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At Equality Now, we believe in creating a just world for women and girls. Since 1992, our international network of lawyers, activists and supporters have tackled the most difficult issues, challenged ingrained cultural assumptions and called out inequality wherever we see it.
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See more donation options Donate in the UKNone of us can afford to sit back and wait for equality to arrive – we need to act now.
With the power of your support, we can challenge injustice; we can stand against sexual violence; we can protect and advance hard-won rights, and we can amplify the voices of survivors – so every girl can enjoy the safety, choice, and respect she deserves.
Our Resource Center
Explore in-depth resources on women’s rights issues, including sexual violence, sexual exploitation, harmful practices, and legal discrimination from our expert network of lawyers and activists.
Reporting on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) – Global Edition
This toolkit is for media professionals. It provides guidelines on how to report on female genital mutilation (FGM) in a gender-sensitive, accurate, and constructive manner. FGM is internationally recognized as a …
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Iran – Submission to the Human Rights Committee 136th Session October 2022
This submission for consideration of the List of Issues for Iran covers our concerns regarding about sex discriminatory personal status laws, the continued prevalence of female genital mutilation …
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Kyrgyzstan – Submission To The Human Rights Committee (CCPR) 136th Session October 2022
Our joint submission details our concerns with regard to laws related to rape and other forms of sexual violence, as well as harmful practices and procedures and practices which …
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Latest News and Insights
Our Stand on the Non-Authentication of Nepal’s Gender-Progressive Citizenship Amendment Bill by the President
The Forum for Women, Law and Development (FWLD), Nepal, and Equality Now express disappointment over the refusal by Nepal’s President, Bidya Devi …
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Equality Now and its partners welcome the call by UN Special Rapporteurs to the Government of Sierra Leone to take action to end female genital mutilation
The UN Special Rapporteurs Reem Alsalem, Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, …
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The State We’re In: Sex discriminatory nationality laws in the Americas region
Our updated report found that there are six countries in the Americas region with nationality laws that discriminate on the basis of sex: The Bahamas, Barbados, Guatemala, Saint Lucia, Saint …
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Annual Day Against Sexual Violence in Bolivia comes with some hope this year
August 9th is the National Day of Solidarity with Victims of Sexual Violence and Against Sexual Violence of Girls, Boys, and Adolescents in Bolivia, a day we mark each year alongside our partners. …
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