gender-based and sexual violence
On November 25, International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, we will take to the streets alongside thousands of others to denounce this violence, demand ambitious political action to end it, pay tribute to the victims, and celebrate feminist struggles around the world.
Women's rights and the European elections: a look back at the event at the EESC
On October 10, 2023, Equipop attended the EESC event on issues related to women's rights in the run-up to the upcoming European elections. Organized by the presidents of the women's rights and equality delegations of the EESC, the French National Assembly, and the French Senate, this plenary assembly revisited the importance of fighting [...]
– Countering masculinist discourse online: an urgent issue in France and the EU
On October 16, 2023, Equipop and the Institute for Gender in Geopolitics published a report analyzing the phenomenon of male cyberviolence and addressing a series of recommendations to the European Union and its member states to combat sexist and LGBT-phobic cyberviolence.
– Feminists in Action: writing to share
September 20–22, 2023 – As part of the Feminists in Action (FEA) project, a workshop was held in Saly, bringing together eight organizations from Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, and Senegal. Equipop is continuing to support these organizations as they build on the key experiences of their project. […]
– Transformative dialogues to empower women and girls in Guinea
The issue of violence against women and girls remains a concern in Guinea, where they do not have the right to family planning or control over their own bodies! Young girls and women are mainly trained to serve their husbands at the expense of their own well-being. Faced with these inequalities, the Convergence for […]
– FEMINISTS IN ACTION AGAINST GENDER-BASED AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE!
For 15 months, Equipop will support two consortiums of feminist organizations in West Africa, thanks to financial backing from the Feminists in Action fund. Five West African countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Niger, Senegal, and Ivory Coast) will thus be covered by actions aimed at combating gender-based and sexual violence (GBV).
– Feminist caravans of community discussions: meetings with Ramatoulaye and Irad
For nearly a year, feminist activists from eight West African countries, working with Equipop as part of the "Young Feminists in West Africa" project, have been traveling the roads of their countries. They set out to meet women and girls in rural areas to listen to their concerns, difficulties, priorities, and specific needs [...]
Preventing and combating gender-based and sexual violence: Burkinabe organizations take action
From June 6 to 8, 2023, the official launch workshop for the project "Defending oneself: supporting Burkinabe women and their organizations in the fight against gender-based and sexual violence (GBV)" was held in Ouagadougou. The project, supported by the French Development Agency, has been implemented since April 2023 by four organizations, led by Equipop [...].
– Uniting efforts, a formula developed by the FJAD to eliminate gender-based and sexual violence
The Young Amazons Foundation for Development has made the fight against gender-based and sexual violence (GBSV) its primary focus in the Borgou department of Benin. In six months, the NGO has equipped actors and actresses in the fight against GBSV: judicial police officers, magistrates, clerks, feminist activists, social workers for [...]