A Critical Ally: Why the Media Matters in the Global Movement to End FGM
October 7, 2022
Gender-sensitive, accurate, and constructive reporting on female genital mutilation (FGM) can trigger positive outcomes. It c...
World Teachers Day: Will Tanzania heed the call to let girls learn?
October 5, 2022
As the world marks World Teachers’ Day, we cannot help but reflect on the staggering number of 120,000 girls annually in Ta...
Woman, Life, Freedom: A Statement of Solidarity with Women in Iran
September 30, 2022
An update following the 35th Special Session of the Human Rights Council An update: 15th November 2022 Equality Now continu...
Our Stand on the Non-Authentication of Nepal’s Gender-Progressive Citizenship Amendment Bill by the President
September 28, 2022
The Forum for Women, Law and Development (FWLD), Nepal, and Equality Now express disappointment over the refusal by Nepal’s...
Equality Now and its partners welcome the call by UN Special Rapporteurs to the Government of Sierra Leone to take action to end female genital mutilation
September 15, 2022
The UN Special Rapporteurs Reem Alsalem, Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequence...
The State We’re In: Sex discriminatory nationality laws in the Americas region
August 17, 2022
Our updated report found that there are six countries in the Americas region with nationality laws that discriminate on the b...
Annual Day Against Sexual Violence in Bolivia comes with some hope this year
August 9, 2022
August 9th is the National Day of Solidarity with Victims of Sexual Violence and Against Sexual Violence of Girls, Boys, and...
The State We’re In: Sex-Discriminatory Nationality Laws in Asia
August 5, 2022
At the start of the year 2022, eight Asian countries – Bangladesh, Malaysia, Brunei, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sing...
Partner Voices: Working to end sex trafficking and secure access to justice in Malawi
July 29, 2022
This Saturday marks World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, an annual day marked by the United Nations, governments, and ci...
The State We’re In: Sex discriminatory nationality laws in Sub-Saharan Africa
July 27, 2022
Despite Africa as a region being home to one of the most progressive women’s human rights instruments in the world, there a...
The State We’re In: Sex discriminatory nationality laws in the MENA region
July 20, 2022
In 2022, four years after the Arab League’s endorsement of the Arab Declaration on Belonging and Identity, the Middle E...
HRC 50 Resolution on the Elimination of FGM – A Timely and Critical Focus on Cross-Border Practices
July 14, 2022
The Resolution on the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) was adopted by consensus at the 50th session of the UN H...