Press Releases

Women’s rights organizations challenge Mali’s lack of anti FGM law at the ECOWAS Court of Justice

Kenya’s High Court rules anti-FGM law is constitutional: A jubilant day for girls and women in Kenya

Child marriage is a serious problem in Georgia, survivors are calling for change

India’s justice system is failing survivors of caste-based sexual violence

Court case filed against Tanzania to overturn ban on pregnant girls attending school

Campaigners demand government action on epidemic of caste-based sexual violence in Uttar Pradesh

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights to hear landmark case on endemic sexual violence of adolescent girls in Bolivia

Equality Now calls on Mali to take urgent action to protect girls and women from female genital mutilation

Victory for girls in Sierra Leone as the government lifts the ban that prohibits pregnant schoolgirls from attending school

FGM/C is occurring in over 90 countries and is far more widespread than generally acknowledged

Governments called on to end laws that explicitly discriminate against women and girls

Over 100 sign statement supporting Silence Breakers who’ve spoken out about being sexually assaulted by Russell Simmons