– 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 [...]
– Feminist generations: Lyon and its metropolitan area, a region of equality
Supporting the emergence of a feminist generation in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region and the Lyon metropolitan area is the goal of this new project launched by Equipop in April 2023, in partnership with the Lyon-based association Filactions. Let's foster a culture of gender equality that is open to the world!
– ROAJELF Senegal – Ending GBV in universities
Universities are an unexpected setting for gender-based violence. Increasing numbers of female students in Senegal are dropping out of school, abandoning their studies, and enrolling in doctoral programs at low rates.