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Alexandra Patsalides is an international human rights lawyer and is Equality Now\u2019s Senior Legal Advisor. In this role, she is responsible for advancing the organisation\u2019s vision in holding governments to account for their international commitments to protect women and girls from gender-based violence, harmful practices and sexual exploitation, and she provides advice on how to use international law and human rights mechanisms to advance gender equality for all women and girls.<\/p>\n

Alexandra joined Equality Now in March 2018 and has experience in advocating for greater access to justice for victims\/survivors of gender-based violence and marginalised communities in Kosovo, collaborating with European Union institutions on criminal justice and fundamental rights legislative instruments, and provided technical legal expertise to the UN bi-communal working group in Cyprus. She read Law at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and earned a Masters in Public International Law and Human Rights at University College London (UCL). She was called to the Cyprus Bar in 2011.<\/p>\n

Alexandra coordinates our submissions to international treaty bodies and has contributed to many of Equality Now\u2019s pioneering reports, including:<\/p>\n

\u2013 Roadblocks to Justice: How the Law Is Failing Survivors of Sexual Violence in Eurasia
\n\u2013 Effectively Investigating, Prosecuting And Adjudicating Sexual Violence Cases: A Manual For Practitioners In Georgia
\n\u2013 Sexual Violence Laws In Eurasia: Towards a consent-based definition
\n\u2013 Guide To Advocating For Women\u2019s Rights Using International Human Rights Mechanisms<\/p>\n

Alexandra draws inspiration from all the incredible women she has had the privilege of working with over the years. Outside work, Alexandra enjoys reading to her daughters, having coffee by the sea and going on road trips.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

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Guide to advocating for women\u2019s rights using international human rights mechanisms<\/h3>\n\n \n

Our Guide To Advocating For Women\u2019s Rights Using International Human Rights Mechanisms offers information on the available mechanisms and different methods of engagement at the international level<\/p>\n\n \n

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Equality Now\u2019s GREVIO submission on Georgia highlights backsliding on gender equality, shrinking space for human rights NGOs and remaining gaps in sexual violence response: non-consent-based rape laws, insufficient services for survivors and retraumatising practices.<\/p>\n\n \n

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Submission to the OAS Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities<\/h3>\n\n \n

Joint submission to the OAS Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities (CEDDIS) by Equality Now, Disability Rights International, Caribe Afirmativo, and Colectivo de Vida Independiente, highlighting barriers to justice for survivors of sexual violence with disabilities in Latin America and the Caribbean.<\/p>\n\n \n

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