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Sexual violence is a human rights violation that predominantly affects women and girls as a consequence of systemic and structural inequality.

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Sexual Violence in Maldives

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Sexual Violence in Bangladesh

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India: Haryana Government must act to end caste-based sexual violence

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Justice over honor: Kuwait should amend its Penal Code to protect women and girls from...

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Zimbabwe must investigate violence against women human rights defenders now!

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Kuwait - Law no. 16 of 1960 promulgating the Penal Code

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Honduras' laws are failing survivors of sexual violence - Equality Now submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 81st Session 2021

This submission details concerns regarding laws related to rape and other forms of sexual violence and procedures and practices which effectively deny access to justice for survivors of sexual violence.

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Georgia must do more to address violence against women - Equality Now submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 81st Session 2021

This submission details concerns regarding laws related to rape and other forms of sexual violence and procedures and practices which effectively deny access to justice for survivors of sexual violence.

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Joint Submission to the Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women on the Femicide Watch Initiative

This brief was submitted to the Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women in response to the call for submissions “Taking stock of the Femicide Watch Initiative”.

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Canada must accelerate it's efforts to protect girls and women from FGM - Equality Now and End FGM Canada Network joint list of issues submitted to the Human Rights Committee 132nd Session June 2021

The submission focuses on the continued prevalence of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) in Canada and the failure of the Canadian government to take concrete and effective action to end FGM/C in Canada and provide support for survivors.

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Ecuador's laws are enabling impunity for perpetrators of sexual violence - Equality Now joint list of issues submitted to the Human Rights Committee 132nd Session June 2021

The submission focuses on legal provisions in Ecuador that enable impunity for perpetrators of sexual violence.

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10 Years of the Istanbul Convention: Combatting Violence Against Women across Europe and Beyond

In 2011, the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence, more commonly known as the Istanbul Convention, opened for signature. A decade later and it remains the most far-reaching international legal instrument to set binding obligations to prevent and combat violence against women. In the ten years since its inception, how has the Istanbul Convention helped to fight gender-based violence and how can all States be held accountable to their commitments?

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Women and girl's rights in Africa - Equality Now joint submissions to the African Commission on Human and People's Rights (ACHPR) 66th Session 2020

The COVID-19 crisis has led to an unprecedented spike in cases of violence against women and girls in Africa. School closures and extended school holidays, as is being witnessed in many African countries, due to the pandemic have occasioned a rise in cases of FGM and child marriage in practicing communities across the continent.

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Rape laws across South Asia insufficient, inconsistent, and poorly enforced, leaving women at heightened risk of sexual violence

INDIA, New Delhi, April 21 - A new report reveals how laws on rape in South Asian countries are insufficient, inconsistent, and not systematically enforced, putting women and girls at heightened risk of sexual violence. Survivors and victims’ families frequently face further victimization, resulting in extremely low reporting rates for rape, long delays within the criminal justice system, and withdrawal of cases.

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