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Words and Deeds: Sex Discrimination in Violence Laws

November 23, 2022

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

Submissions

Russia – Submission To The Committee on the Rights of the Child (OHCHR) 94th Session October 2022

November 2, 2022

Our joint submission details concerns with regard to laws related to sexual violence and procedures and practices which effec...

Submissions

Kyrgyzstan – Submission To The Committee on The Rights of the Child (OHCHR) 94th Session Nov 2022

November 2, 2022

Our joint submission detail concerns with regard to laws related to sexual violence and procedures and practices which effect...

Publications

Words and Deeds: Sex Discrimination in Marital Status Laws

October 11, 2022

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

Submissions

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...

Submissions

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...

Submissions

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...

Toolkits & Manuals

Reporting on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) – Global Edition

September 27, 2022

This toolkit is for media professionals. It provides guidelines on how to report on female genital mutilation (FGM) in a gend...

Submissions

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...

Submissions

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 ...

Fact Sheets

I need the ERA because…a girl is not a wife – Child marriage

August 26, 2022

It is estimated by Unchained at Last that about 300,000 children were married in the United States between 2000 and 2018, the...

Fact Sheets

I need the ERA because…reproductive rights are human rights – Abortion

August 26, 2022

By rightfully framing access to reproductive healthcare, including access to legal abortion, as fundamental to ensuring gende...