Prolonged Droughts Are Putting Girls in Kenya at Heightened Risk of Child Marriage and Other Human Rights Abuses
December 11, 2023
By Tara Carey, Global Head of Media, Equality Now In Kajiado County, a drought-stricken region along Kenya’s border with Ta...
84 Organizations Urge Immediate US Government Action to End Sex Discrimination
December 8, 2023
Following the favorable adoption of our recommendations by the United Nations Human Rights Committee in November of 2023, dur...
Stalling at The Crossroads of Artificial Intelligence – The Time to Act is Now
December 1, 2023
By S. Mona Sinha, Global Executive Director at Equality Now, and Ivana Bartoletti, Co-Founder of the Alliance for Universal D...
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...
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 ...
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 Comment on Fem...
Changing the law. Changing lives: Celebrating 16 Days of Activism and the Power of Legal Equality
November 23, 2023
16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence starts this week, a time every year when individuals and organizations arou...
Equality Now And Our Partners Welcome the UN Human Rights Committee’s Strong Recommendations on Iran
November 22, 2023
Equality Now and our partners, the Centre for Supporters of Human Rights and Femena, welcome the UN Human Rights Committee’...
UNHRC Adopts Our Recommendations to the US
November 13, 2023
In September 2023, Equality Now, with the ERA Coalition, Unchained at Last, the US End FGM/C Network, and the Alliance for Un...
Regional Civil Society Organizations in Solidarity to End Child Marriage in Eastern and Southern Africa
November 7, 2023
August 23rd-24th, 2023, was a diverse gathering where Equality Now, in partnership with UNFPA, hosted over 50 representatives...
Equality Now Statement Supporting Women & Girls’ Human Rights in the Current Israel-Hamas Crisis
October 23, 2023
Issued 23 April 2024 Our thoughts are with all of those who have endured violence and the death of loved ones during this har...
Equality Now lends its voice to the regional meeting on ending FGM medicalization in the Arab States
October 23, 2023
Equality Now was honored to participate in the regional meeting on ending FGM medicalization in the Arab States in Cairo, Egy...