We’re back with our Equality Now Recommends Newsletter, bringing you...
In its 44th session, the UN Human Rights Council has...
Brisa didn’t get justice when she was raped as a...
The COVID-19 pandemic is exposing and exacerbating gender inequalities around...
In 2003, African Union (AU) Member States adopted the Protocol...
In June 2020, Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev approved a National...
On 29 June 2020, Equality Now and human rights organizations...
All people, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity, should...
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Our work protecting and promoting the human rights of women...
2020 was set to be a historic year for women's...
Female genital mutilation is a global problem and one which...
A letter from our Executive Director, Yasmeen Hassan.
Globally one in three women are subjected to violence in...
Gender equality in the family is the key to achieving...
COVID has exposed the structural inequalities that affect women and...
A free press is essential to the functioning of a...
COVID-19 is exposing and exacerbating gender inequalities around the world....
Equality Now is turning 28! It’s made us reflect on...
Equality Now has joined with Kenyan organizations including the Centre...
In January 2019, Equality Now released our groundbreaking report Roadblocks...
Here at Equality Now, it goes without saying we would...
The government of Sierra Leone has finally lifted the discriminatory...
In this time of upheaval, we are seeing new depths...
A new report by the UN Rapporteur on Freedom of...
Equality Now is honored to count Gloria Steinem as one...
Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: A Call for a Global Response, a...
According to official UNICEF figures (2020), FGM/C affects at least...
March 8 was International Women’s Day, but we think every...
We live in a world where gender equality is still...
As we all come together to celebrate International Women’s Day...
In 1995, at the UN’s 4th World Conference on Women...
Six brave women did the hard work of holding Harvey...
February 11 is #SaferInternetDay which aims to create both a...
Ahead of International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital...
Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code explicitly allows a...
The right to be free from exploitation is a basic...
Dina Smailova, head of NeMolchi ("Do Not be Silent" in...
Was one of your new year’s resolutions to consume more...
It takes great courage for any survivors of sexual assault...
In a watershed moment, both chambers of the Virginia State...
We march once again. When our rights are under attack,...
Today, a British teenager was given a four-month suspended sentence...
Here are 19 times women led the way in 2019....
International law is the foundation of Equality Now's work to...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court of...
The draft Law on Domestic Violence was released on Friday...
The law can be a powerful tool in combating sexual...
At Equality Now, we know that discriminatory laws don’t reverse...
The Government of Finland awarded Equality Now the International Gender...
Changing laws and mindsets is only possible through persistent activism...
Equality Now is honored to count Margaret Atwood as part...
It's about 37 minutes since I just hit save on...
“Equality under the law is the first essential step to...
What are you reading or listening to these days? Do...
In October 2019 the Tanzania Court of Appeal upheld the...
Recent rulings by both the UN Committee tasked with monitoring...
Across almost every economy in the world, women earn less...
On November 19, 2019, Equality Now will host our annual...
Equality Now calls upon Georgian TV channel Mtavari Arkhi to...
September 15-October 15 is National Hispanic Heritage Month in the...
Equality Now joined five Argentine women’s and children’s rights organizations...
At the beginning of September we were honored to launched...
States call on Saudi Arabia to improve its Human Rights record....
It’s time for your latest round up of recommendations from...
At Women Deliver 2019, we came together as civil society...
In Kazakhstan, survivors of sexual violence are denied justice.
On September 10 2019, Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments, the long-awaited...
“Events of the past few years have shown us how...
Business and political leaders in the United States say women's...
This past 8-9 August thousands came together to walk in...
Equality Now joined a long list of organizations and advocates...
The Need for a Stronger, Gendered and Cooperative Response
Facing huge obstacles to accessing justice and support, Malawi's sex...
Whoop! It’s time for your latest round up of recommendations...
Young people in Bolivia are coming together like never before...
Equality Now and Gucci co-host event featuring 5 youth activists...
Last week the Conservative Party Human Rights Commission released its...
Tuesday July 30th is World Day against Trafficking in Persons....
We want to live in a world where every woman...
As women’s rights organizations from 16 African countries, we wish...
On July 4th, Equality Now MENA, in partnership with the...
Equality Now participates in the UN’s annual High Level Political...
We want to live in a world where women and...
By Judy Gitau, Africa Co-ordinator at Equality Now
On June 15, 2019, Sahiyo launched its ‘Faces For Change’...
WD2019 brought together over 8,000 world leaders, influencers, advocates, academics,...
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