End sexual violence

Sexual violence is a human rights violation that impacts millions of people around the world. The vast majority of victims are women and girls, while almost all perpetrators are men.

2nd December 2025

6 min read

Intersecting injustices: Marginalisation and legal barriers in sexual violence cases across South Asia

1st December 2025

6 min read

Marital rape: A hidden crime behind closed doors

19th November 2025

9 min read

Shadow report on Egypt’s 18th–19th periodic reports to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights

4th November 2025

4 min read

Submission to the OAS Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities

31st October 2025

4 min read

Legal analysis on the age of sexual consent, the crime of rape, and the Romeo and Juliet clause in Guatemala

31st October 2025

11 min read

What the Pelicot case taught us about sexual violence cases: why consent laws matter

30th October 2025

6 min read

The Istanbul Convention is not a threat to Latvian values - it is a tool to realise them, and it must be protected

14th October 2025

6 min read

Equality Now responded to the CRPD Committee’s call for submissions on the draft guidelines on addressing multiple and intersectional discrimination against women and girls with disabilities

6th October 2025

11 min read

Equality Now and Bir Duino Kyrgyzstan oppose reinstatement of the death penalty

6th October 2025

8 min read

Landmark ruling finally brings justice for survivors of wartime sexual violence in DRC

25th September 2025

6 min read

In Sonora, Mexico, progress is being made toward a consent-based legal reform

24th September 2025

4 min read

Justice without discrimination in Colombia for women and girls of Afro or indigenous descent or with disabilities

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