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The American Bar Association Backs the Equal Rights Amendment – Here’s Why You Should Too

October 30, 2024

By Anastasia Law, North America Program Officer, Equality Now New York, New York, October 30, 2024 – The U.S. Constitution ...

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Troubling sexual violence cases spark a pledge for an Anti-GBV taskforce in South Sudan

October 30, 2024

Hon. Aya Benjamin Warille, Minister of Gender, Child & Social Welfare (South Sudan) receives a copy of the Maputo Protoco...

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Ben Stiller’s Daughter Ella Gives Him a Lesson on Equality

October 21, 2024

New York, NY, October 17, 2024 — Acclaimed actor, comedian, and director Ben Stiller took to the stage with daughter Ella a...

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Traditions, discrimination, and poverty are driving child and forced marriage in Eurasia

October 10, 2024

Baku, Azerbaijan, October 10, 2024 – Child, early, and forced marriages (CEFM) remain a pervasive and under-addressed issue...

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Colombia’s Senate to vote on landmark bill to end child marriage

October 8, 2024

By Sandra Ramirez, Legal and Advocacy Advisor for Latin America and the Caribbean at Equality Now Colombia, Bogota, October 8...

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To tackle sex trafficking in Kenya, Judges launch first-ever bench book

September 13, 2024

NAIROBI, Kenya September 13, 2024-  Kenya continues to have one of the highest rates of human trafficking in Africa, with tr...

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Collective action is needed to tackle sexual violence in South Asia

July 9, 2024

Nepal, July 9, 2024: A new coalition of seventeen civil society organisations is urging South Asian countries to take immedia...

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Women in Africa face discrimination in family laws

May 15, 2024

Nairobi, Kenya, May 15, 2024: Discrimination against women and girls remains widespread in family laws across Africa, finds n...

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Trial of ex-minister for wife’s murder triggers much-needed reckoning on domestic violence in Kazakhstan

May 13, 2024

UK, London,  May 13, 2024 –  In 2017, Kazakhstan decriminalized beatings and other acts causing “minor” p...

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Sexual violence in the metaverse has a real-world impact on victims 

April 30, 2024

USA, New York, April 30, 2024 – In the immersive digital realm of the metaverse, female-presenting avatars are far more...

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Lack of legal protections against doxing is putting women at greater risk of online stalking and harassment

February 28, 2024

USA, New York, February 28, 2024 – The absence of national and international laws specifically addressing doxing poses ...

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Growing pandemic of deepfake image-based sexual exploitation requires an urgent response from lawmakers

January 26, 2024

USA, New York, January 25, 2024 – The production of deepfake image-based sexual abuse is proliferating at an exponentia...