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Testimony for the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary Hearing on the ERA on 28 February 2023

February 27, 2023

Our Global Executive Director, S. Mona Sinha, submitted the below written testimony for the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judi...

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Kazakhstan-Submission To The Human Rights Committee (HRC) 137th Session Dec 2022

January 24, 2023

Our joint submission details our concerns with regard to laws related to rape and other forms of sexual violence and procedur...

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Ukraine-Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women- 83rd Session 2022

October 4, 2022

We present the following submission in advance of the 83rd Session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination agai...

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Palestine – Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women – 85th Session 2022

October 4, 2022

Equality Now and YWCA Palestine present the following submission in advance of the 85th Pre-Sessional Working Group of the Co...

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Singapore – Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women – 85th Session 2022

September 30, 2022

The issues and practices detailed in this submission highlight the State’s failure to fulfill its duty to protect women...

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Iran – Submission to the Human Rights Committee 136th Session October 2022

September 9, 2022

This submission for consideration of the List of Issues for Iran covers our concerns regarding about sex discriminatory perso...

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Kyrgyzstan – Submission To The Human Rights Committee (CCPR) 136th Session October 2022

September 8, 2022

Our joint submission details our concerns with regard to laws related to rape and other forms of sexual violence, as well as ...

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South Sudan – CRC Joint Submission 2022

August 22, 2022

This submission details concerns with regard to laws related to children’s rights and specifically,as aligned to the Co...

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India – UPR Joint Submission 2022

July 18, 2022

This submission outlines the gaps in protection of the rights of women and girls in India from the harmful practice of FGM/C,...

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Zambia – UPR Joint Submission 2022

July 14, 2022

This submission outlines the challenges in the implementation of international norms and standards and the legislation of Zam...

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Sri Lanka – UPR Joint Submission 2022

July 13, 2022

During the previous UPR cycle, Sri Lanka received 39 recommendations to strengthen and improve measures regarding women’s r...

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Declaration of the Youth Forum for the 4th LAC Regional Conference on Population and Development

June 30, 2022

An intersectional statement, signed by Equality Now partners and other youth organizations, urging governments to guarantee t...