– Combating VSS: Training future healthcare professionals – "Feminism and Health" course


The study of medicine, whether theoretical or practical, perpetuates stereotypes and even sexist and sexual violence. Future healthcare professionals and patients alike can fall victim to this.

On the occasion of the Brisons le Silence Festival, Equipop organized a round table discussion on November 14, 2023, at the Lyon Faculty of Medicine: with Thérèse Brocard, Minna Cloître, Honorin Naimo, and Muriel Salle, we discussed how to make healthcare professionals allies in the fight against gender-based and sexual violence (VSS).

CONVERSATION ESSENTIALS SHEET

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July 10, 2025

The study of medicine, whether theoretical or practical, perpetuates stereotypes and even sexist and sexual violence. Future healthcare professionals and patients alike can fall victim to this. On the occasion of the Festival

July 10, 2024

On March 6, 2024, Equipop organized a symposium in Cotonou entitled "A space of our own between activism and research: let's discuss a feminist approach to SRHR!"

July 10, 2024

On January 19, 2023, we welcomed Stella Tiendrebeogo, a feminist psychologist practicing in Paris, and Julienne Zongo, an activist committed to the rights of women and girls suffering from mental illness in Burkina Faso.

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