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United States – joint submission to the Human Rights Committee (CCPR) 125th Session March 2019

April 11, 2019

The submission deals with our concern about the discrimination and inequality faced by women in the United States in contrave...

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Kazakhstan – Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review 34th Session October 2019

April 11, 2019

The submission deals with our concerns with regard to laws related to rape and other forms of sexual violence and practices w...

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Trafficking in the context of global migration – Equality Now submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women 2019

March 15, 2019

Read Equality Now’s submission in response to the CEDAW committee draft General Recommendation on Trafficking in Women ...

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Bahrain – Equality Now submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 80th Session January 2019

February 10, 2019

The submission expresses our concern about human rights violations faced by children in Bahrain, particularly by the Bahraini...

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United States – Equality Now’s Comment on NPRM Title IX 2018

January 28, 2019

Equality Now’s comment on Docket No. ED-2018-OCR-0064, RIN 1870–AA14, Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Educat...

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Roadblocks To Justice: How The Law Is Failing Survivors Of Sexual Violence In Eurasia

January 16, 2019

Released in January 2019, this report contains a general overview of the laws on sexual violence in the 15 countries of the f...

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Mauritania – Equality Now joint submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 79th Session September 2018

October 15, 2018

The joint submission deals with our concerns regarding the continued violations against women and girls, including female gen...

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Sudan – Equality Now submission to the Human Rights Committee (CCPR) 124th Session October 2018

September 7, 2018

The submission respectfully urges the Committee to recommend to Sudan to comprehensively amend Article 149 of its 1991 Crimin...

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Russia – Submission to the Committee against Torture at its 64th Session 2018

August 10, 2018

The submission deals with our concern about human rights violations faced by women and girls in the Russian Federation, ...

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Liberia Human Rights Committee Submission 2018

July 30, 2018

The submission, based on consultation with Equality Now’s partners in Liberia including Women Solidarity Incorporated (WOSI...

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Bahrain CCPR Submission 2018

July 20, 2018

This submission deals with our concerns, as previously raised in our submission for the Adoption of the List of Issues for Ba...