TRAINING HEALTH PROFESSIONALS TO ADVOCATE FOR SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND RIGHTS
Femmes, Actions et Développement (Women, Actions and Development) works for the effective involvement of women in sustainable development in Niger. The organisation focuses its actions on six areas of intervention: education, governance, health, empowerment, the “Women, Peace and Security” agenda and the fight against gender-based violence. THE REGIONAL CONTEXT Like many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, […]
IVORY COAST: SUPPORTING THE VICTIMS OF THE « BLACK CAT »
In Abidjan (Ivory Coast), the association Stop au Chat noir (Stop the Black Cat) fights against gender-based violence. It offers a wide range of psycho-educational and therapeutic activities to meet the needs of victims of sexual abuse. THE REGIONAL CONTEXT When it comes to speaking out about sexual violence, a majority of women say they […]
IN ABIDJAN, LEGAL CLINICS TO BRING JUSTICE TO ALL
Since 1986, the Association des Femmes Juriste de Côte d’Ivoire (Association of Women Lawyers of Ivory Coast) has been committed to the defence and promotion of women’s and children’s rights. It ensures a better dissemination of texts and laws concerning them, contributes to their access to justice, in particular by filing a civil suit, and […]
IN BENIN, TALKING ABOUT TABOOS WITHOUT TABOOS
Jeunes Filles Actrices de Développement (Young Girls Acting for Development) is a feminist collective in Benin that works for the respect of girls’ and women’s rights, the reinforcement of sexual and reproductive health and rights and the elimination of gender-based violence. PREVENTION TO COMBAT VIOLENCE JFAD IN A FEW WORDS The collective has taken as […]
BENIN: FREE WOMEN AND ALLIED MEN
Chaired by the lawyer and feminist activist Benedicta Aloakinnou, the Fondation des Jeunes Amazones pour le Développement (Young Amazons for Development) is an association of young women based in Benin. It currently has about twenty members and extends its field of action to about sixty communes in northern Benin. THE REGIONAL CONTEXT Women and girls […]
BURKINA FASO: MAKING THE LAW AN ALLY FOR WOMEN’S EMANCIPATION IN REMOTE COMMUNITIES
The NGO Voix de Femmes (Women’s Voices) works for the emancipation of women and against violence towards women and girls in 60 villages in the six communes of the Centre Region of Burkina Faso. Through a variety of prevention and awareness-raising activities, it aims to help people to know their rights and to have the […]