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Using the Convention on the Rights of the Child to promote gender equality

November 14, 2019

International law is the foundation of Equality Now’s work to ensure all women and girls are able to live safe, fearles...

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Beijing Platform for Action: 25 Years On

November 6, 2019

Since 1999, Equality Now has updated Words & Deeds every five years. The report highlights explicitly sex discriminatory ...

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Tanzania: Landmark ruling against child marriage upheld

October 23, 2019

In October 2019 the Tanzania Court of Appeal upheld the landmark 2016 ruling by the High Court against child marriage.  “W...

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Russia is failing in its obligations to protect women from domestic and sexual violence

October 20, 2019

Recent rulings by both the UN Committee tasked with monitoring the implementation the Convention on the Elimination of all Fo...

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Equality Now Recommends 🎬📚🎧

October 17, 2019

What are you reading or listening to these days? Do you find yourself at the end of a good book or an interesting podcast an...

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Poverty is sexist

October 17, 2019

Across almost every economy in the world, women earn less than men. According to a 2017 Oxfam report, globally women earn 24 ...

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Georgia: Calling on Mtavari Arkhi to improve reporting on sexual violence

October 9, 2019

Equality Now calls upon Georgian TV channel Mtavari Arkhi to adhere to human rights standards when reporting on sexual violen...

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Celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month!

September 30, 2019

September 15-October 15 is National Hispanic Heritage Month in the United States. For generations, our sisters from Latin Ame...

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Addressing the Problem of Forced Child Pregnancy in Argentina

September 28, 2019

Equality Now joined five Argentine women’s and children’s rights organizations in Washington, DC to urge the Inter-Americ...

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Equality Now & Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments: Partnership Highlights

September 27, 2019

At the beginning of September we were honored to launched a partnership with Margaret Atwood, Fane Productions, and VINTAGE a...

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UN Human Rights Council: Free Saudi Activists

September 23, 2019

States call on Saudi Arabia to improve its Human Rights record. Australia has delivered a joint statement at the UN in Genev...

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Equality Now Recommends – Special Literary Edition! 📚📚📚

September 8, 2019

It’s time for your latest round up of recommendations from our staff and supporters that act as a megaphone to women’...