WHAT WE DO
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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In 2022 we made 30 expert submissions to the UN and regional bodies advocating for law and policy reform
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In 2022 we worked in tandem with 147 partners worked across 34 countries.
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Almost 55% of the discriminatory laws we’ve highlighted since 1999 have been fully or partially reformed
EXPLORE OUR WORK
Achieve Legal Equality
A lack of legal equality promotes violence and discrimination, yet almost every country in the world has laws that treat people differently on the basis of sex and/or gender.
End Sexual Exploitation
Sexual exploitation, a form of sexual abuse, is when someone abuses or attempts to abuse another person’s vulnerability or their own position of power or trust for sexual purposes.
End Sexual Violence
Sexual violence is a human rights violation that predominantly affects women and girls as a consequence of systemic and structural inequality.
End Harmful Practices
The term 'harmful practices' covers forms of violence or ritual discrimination, primarily committed against girls and women, that have become culturally normalized.
Latest News and Insights
The SOAWR Coalition Call to Action and Accountability Statement To the African Union Member States
November 30, 2023
Introduction We, members of the SOAWR Coalition, are deeply concerned about the continued violation, infringement, abuse, and denial of the rights of women and girls in ...
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Statelessness: Why Nationality Rights Are Crucial For African Women
November 28, 2023
Nationality rights encompass the legal acknowledgement of an individual’s connection to a specific nation. It confers upon them the status of a citizen or a national. These rights are especially significant ...
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Statement By Equality Now On The Occasion Of The 42nd Ordinary Session Of The African Committee Of Experts On The Rights And Welfare Of The Child
November 28, 2023
Joint General Comment on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Equality Now welcomes the launch of the Joint General ...
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None 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.
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None 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.
Words and Deeds: Sex Discrimination in Personal Status Laws
02 May 2023
The 4th UN Conference on Women in 1995 was the birth of The Beijing Platform for Action, the most progressive blueprint ever ...
Sexual Violence and Disability in Kyrgyzstan: Law, Policy, Practice and Access to Justice
28 May 2023
Globally, an estimated 736 million women have been subjected to physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence, non-partner...
Submission to the UN Human Rights Committee over the USA’s Failure to Uphold the Rights of Women and Girls in all their Diversity
19 October 2023
The United States of America is violating its international legal obligations by failing to uphold the human rights of women ...
Twenty Years of the Maputo Protocol: Where Are We Now?
04 July 2023
On July 11 2003, African heads of state and government representatives gathered in Maputo, Mozambique, to adopt one of the mo...
What will the impact of the metaverse be on human vulnerability?
12 July 2023
There is much hype around the development of the metaverse, a new digital space which has the potential to be so real and imm...
Ending Child Marriage in Eastern and Southern Africa: Challenges in Implementing Domestic Laws and the SADC Model Law on Child Marriage
22 August 2023
The Eastern and Southern African region has some of the highest rates of child marriage in the world, with an estimated 31% o...
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