Status of women’s and girls’ rights in Kenya, 26 years after Kenya committed to the promotion of gender equality
July 30, 2021
NAIROBI/LONDON/WASHINGTON D.C. July 30, 2021 - It has been more than 26 years now since more than 180 governments, includin...
#EndCasteBasedSexualViolence campaign launched by National Council of Women Leaders
July 19, 2021
INDIA, July 19, 2021: National Council of Women Leaders (NCWL) is a newly established coalition bringing together from acro...
Rape laws across South Asia insufficient, inconsistent, and poorly enforced, leaving women at heightened risk of sexual violence
April 21, 2021
INDIA, New Delhi, April 21 - A new report reveals how laws on rape in South Asian countries are insufficient, inconsistent, a...
Women’s rights organizations challenge Mali’s lack of anti FGM law at the ECOWAS Court of Justice
April 12, 2021
ABUJA, NIGERIA, April 12, 2021 – Leading women’s rights organizations have jointly filed a case at the Economic Community...
Kenya’s High Court rules anti-FGM law is constitutional: A jubilant day for girls and women in Kenya
March 17, 2021
NAIROBI, Kenya, March 17 – A three-judge bench of the High Court in Nairobi has upheld and validated the constitutionality...
Child marriage is a serious problem in Georgia, survivors are calling for change
December 7, 2020
GEORGIA, TBILISI, December 7, 2020 - Georgia has one of the highest rates of child marriage in Eastern Europe, but the prob...
India’s justice system is failing survivors of caste-based sexual violence
November 24, 2020
NEW DELHI, INDIA, Nov 25, 2020 – A new report reveals how India’s justice system is failing survivors of caste-based sex...
Court case filed against Tanzania to overturn ban on pregnant girls attending school
November 19, 2020
NAIROBI, KENYA, Nov 19, 2020 - International women’s rights organization Equality Now alongside its partner in Tanzania, ha...
Campaigners demand government action on epidemic of caste-based sexual violence in Uttar Pradesh
October 3, 2020
Over 75 human rights organizations sign an open letter to Uttar Pradesh’s Chief Minister over failure to protect Dalit ...
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights to hear landmark case on endemic sexual violence of adolescent girls in Bolivia
August 11, 2020
LA PAZ, BOLIVIA/NEW YORK, NEW YORK, August 11, 2020 - On August 7th, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) a...
Equality Now calls on Mali to take urgent action to protect girls and women from female genital mutilation
July 6, 2020
BAMOKO, July 6, 2020 - Equality Now welcomes the comprehensive and timely report by the Committee on the Elimination of D...
Victory for girls in Sierra Leone as the government lifts the ban that prohibits pregnant schoolgirls from attending school
March 30, 2020
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, March 30 – The government of Sierra Leone has finally lifted the discriminatory ban that prohibits...