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Launch of the Feminists in Acton project in El Salvador with all partner women’s rights organizations.

In Uvira, Femmes Artisanes de la Paix works to defend women’s autonomy and economic power by enabling them to form VSA.

During the Montevideo consensus conference, the Feminists in Action network will be defending an intersectional approach to rights.

Micro Rainbow Cambodia promotes economic empowerment as a new path to LGBTQI+ equality.

In Saly, a capitalization workshop brought together 8 organizations from Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire and Senegal.

Local feminist organizations are on the front line in advancing women’s rights. Supporting them financially is crucial.

Women’s rights and feminist movements, in general, are inherently political battles that challenge social and cultural norms deeply rooted in human society. Feminists aim at

Domestic workers who are mostly women in the southern countries is undervalued, underpaid and largely devalued.

Proclaimed in 1999 by the United Nations, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women has been celebrated since 1981 by feminist activists

Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, confirmed that France would continue to subsidize the Support Fund for Feminist Organizations for the next 5 years while doubling its contribution.

Faced with inequalities, Convergence for Sustainable Development has set up a project to facilitate constructive dialogues on GBV/DSSR.

In Cambodia, Féministes en Action supports LSG, a self-help group for women created to support and promote their economic independence.

Discover African WITS’ Carav’Elles Digital Center project, which trains women in the use of new technologies.

Nusaned offers women the chance to train for “men’s” professions. Interview with Gaida Nawam, co-founder of NUSANED.

Feminist movements in West Africa are dynamic and committed, but they are also riven by a variety of internal debates.

MIEFH, an association supported by FEA, promotes the training, education and integration of women with disabilities in Haiti.

With ROAJELJ and the LIGUES, the fight against sexist and sexual violence also involves sisterhood and the pooling of knowledge and expertise!

The 6th edition of Women Deliver, an international conference on women’s rights, took place from July 17 to 20. It’s time to take stock!

In addition to traditional awareness-raising methods, organizations are increasingly exploring innovative ideas for engaging audiences.

Comprehensive sex education: the fight by the Nosotras Lideramos association in Honduras for its effective integration in the country.

For women, owning land is a guarantee of emancipation and economic security.

Meeting with FPFE, supported by Féministes en Action, which runs a project promoting women’s political participation.

From July 17 to 20, the international conference on gender equality, Women Deliver, will be held in Kigali, the capital of Rwand

Globally, one in five women has a disability. Despite this figure, women with disabilities are still largely unrecognized and under-represented. This observation goes for all

In March 2023, women from all over Latin America demonstrated against the colonial and patriarchal governments that still wield domination over women’s bodies and obstruct

Since June 2022 and under a project supported by Feminists in Action, the Burkina Faso-based association Taafé Vision has been training women in scriptwriting and

Globally, 1 in 10 women faces menstrual insecurity. Multiple factors are at stake: the lack of access to toilets or poor sanitation, little to no

In Guatemala, indigenous women are the group most affected by maternal deaths. They account for 66% of maternal deaths, although indigenous communities only make up

In Bangladesh, 29% of girls are married by age 15 and 65% by age 18. Organizations work relentlessly to halt the scourge of child marriage

The fight for women’s rights is grinding to a halt. Worse still, we are losing ground in some countries. The most basic human rights are

The OECD published the amounts of official development aid (ODA) allocated to gender equality and women’s empowerment between 2020 and 2021 on January 27. However,

Let’s look back at the meeting of October 11, 2022. The Mediterranean Women’s Fund hosted Wiame Awres, co-founder of “Feminicides Algeria“, and Aliaa Awada, co-founder

During the week of January 23, seven activists from various African countries (Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Chad, Togo, Tunisia) met in Paris at

Between January 23 and 27, the Feminists in Action team had the chance to welcome a delegation of 7 representatives of African feminist activists to

Since 2012, February 6 has been the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). This violence has been performed on more than

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

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

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

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

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

The NGO Voix de Femmes (Women’s Voices) works for the women’s emancipation and against violence towards women and girls in 60 villages in the six

From 18 to 20 November, ten of the twenty-six women’s and feminist organisations supported in the Latin American region met in Quito, Ecuador. They set