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Legislating on Sexual Violence with a Consent-Based Approach in Latin America and the Caribbean

November 27, 2024

The Policy Brief for Legislating on Sexual Violence with a Consent-Based Approach, a publication by Equality Now and ParlAmé...

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Barriers to Justice: Rape in Africa, Law, Practice, and Access to Justice

November 25, 2024

This groundbreaking report on rape in Africa analyzes sexual violence laws and law enforcement practices across 47 countries ...

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Breathing Life into the Maputo Protocol: Jurisprudence on the Rights of Women and Girls in Africa – 2nd Edition

November 25, 2024

This Case Digest is a resource for legal practitioners looking to apply the Maputo Protocol in strategic litigation in nation...

Submissions

Malaysia – Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child 100th Pre-Sessional Working Group, September 2025

November 21, 2024

Equality Now joined Advocates for Non-discrimination and Access to Knowledge (ANAK), Association of Family Support & Welf...

Fact Sheets

I need the ERA because…the voice of the US legal profession endorses it!

October 16, 2024

In August 2024, The American Bar Association, the largest national volunteer association of lawyers in the world, adopted&nbs...

Submissions

Kyrgyzstan – Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review 49th Session, October 2024

October 11, 2024

Equality Now and its partners – Public Association Bir Duino-Kyrgyzstan, Public Association Union of People with Disa...

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Breaking Barriers: Addressing Child, Early and Forced Marriage in Eurasia

October 10, 2024

This report examines child, early, and forced marriages (CEFM) in seven Eurasian countries—Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ky...

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Ending Child, Early And Forced Marriages And Unions In Argentina: Legal And Policy Frameworks

October 9, 2024

This report, developed by Equality Now in collaboration with CLADEM, examines the legal and policy frameworks surrounding chi...

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Questions for Equality: Your 2024 United States Election Guide

October 2, 2024

Bodily autonomy, the rape epidemic, gaps in equal pay, receiving and providing paid care, and protections from child marriage...

Submissions

Georgia – Third Party Intervention before the European Court of Human Rights, September 2024

September 25, 2024

Equality Now and the European Human Rights Advocacy Centre submitted a joint third-party intervention before the European Cou...

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Protecting Rights and Unleashing Potential for Girls: The Exit Report of the Former African Union Goodwill Ambassador on Ending Child Marriages

September 19, 2024

Child marriage has major detrimental impacts on millions of girls annually. According to UNICEF, 650 million girls and women ...