{"id":33306,"date":"2022-01-05T18:08:53","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T18:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/equalitynow.org\/staff-member\/caroline-lagat\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T13:50:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T12:50:00","slug":"caroline-lagat","status":"publish","type":"staff_member","link":"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/fr\/staff-member\/caroline-lagat\/","title":{"rendered":"Caroline Lagat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Caroline Lagat joined Equality Now in July 2021 as Legal Advisor, End Harmful Practices, leading our work to end harmful practices, specifically female genital mutilation (FGM) and child marriage in Africa. She is an Advocate of the High Court in Kenya.<\/p>\n

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Before joining Equality Now, Caroline worked with the Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA-Kenya), OXFAM GB, and the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights (the ACHPR). Caroline holds a Bachelor’s in Law and a Master’s in Human Rights and Democratisation.<\/p>\n

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Caroline believes that \u00ab\u00a0advocacy for gender equality is a way of life. It’s about what we do in our private spaces which then transcend to the public space.\u00a0\u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n

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Based in Nairobi, Kenya, Caroline is available for interviews in English and French.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

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Joint Eastern and Southern Africa Civil Society Forum Declaration Communiqu\u00e9 to End Child Marriage<\/h3>\n\n \n

Equality Now, together with civil society organisations from across Eastern and Southern Africa, issued a joint declaration on International Human Rights Day, reaffirming child marriage as a human rights violation and calling for coordinated, rights-based action to translate laws and commitments into protection, justice, and dignity for girls across the region.<\/p>\n\n \n

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The long overdue regional law on female genital mutilation: A welcome initiative in East Africa<\/h3>\n\n \n

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Use of the multi-sectoral approach to ending gender-based violence and female genital mutilation in Africa<\/h3>\n\n \n

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