Pallavi* was 16-years-old and on the way to visit her...
Rekha, a 16-year-old Dalit girl, visited a grocery shop in...
One day, Reena* and Roshani* went to gather firewood along...
Kamla* is a young mother of four. One night while...
Like many in India’s marginalized communities, Savitri* and her husband...
In Sri Lanka, FGM/C takes place amongst the Moor, Malay,...
In India, FGM/C is mainly prevalent in the Bohra community,...
Whilst there is no nationally representative data on FGM/C prevalence...
FGM is illegal in Canada. With diaspora communities from across...
FGM/C is documented amongst the Malay community in Singapore, where...
Rayehe Mozafarian set up Stop FGM Iran, after writing her...
Habiba al Hinai is an Omani women’s rights activist, and Founder...
Rena Herdiyani is the vice-chairperson of Kalyanamitra, a women’s rights...
FGM/C is widely known to take place amongst diaspora communities...
Masooma Ranalvi is the founder of WeSpeakOut, an organization working...
FGM/C is documented amongst the Malay community in Singapore, where it...
People know me as Madam K. I am 42 years...
My friends call me Joyful. I just turned 18. I hope...
I like being called Favour because it has a divine...
My name is Admire and I am now 18 years...
Having your period isn’t always straightforward. It can be annoying,...
Beatrice came from a humble background. She dreamt of becoming...
Salome lives in Tbilisi, Georgia. At 20, Salome was studying...
Growing up in an orthodox religious community in New York,...
When Ngalali, a member of the Massai people in Tanzania,...
"I’d watch girls on TV fulfilling their potential...and I felt...
How one mother and her family are breaking the cycle...
At the age of nine, Asseel* left her native Syria...
Michelle got pregnant at age 16. Her community was pressuring...
Isla*, an 11-year-old rape survivor from Kenya, spoke to us...
Grizelda is a human trafficking and prostitution survivor who uses...
Leah was 11 when she discovered that she’d undergone female...
I was prostituted from 14 till I was 27. I...
I grew up in a middle class subdivision in western...
Lilly, who suffered a turbulent and abusive childhood, was introduced...
Natalie was born in South East Asia, where she was...
K’s story as told to Solwodi and the German courts...
NIGERIA/GERMANY Grace was educated until the 10th grade in Nigeria...
UGANDA When people think of sex trafficking, they often think...
Lithuania Loreta was prostituted from age 15 to age 19....
In March 2013, Equality Now came together with The Arts...
Kolab does not know who her real parents are. She...
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a harmful practice that involves...
I walk along the streets in Olongapo city where scantily...
In 2011, Equality Now, in partnership with Legal Action for...
Though FGM has been banned in Egypt since 2008, UNICEF...
Equality Now and our partners in the Solidarity for African...
Equality Now took on the case of Saba, a 16-year-old...
Through the Federation of Women Lawyers, Kenya (FIDA-Kenya) Equality Now...
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