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Female Genital Mutilation Amongst Sudanese migrants in Greater Cairo: Perceptions and Trends

May 12, 2025

How is migration impacting harmful practices? This report, developed with Tadwein for Gender Studies, investigates the experi...

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Intervention on the Activity Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women in Africa

May 6, 2025

Honourable Janet Ramatoulie Sallah-Njie, Vice Chairperson of the Commission & Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women i...

Submissions

INTERVENTION ON THE ACTIVITY REPORT OF THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS, INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS AND MIGRANTS IN AFRICA 

May 6, 2025

Hon. Commissioner Selma Sassi, the Special Rapporteur on Refugees, Asylum Seekers, Internally Displaced Persons and Migrants ...

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STATEMENT BY EQUALITY NOW ON THE OCCASION OF THE 83RD ORDINARY SESSION OF THE AFRICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES’ RIGHTS

May 6, 2025

Honourable Chairperson of the ACHPR, Commissioners, State-Party Representatives, National Human Rights Institutions present, ...

Toolkits & Manuals

Enhancing Gender Justice through Jurisprudence: Tools for Judicial Application of the Maputo Protocol

April 29, 2025

A Judicial Manual and Training Guide for Legal Practitioners across Africa The Protocol to the African Charter on Human and P...

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Exploring Legal Aid Mechanisms for Survivors of Sexual Violence: Lessons from South Asia

April 25, 2025

The South Asian Movement for Accessing Justice (SAMAJ) presents this regional report on legal aid systems in Bangladesh, Indi...

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Uzbekistan – Information for Consideration by the Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (CESCR) at its 77th Session in February 2025

April 22, 2025

Equality Now collaborated with NIHOL Initiative’s Development and Supporting Centre, Social Welfare and Education Center ...

Fact Sheets

Urgent Action Needed to Eradicate Female Genital Mutilation in Colombia

March 31, 2025

This policy brief urges the Colombian Congress to pass specific legislation to prevent, address, and eradicate Female Genital...

Submissions

Submission to the UN Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) for reference to the draft General Recommendation on Gender Stereotypes   

March 18, 2025

Equality Now made the below submission to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) Committ...

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Words & Deeds: Holding Governments Accountable in the Beijing+30 Review Process

March 4, 2025

Report summary Thirty years after the Beijing Declaration, legal inequality persists across the world. Words & Deeds: Hol...

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The Time is Now: End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting, An Urgent Need for Global Response 2025

February 25, 2025

Released in February 2025, The Time is Now: End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting, An Urgent Need for Global Response 2025 is...

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

November 27, 2024

The Guide for Legislating on Sexual Violence with a Consent-Based Approach, a publication by Equality Now and ParlAméricas, ...