Press Releases

Discriminatory marriage laws are putting women and girls at risk of child marriage, rape, and abuse

Girls in Tanzania who marry or become pregnant should be allowed to attend school

Equality Now Names 30 for 30 Impact Leaders To Commemorate 30 Years of Gender Equality Work & Reform

Report on ‘Caste-Based Sexual Violence and State Impunity’ in Bihar Released; Consultation and Workshop Discuss Challenges Faced by Survivors and Recommendations for Change

Campaigners fear girls could be put at risk of FGM/C by Bohra religious leader’s UK visit 

A quarter of countries still have nationality laws that discriminate against women

Victims trafficked for sexual exploitation are being failed by Malawi’s criminal justice system

YW4A partnership focuses on strengthening human rights for young women in Egypt, Kenya, Palestine, and South Sudan

MacKenzie Scott and Dan Jewett award Equality Now $15 million gift to advance women’s and girls’ rights

Africa making progress on tackling gender-based violence thanks to multi-sectoral approach but shortfalls remain, finds new report

Following another death from FGM in Sierra Leone, 130 women’s rights groups around the world call on the government to criminalize FGM

National and international laws are failing to protect women and girls from online sexual exploitation and abuse