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Equality Now leads the way in driving the legal and systemic change needed to end violence and discrimination against all women and girls, everywhere in the world, to the benefit of all.

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We inform and advise; working with governments, policy-makers, and civil society to craft better laws and guide more effective implementation in every part of the world.

We are catalysts.

We convene and connect; building coalitions and creating movements to collectively tackle some of the world’s most pressing issues, with partners at both grassroots and global levels.

We are reformers.

We challenge and champion; holding power to account through targeted advocacy and campaigns, while platforming and amplifying the most marginalized voices.

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Driving change since 1992.

The evidence is clear: achieving legal gender equality benefits everyone, providing the foundation for more stable, prosperous societies where all are free to achieve their potential.

Since our inception in 1992, we’ve played a pivotal role in the reform of over 140 discriminatory laws worldwide – positively impacting the lives of millions of women and girls, their communities and nations, both now and for generations to come.

Together, we can eliminate all legal and systemic barriers to gender equality and transform the lives of millions more.

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Intervention on the Activity Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Internally Displaced Persons

Read Equality Now’s statement calling for equal nationality rights for women and their families in Africa, and stronger measures to ensure the AU Nationality Protocol advances gender equality and protects against statelessness.

Statement by Equality Now (Observer Status No. 281) on Agenda Item 5 Of the 89th Ordinary Session of the ACHPR

Equality Now calls for stronger implementation of the Maputo Protocol to protect women’s and girls’ rights across Africa. Our statement to the 89th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights urges ratification without reservations, withdrawal of existing reservations, submission of outstanding state reports, and development of a progressive continental framework to advance equality in marriage and the family.

Statement by Equality Now (Observer Status No. 281) on the Occasion of the 89th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights

Equality Now calls on the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights to safeguard existing human rights protections, protect women human rights defenders, tackle sexual and gender-based violence, urge Mali to criminalise female genital mutilation, and advance survivor-centred digital governance.

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8th October 2026

7 mins

Where you’ll find Equality Now at the 89th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) in Dakar, Senegal

News and Insights

8th October 2026

11 mins

Domestic violence under the Taliban’s rule: Afghanistan failed Hasina and millions of women and girls

News and Insights

6th October 2026

11 mins

What you need to know about the EAC FGM Bill, 2025

News and Insights

2nd October 2026

7 mins

Power shared is power supercharged: My reflections on being inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame

From S. Mona Sinha – our CEO

2nd October 2026

9 mins

Mona Sinha joins the National Women’s Hall of Fame: A look at its legacy

News and Insights

2nd October 2026

13 mins

UNGA 2026 Reflections: Legal equality, feminist multilateralism, and the road ahead

News and Insights

30th September 2026

14 mins

California finally passes law banning child marriage

Press Releases

30th September 2026

7 mins

Policy & Practice: How do we protect progress and keep advancing women’s rights?

Policy & Practice

28th September 2026

7 mins

Joint civil society organisations statement on International Safe Abortion Day 2026: Safe abortion is essential healthcare: A call to action

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