Those who are best placed to address gender inequality are often the people who it most profoundly affects and who understand and appreciate the cultural context in which it exists. We bring together a diverse community of women and partner organisations from around the world, amplifying their collective voices and generating collaborative, sustainable solutions.
In 2024, we collaborated for global change as a member of 38 coalitions, working alongside more than 3,000 organisations and individuals.
The Global Platform is an international alliance dedicated to ending Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) everywhere and for everyone. Equality Now serves as the host of this coalition, working with over 940 organizations to mobilize joint advocacy, policy reform, and public awareness. The Platform centres survivor leadership and aims to accelerate progress by unifying global efforts. In 2023, it launched the Kigali Declaration, a groundbreaking Call to Action signed by hundreds of actors across regions. From grassroots groups to international agencies, the Platform brings together the full ecosystem required to end FGM/C once and for all.
AUDRi is a global coalition working to build a digital world where everyone, especially women, girls, and marginalized groups, can enjoy equal rights to safety, freedom, and dignity. Co-founded by Equality Now and Women Leading in AI, AUDRi brings together legal, policy, and tech experts to confront gendered harms in digital spaces and ensure ethical digital governance. Equality Now contributes its legal and advocacy expertise to influence global standards and protect the most vulnerable online.
The Global Campaign for Equality in Family Law is a worldwide coalition launched in 2020 to advocate for the reform of discriminatory family laws and promote gender equality within all forms of family structures. Equality Now serves as a founding member and key driver of the Campaign, leveraging its legal expertise to push for policy change and human rights protections for women, girls, and marginalised groups. The Campaign calls on governments to fulfil their obligations to ensure equality in family law as a cornerstone of justice and gender equity.
Regional coalitions
Founded in 2004, SOAWR is a Pan-African coalition of more than 70 organizations in over 30 countries advocating for the ratification, domestication, and implementation of the Maputo Protocol, Africa’s most comprehensive legal instrument for women’s rights. Equality Now played a central role in establishing SOAWR and currently serves as part of its Secretariat. Together, we train government officials, publish monitoring reports, and provide tools to help countries uphold their commitments. SOAWR’s advocacy has directly contributed to over 45 African Union Member States ratifying the Protocol and continues to serve as a model for rights-based coalition work.
SAMAJ is a regional coalition uniting legal practitioners, grassroots movements, and survivor networks across South Asia to address sexual violence and access to justice. With members from India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Pakistan, the coalition seeks to close the justice gap for survivors by pushing for stronger consent-based laws and systemic reform. Equality Now helped found and now coordinates SAMAJ, providing technical support, legal analysis, and international advocacy expertise. The coalition has submitted joint CEDAW reports, contributed to national legal reforms, and hosted the first regional feminist legal training on sexual violence implementation.
This network brings together legal professionals, civil society organizations, and survivor advocates to address the persistent legal and social failures surrounding sexual violence across the Eurasia region. The coalition is focused on legal harmonization, consent-based reform, and closing impunity gaps. Equality Now coordinates the network and provides ongoing legal, communications, and advocacy training to its members. With strategic litigation efforts and shadow reports to UN treaty bodies, the coalition plays a key role in advancing international legal standards within national systems that often fall short.
The Belém do Pará Coalition was created to push for the effective implementation of the Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment, and Eradication of Violence Against Women, the first regional treaty to recognize gender-based violence as a human rights violation. Equality Now was a driving force behind the coalition’s creation and serves in a lead capacity. The coalition brings together feminist organizations and networks from across Latin America and the Caribbean to monitor progress, expose setbacks, and demand accountability from states. Notably, its work has contributed to increased articulation between feminist civil society and the Follow-up Mechanism to the Belém do Pará Convention (MESECVI), strengthening advocacy in multilateral spaces.
Launched in 2023, the Hurra Coalition brings together feminist legal experts, survivor-led groups, and human rights defenders working to end discrimination in family law across the MENA region. The coalition focuses on harmonizing national legal systems with international human rights obligations, particularly in marriage, divorce, custody, and inheritance law. Equality Now helped convene and continues to serve as a core strategic member and Secretariat to Hurra Coalition. The coalition also amplifies the lived experiences of women across the region, challenging deeply rooted patriarchal systems through legal reform, public education, and UN-level advocacy.
The ERA Coalition works to advance the ratification and implementation of the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. As a key partner, Equality Now brings a global human rights lens to the campaign, highlighting how constitutional equality aligns with international obligations. We contribute to legal strategy, public advocacy, and coalition building across states. Our advocacy has helped elevate the ERA as a gender justice imperative at both the national and UN levels.
This U.S.-based coalition aims to ban all marriage under the age of 18 with no exceptions, an issue still legally permitted in many U.S. states. Equality Now is a steering member and legal contributor. Working with lawmakers, advocates, and survivor leaders, the coalition has helped drive legislative reform in over a dozen states and continues to press for nationwide change.
Focused on eradicating Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting within the United States, this network brings together advocacy organizations, health professionals, and legal experts. Equality Now plays a key role in producing legal tools and engaging policymakers to ensure FGM/C is addressed comprehensively under U.S. law. The network also coordinates national education and awareness campaigns.
Together, we go further.
Together, we change the law.
