Press Releases

Equality Now calls on African governments to strengthen laws on sexual violence, FGM, and women’s rights

Women’s contribution to family wealth remains excluded from legal recognition in MENA

Contradictions in child marriage laws undermine protection for girls in South Asia

Thinking of a gift for Mother’s Day? Support equal nationality rights for mothers for the well-being of African families

Connecticut lawmakers pass bill to ban female genital mutilation

Legal protections are failing to protect girls in Africa from child marriage and FGM, report warns

Colombia’s Senate urged to pass bill on female genital mutilation before legislative deadline

Courts are playing a growing role in ending female genital mutilation, new research finds

US survivors of online sexual abuse face legal gaps and inaction by tech companies, new report finds

Equality Now calls for urgent action as backlash against women’s rights intensifies

African States urged to strengthen women’s rights protections amid rising anti-gender pushback 

Women with disabilities unprotected against sexual violence in Central Asia