
7 DEBATES AMONG WEST AFRICAN FEMINIST MOVEMENTS
Feminist movements in West Africa are dynamic and committed, but they are also riven by a variety of internal debates.
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