Women in Sudan: Silenced by War, Abandoned by Law
April 3, 2025
By Mumbi Mugo, Program Officer, Legal Equality and Esther Waweru, Senior Legal Advisor, Legal Equality Forced to Flee: The Un...
Sexual Assault Awareness Month: 5 Things You Should Know About Sexual Violence
April 1, 2025
April marks Sexual Assault Awareness Month, a moment to stand with survivors, confront harmful norms, and spotlight the syste...
The Defamation Dilemma: How Reputation Protection Laws Can Harm Survivors
March 28, 2025
An interview with Tamar Dekanosidze, Human Rights Lawyer and Eurasia Regional Representative at Equality Now In the complex l...
Kyrgyzstan Lifts Professional Bans for Women
March 26, 2025
Kyrgyzstan’s decision to lift professional bans for women marks a significant commitment to strengthening gender equality i...
FGM and Gender-Affirming Care Are Not the Same—Why Clear Distinctions Matter in Connecticut’s Hearing
March 24, 2025
Right now in Connecticut, testimony is underway on S.B. 1438, a bill to prohibit female genital mutilation (FGM). Unfortunate...
Equality Now Statement on Canada’s Signing of Belém do Pará Convention
March 14, 2025
Equality Now wholeheartedly welcomes the Government of Canada’s decision to sign the Organization of American States’ Int...
Saudi Arabia’s New Personal Status Law: A Step Forward for Women’s Rights, But Is It Enough?
March 12, 2025
In February, Saudi Arabia introduced new Personal Status Law regulations, enhancing women’s legal autonomy by limiting ...
Holding the Line – Key Insights from our International Women’s Day Webinar
March 11, 2025
To mark International Women’s Day 2025, Equality Now held a virtual event to discuss global trends, including threats t...
The Global Rollback on Human Rights: Why Legal Equality Still Matters
March 7, 2025
Thirty years after the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, while there has been some progress toward...
Beijing+30: Governments Must Deliver on Their Legal Equality Commitments
March 4, 2025
Three decades after the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, progress on legal equality remains dange...
The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action at 30: Five Things You Should Know
March 3, 2025
Thirty years ago, Equality Now was there when the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action became a historic milestone for...
Where you’ll find Equality Now at CSW69
February 28, 2025
The sixty-ninth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) at the United Nations Headquarters in New York takes p...