What’s happening with the FGM law in the Gambia?
July 8, 2024
The law against female genital mutilation (FGM) in the Gambia is at risk. Current attempts to repeal the anti-FGM law were ig...
The Unfulfilled Promise Of Equal Rights For Women And Girls In The U.S.
July 4, 2024
While the United States celebrates Independence Day, many Americans remain unaware that the human rights of women and girls a...
Where you’ll find Equality Now at the Fifth Session of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
June 27, 2024
The Regional Conference on Population and Development of Latin America and the Caribbean will convene its fifth session in Ca...
Where you’ll find Equality Now at the United Nations Human Rights Council 56th Session
June 24, 2024
The fifty-sixth session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) at the United Nations in Geneva takes place from J...
5 Things You Should Know About Widows’ Rights in the MENA Region
June 23, 2024
Today, 23 June, is International Widows Day, a day to draw attention to the voices and experiences of widows and to galvanize...
The Belém do Pará Convention at 30: Commitments to Accelerate its Implementation at the XI Conference of States Parties
June 21, 2024
The IX Conference of States Parties to the Follow-up Mechanism to the Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment...
Leveraging Sexual Violence Laws for Survivor Justice: Rethinking Accountability
June 20, 2024
During a recent LinkedIn Live event hosted by Equality Now titled “Leveraging Sexual Violence Laws for Survivor Justice...
Women As Weapons of War: The Role of International Mechanisms to Eliminate Sexual Violence in Conflict
June 19, 2024
As we commemorate the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, warring parties must make it clea...
Declaration of the Regional Follow-Up Articulation to the Belém do Pará Convention presented at the IX Conference of States Parties
June 17, 2024
The Regional Follow-Up Articulation to the Belém do Pará Convention, which was established by networks and civil society or...
Day of the African Child: Spotlighting our partners across Africa
June 16, 2024
Those who are best placed to address gender inequality are often the people whom it most profoundly affects and who understan...
Day of the African Child: It’s time to let girls learn
June 14, 2024
June 16 marks the Day of the African Child, a day to celebrate the children across Africa and renew commitments to addressing...
The Belém do Pará Convention at 30: Understanding the impact on women’s rights in the Americas
June 7, 2024
Governments, civil society, and other international actors are gathering in Chile in the Conference of States Parties of the ...