Press Releases

Status of women’s and girls’ rights in Kenya, 26 years after Kenya committed to the promotion of gender equality

#EndCasteBasedSexualViolence campaign launched by National Council of Women Leaders

Rape laws across South Asia insufficient, inconsistent, and poorly enforced, leaving women at heightened risk of sexual violence

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