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Combating trafficking for sexual exploitation amidst the COVID-19 pandemic

July 30, 2020

To mark World Day Against Trafficking in Persons 2020, Equality Now released Combating trafficking for sexual exploitati...

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Free Saudi Activists Coalition: Advocacy Report

May 15, 2020

The 15th of May 2020 marks two years since the beginning of a campaign of arrests of Saudi Women’s Human Rights Defenders. ...

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Impact of COVID-19 on violence against women and girls in Eurasia

May 14, 2020

The COVID-19 crisis has shown an urgent need for Governments in Eurasia to overcome violence and discrimination against women...

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Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: A Call For A Global Response

March 17, 2020

Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is internationally recognized as a gross violation of human rights, a form of viole...

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Moroccan Women’s Legislative Gains and Opportunities for Reform in Lebanon

March 11, 2020

Moroccan Women’s Legislative Gains and Opportunities for Reform in Lebanon is the latest publication from Equality Now...

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Words and Deeds: Beijing+25 Report

March 2, 2020

The 4th UN Conference on Women in 1995 was the birth of The Beijing Platform for Action, the most progressive blueprint ever ...

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Manifesto to end FGM in the UK by 2030

February 5, 2020

This manifesto, calling for FGM to be eradicated worldwide by 2030, was delivered to the UK Prime Minister to mark the Intern...

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Recommendations for Access to Justice for Sexual Violence in Georgia

September 25, 2019

In Georgia, sexual violence survivors are coming together to demand justice and calling upon the government not to treat perp...

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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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Breathing Life into the Maputo Protocol: Case Digest – Jurisprudence on the Rights of Women and Girls in Africa

April 7, 2018

This Digest aims to promote the use of one of the world’s most comprehensive and progressive human rights instruments ̵...

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The World’s Shame: The Global Rape Epidemic

November 7, 2017

Around the world, rape and sexual abuse are everyday violent occurrences — affecting close to a billion women and girls...

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2016 Violence Against Girls: Summit on FGM/C report

December 7, 2016

In December 2016, Equality Now, Safe Hands for Girls, The United States Institute of Peace, and the US Network to End FGM/C c...