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South Sudan’s President takes Positive Steps Toward the Ratification of the Maputo Protocol 

March 22, 2023

There is cause for celebration this Women’s History Month in South Sudan. On February 24, 2023, the President of South Suda...

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CSW67 Offers A First Look at a Digital Gender Equal Future

March 21, 2023

The sixty-seventh session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW67), the largest annual meeting on gender equality hos...

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International Day of Happiness: What Brings Us Joy at Equality Now

March 20, 2023

March 20th marks the International Day of Happiness, celebrated by the UN to recognize the importance of happiness in the liv...

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One More Step, Madam President

March 19, 2023

Dear President Samia Suluhu Hassan, congratulations on the second anniversary of your presidency in Tanzania. Indeed under yo...

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Digital Inclusion is Vital for Strengthening Women’s Rights in Africa 

March 16, 2023

By S.Mona Sinha, Global Executive Director at Equality Now The internet has a pivotal role to play in empowering women and gi...

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CSW67 Week One: The urgent need for the Global Digital Compact

March 13, 2023

The sixty-seventh session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York is underway. During the first week, we c...

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Helvi Sipilä Keynote Address: Women’s human rights and technological innovations

March 9, 2023

Equality Now’s Global Executive Director, S. Mona Sinha gave the following remarks as the keynote address at the 17th I...

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Digital rights are vital to addressing tech-facilitated trafficking and sexual abuse

March 9, 2023

Equality Now’s Global Lead on Ending Sexual Exploitation, Tsitsi Matekaire, presented the following remarks at Technolo...

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Solidarity with human rights defenders in Georgia

March 8, 2023

On March 7, 2023, Georgia’s controversial “foreign agent” law passed the first reading in the Georgian Par...

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Joint Statement on International Women’s Day: Equality in Law for Women and Girls in a Digital Age

March 8, 2023

On International Women’s Day, we are reminded of the work still to be done to advance the gender equality agenda in a digit...

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5 Reasons to Give this International Women’s Day

March 7, 2023

March 8 is International Women’s Day, a moment to celebrate women’s social, economic, cultural, and political achievement...

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What could the US Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the ERA mean for equality in the US?

February 27, 2023

Update:  On 28 February, 2023, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued its disappointing decis...