Our team

Today, Equipop has around 60 employees and 60 members, with an annual budget of €8.5 million.

The association has two offices in West Africa—in Dakar and Ouagadougou—and one office in Europe—in Paris.

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The salaried team

(She/her) Bachelor's degree in biomedical sciences, master's degree in international health, and master's degree in feminism. A committed feminist with proven experience in project and program management, her professional career has taken her to various countries, where she has supported initiatives aimed at strengthening health systems and promoting sexual and reproductive rights.

Head of Experiments and Knowledge Division

Inés

Garcia Salas

Since 2018, Jeanne has been mentoring CSO consortia, youth groups, and feminist activists in incorporating gender considerations into their structures and projects. She also supports them in managing advocacy projects on sexual and reproductive rights and health, combating gender-based and sexual violence, menstrual health and dignity, and feminist health democracy.

Technical and Support Advisor

Joan

baker

An economic geographer, she has nine years of experience in analyzing gender inequality and social transformation. As Gender and Knowledge Management Officer, she develops methods and strategies to integrate gender equality and social inclusion into the projects she supports. Her expertise lies in social mobilization, capacity building, the empowerment of women and girls, and the dissemination of knowledge.

Gender and Knowledge Management Officer

Josette de-Bernard

AISSE

Julia Heres Garcia is a training officer specializing in gender approaches. She designs and facilitates training courses and workshops for a variety of audiences and coordinates the training component of the Francophone Feminist Alliance. With a varied background in international solidarity, feminism, and popular education, she has developed skills in educational engineering, facilitation, sexuality education, project management, and advocacy.

Training Officer - Gender Approaches

Julia

Heres Garcia

Paris

Kaya is responsible for strategic development and partnerships for West Africa at Equipop. With a master's degree in social and cultural organization management, she brings her expertise in advocacy and SRHR to bear on stakeholder dynamics. Committed to feminist movements, she works to strengthen strategic alliances and synergies to advance women's rights in a sustainable manner.

Head of Strategic Development and Partnerships, West Africa

Khadidiatou (Kaya)

SY

Lucie Daniel has been working for ten years in the non-profit sector, particularly on feminist foreign policy, sexual and reproductive rights and health, and anti-gender movements. She is co-author of reports on the backlash against women's rights, masculinism, and the rise of the far right in Europe. She is responsible for advocacy and research at Equipop and regularly represents the association in the media.

Advocacy and Research Manager

Lucie

Daniel

Paris

With a background in financial engineering and corporate finance, I have accumulated 15 years of experience in management/finance, including 14 years in the non-profit sector. I currently hold the position of Institutional Funding Manager at Equipop. From 2010 to 2017, I held administrative and financial positions in a Senegalese association that supports women and young people who have dropped out of school to train in agroecology and IT and to benefit from social and health programs.

Head of Institutional Financing

Macoumba

FALL

Paris

A specialist in multilateral spaces and a lawyer by training, Marie joined Equipop and the Francophone Feminist Alliance project in 2025. Previously, she worked on feminist foreign policy and financing with the Center for Feminist Foreign Policy, on sexual and reproductive health and rights with UNFPA, and on the women, peace, and security agenda with the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace, and Security.

Multilateral Advocacy Officer

Mary

Billoud

Paris

Since 2017, Marion has been providing operational, technical, and thematic support for the design and implementation of communication strategies. Training in feminist communication, facilitating campaign incubation workshops, creating visual and/or audio materials, writing, project management, event planning... she puts her diverse skills, creativity, and energy to work for Equipop and its partners!

Communications Officer

Marion

Lambert

Paris

The Board of Directors

Aline Nanko Samaké President

Chanceline Mevowanou Vice President

Wendyam Micheline Kabore Secretary General

Monique Clesca Member

Prof. Pierre Foldes Member

Maryame FaquirMember

Claire Tessier Member

Marie Bonnefois, Member

Sylvia Apata, Member

Louis Guinamard, Member

Marion Lambert Member

Kaya Sy Member

Aida Samb Member

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