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Ensuring women have equal rights to inheritance and property is key to tackling climate change

June 23, 2022

By Roya Rahmani, Former Ambassador of Afghanistan to the United States and Global Strategist at Equality Now To mitigate agai...

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Holding Malawi accountable at the ACERWC for denying justice to survivors of trafficking for sexual exploitation: Maggie’s case

June 16, 2022

In Malawi, one in every five women girls is at risk of sexual violence and abuse and 42% of girls experience physical violenc...

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Day of the African Child: Partnering to end FGM in West Africa

June 16, 2022

We believe people working together can change the world. In West Africa, we’re proud to be a part of a movement working to ...

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Demanding justice in Nepal: How statutes of limitations impede access to justice for survivors of sexual violence

June 2, 2022

Activists in Nepal took to the streets on Friday, May 20, calling for an end to Nepal’s restrictive statute of limitati...

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Dear President Bio, Please Ban Female Genital Mutilation in Sierra Leone

June 1, 2022

This letter was originally published in The Nation on June 1, 2022. Dear President Bio We, women’s rights actors living and...

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Family Laws in MENA Fail to Protect Women and Girls

May 12, 2022

As the world celebrates the International Day of Families on May 15th, millions of women and girls across the Middle East and...

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Misogynistic online abuse poses major threat to women journalists

May 3, 2022

Women journalists around the world are experiencing an exponential increase in misogynistic online abuse, which poses a grave...

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The Adult Survivors Act would Bring Justice to Thousands of New Yorkers

April 27, 2022

The Adult Survivors Act is proposed legislation in New York State that would create a one year look back window to allow indi...

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A Universal Declaration on Digital Rights: Your questions answered

April 26, 2022

Earlier in April, the panelists for our webinar, ”Protecting people’s rights in the digital age: The case for a Universal...

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Yasmeen Hassan to step down as Global Executive Director of Equality Now

April 22, 2022

A statement from the Equality Now Board of Directors: It is with a great deal of sadness and pride that we are announcing the...

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A life’s work: All in the name of equality

April 22, 2022

As Yasmeen Hassan steps down as Global Executive Director of Equality Now after ten years in the role, we take a look back at...

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Sexual Violence and Intersectionality: Demanding access to justice for women with disabilities in Kyrgyzstan

April 20, 2022

Survivors with disabilities face additional barriers when trying to access justice. In Kyrgyzstan and throughout Eurasia this...