Climate change in Malawi is putting women and girls at greater risk of sexual and gender-based violence
April 24, 2023
By Tsitsi Matekaire and Tara Carey It is often those least responsible for causing climate change that suffer the most from t...
Ending discrimination against women in family law is vital for economic progress
April 18, 2023
By Hyshyama Hamin, Campaign Manager, Global Campaign for Equality in Family Law Discriminatory family laws and policies that ...
Let Girls Learn: What happened after Sierra Leone lifted the ban on pregnant girls attending school?
March 30, 2023
Three years ago today, President Julius Maada Bio announced that the Government of Sierra Leone had lifted the ban prohibitin...
Equality Now’s Statement on the Denial of Entry Into Georgia of Its Legal Advisor
March 30, 2023
On March 28 2023, Equality Now’s Eurasia Legal Advisor, Dariana Gryaznova, who has been working with us since September 202...
ChatGPT-4 reinforces sexist stereotypes by stating a girl cannot “handle technicalities and numbers” in engineering
March 23, 2023
OpenAI’s artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT-4 has impressive capabilities and the potential to benefit and reshape soc...
South Sudan’s President takes Positive Steps Toward the Ratification of the Maputo Protocol
March 22, 2023
There is cause for celebration this Women’s History Month in South Sudan. On February 24, 2023, the President of South Suda...
CSW67 Offers A First Look at a Digital Gender Equal Future
March 21, 2023
The sixty-seventh session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW67), the largest annual meeting on gender equality hos...
International Day of Happiness: What Brings Us Joy at Equality Now
March 20, 2023
March 20th marks the International Day of Happiness, celebrated by the UN to recognize the importance of happiness in the liv...
One More Step, Madam President
March 19, 2023
Dear President Samia Suluhu Hassan, congratulations on the second anniversary of your presidency in Tanzania. Indeed under yo...
Digital Inclusion is Vital for Strengthening Women’s Rights in Africa
March 16, 2023
By S.Mona Sinha, Global Executive Director at Equality Now The internet has a pivotal role to play in empowering women and gi...
CSW67 Week One: The urgent need for the Global Digital Compact
March 13, 2023
The sixty-seventh session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York is underway. During the first week, we c...
Helvi Sipilä Keynote Address: Women’s human rights and technological innovations
March 9, 2023
Equality Now’s Global Executive Director, S. Mona Sinha gave the following remarks as the keynote address at the 17th I...