Secure women’s rights. Transform futures.

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.

We are experts.

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.

Start here if you…

Represent an international
or regional body.

Represent a government
or parliamentary body.

Work in the judiciary
or law enforcement.

Work in civil society.

Represent a funding body.

Are an interested individual.

Everyone

needs

equality 

now

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 135 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.

Our impact around the world

Achieving Legal Equality
Ending Harmful Practices
Ending Sexual Exploitation
Ending Sexual Violence
Impact Map

Latest Resources

1

2

3

Five myths and facts about sexual violence

This practical guide debunks common myths about sexual violence and explains how international human rights standards can strengthen survivor-centred laws and justice systems.

Technology-facilitated gender-based violence: Policy recommendations for accelerating domestication and implementation of the SADC Model Law

A policy brief examining how Southern African countries can strengthen legal and policy responses to technology-facilitated gender-based violence through the SADC Model Law on Gender-Based Violence.

Kenya Joint Shadow Report on the implementation of the Maputo Protocol

Submitted by Equality Now on behalf of 13 joint stakeholders, this shadow report assesses Kenya’s implementation of the Maputo Protocol and highlights urgent gaps in law, policy, and practice affecting women and girls. It calls on Kenya to strengthen protections against gender-based violence, advance reproductive rights, end discriminatory family law practices, improve access to justice, and protect marginalised women, including refugees, widows, older women, and women with disabilities.

Latest News & Insights

1

2

3

9th July 2026

8 mins

Female genital mutilation/cutting found in Kerala, new research shows

Press Releases

9th July 2026

7 mins

Reflections from a Retreat in The Adirondacks: Confronting Leopold’s Ghost and The Fight for Autonomy and Democracy

Stories

8th July 2026

7 mins

Reflections from a Retreat in The Adirondacks: Beyond Statistics

Stories

8th July 2026

7 mins

Preventing and legislating to eradicate: a regional meeting to advance action against child, early and forced marriages and unions in Latin America and the Caribbean

News and Insights

7th July 2026

4 mins

Reflections from the Blue Mountain Center Retreat: Finding Ourselves in Each Other’s Stories

Stories

1st July 2026

6 mins

Feminist foreign policy: A tool for advancing gender equality

News and Insights

1st July 2026

9 mins

Discriminatory family laws undermine women’s rights and post-conflict recovery in the Middle East and North Africa

Press Releases

30th June 2026

7 mins

Collective reflections from the 56th OAS General Assembly

News and Insights

26th June 2026

13 mins

Pakistan’s progress on child marriage is being challenged in court, again

News and Insights

Newsletter Sign-up

Make a donation

I want to donate