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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Building on Three Decades of Equality Now – Our Hopes for the Future of Women’s Rights
April 8, 2022
Earlier this week, we shared what some members of our global team are most proud of about the work they do every day to help ...
Together We Are Making Gender Equality Reality: Celebrating 30 Years of Equality Now
April 7, 2022
This week marks our 30th Anniversary, an exciting milestone for all of our supporters and for our team of experts across the ...
A Call for an Intersectional Feminist Informed Universal Declaration on Digital Rights
April 5, 2022
The Internet is in many ways a reflection of “real life” and thus structural inequalities, such as racism and misogyny th...