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 60% 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.
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.
Sexual Violence Laws In Eurasia: Towards a consent-based definition
23 January 2023
This report examines legal provisions relating to sexual violence in five Eurasian countries – Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyr...
Words and Deeds: Sex Discrimination in Economic Status Laws
31 January 2023
The 4th UN Conference on Women in 1995 was the birth of The Beijing Platform for Action, the most progressive blueprint ever ...
Enhancing Policy Responses to Addressing Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (CSEA) in Kenya
12 January 2023
Every year, over 400 million children around the world are exposed to child sexual exploitation and abuse (CSEA). Defined as ...
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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.
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.
Latest News and Insights
Let Girls Learn: What happened after Sierra Leone lifted the ban on pregnant girls attending school?
March 30, 2023
Three years ago today, President Julius Maada Bio announced that the Government of Sierra Leone had lifted the ban prohibiting pregnant schoolgirls from ...
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Equality Now’s Statement on the Denial of Entry Into Georgia of Its Legal Advisor
March 30, 2023
On March 28 2023, Equality Now’s Eurasia Legal Advisor, Dariana Gryaznova, who has been working with us since September 2022 and has been based in Tbilisi, was refused re-entry into Georgia ...
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