The State We’re In: Sex discriminatory nationality laws in the Americas region
August 17, 2022
Our updated report found that there are six countries in the Americas region with nationality laws that discriminate on the b...
Annual Day Against Sexual Violence in Bolivia comes with some hope this year
August 9, 2022
August 9th is the National Day of Solidarity with Victims of Sexual Violence and Against Sexual Violence of Girls, Boys, and...
The State We’re In: Sex-Discriminatory Nationality Laws in Asia
August 5, 2022
At the start of the year 2022, eight Asian countries – Bangladesh, Malaysia, Brunei, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sing...
Partner Voices: Working to end sex trafficking and secure access to justice in Malawi
July 29, 2022
This Saturday marks World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, an annual day marked by the United Nations, governments, and ci...
The State We’re In: Sex discriminatory nationality laws in Sub-Saharan Africa
July 27, 2022
Despite Africa as a region being home to one of the most progressive women’s human rights instruments in the world, there a...
The State We’re In: Sex discriminatory nationality laws in the MENA region
July 20, 2022
In 2022, four years after the Arab League’s endorsement of the Arab Declaration on Belonging and Identity, the Middle E...
HRC 50 Resolution on the Elimination of FGM – A Timely and Critical Focus on Cross-Border Practices
July 14, 2022
The Resolution on the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) was adopted by consensus at the 50th session of the UN H...
The reality of sex discrimination in nationality laws in a disrupted world
July 7, 2022
Under international law, everyone has the right to be born with a nationality – anywhere in the world – and to be secure ...
Our statement on the US Supreme Court’s Decision to overturn Roe v. Wade
June 24, 2022
Equality Now considers reproductive rights – including the right to bear or not to bear children – an integ...
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...
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...
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 ...