Ending Male Violence: Joint letter to the Prime Minister of the UK
March 23, 2021
Today 97 specialist organizations supporting survivors of violence against women and girls across the United Kingdom have wri...
Remembering Nawal El Saadawi
March 22, 2021
On Sunday, Egyptian writer Nawal El Saadawi died at the age of 89. Author of over 55 books, El Saadawi was a prominent femini...
Feminist Leadership at the United Nations – Gender Equality Within and Without
March 19, 2021
When the United Nations was founded in 1945, the principle of equality for all – regardless of sex, race, language, or reli...
Where to find Equality Now at CSW65
March 4, 2021
All activities will be virtual for CSW65, but Equality Now will be just as present as ever. The 65th Commission on the Status...
Legal Equality is a Prerequisite for Economic Recovery
March 1, 2021
From record rates of unemployment to interruptions in the supply chain and lower demand for goods and services, COVID19 has b...
For International Women’s Day Let’s Pledge to Eradicate Inequality in the Law
February 28, 2021
By any standard, 2020 was a devastating year– not least of all for women and girls who disproportionately bore the brun...
JOINT STATEMENT: Equality Now and partners welcome the release of two Saudi WHRDs and call on releasing others
February 11, 2021
Equality Now and partners including Free Saudi Activists Coalition welcome the release of two women human rights de...
The European Union must show leadership in tackling spiralling problem of online child sexual exploitation
February 9, 2021
The 2021 theme for Safer Internet Day is “Together for a better internet,” and it calls for “all stakeholders...
No Time for Inaction: female genital mutilation is global, but so is the movement to end it
February 3, 2021
According to official UNICEF figures, female genital mutilation (FGM) affects at least 200 million women and girls in 31 coun...
Building Back Equal In 2021
January 20, 2021
We wish that today was not a historically monumental one. We wish the fact that a woman will be sworn in as the Vice-Presiden...
Activism is not terrorism: Free Saudi Activists Coalition condemns the sentencing of Saudi women’s rights defender Loujain AlHathloul
December 28, 2020
Today, Saudi Arabia’s Specialised Criminal Court sentenced Saudi women’s human rights defender Loujain AlHathloul to 5 ye...
Moments of light in the darkness: Progress towards gender equality in 2020
December 22, 2020
To mark the end of an unprecedented year we’ve rounded up some moments of light amongst the darkness in the fight for gende...