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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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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 ...

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Ending Child, Early and Forced Marriages and Unions in Colombia

August 28, 2024

This Policy Brief advocates for essential reforms to combat child, early, and forced marriage and unions (CEFMU) in Colombia....

Submissions

Iran – Submission to the Human Rights Council  at the 48th Session of the Universal Periodic Review, January 2025

July 11, 2024

Equality Now and our partners The Centre for Supporters of Human Rights and Femena made this submission to the Working Group ...

Submissions

Information on Egypt for Consideration by the Committee on the Rights of the Child at its 96th Session, May 2024

April 22, 2024

We present this submission in advance of the 96th session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (‘the Committee’), ...

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Ending Child Marriages in Eastern and Southern Africa: A Multisectoral Approach

December 20, 2023

The underpinning principle of a multisectoral approach is an intentional, coordinated collaboration between relevant partners...

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The Solidarity Statement on Ending Child Marriage in Eastern and Southern Africa

November 2, 2023

While recognising the  importance of domesticating the SADC Model Law in Southern Africa, 34 civil society organizations...

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Malawi – Submission to ACERWC 42nd Session on Child Marriage and Child Sexual Exploitation October 2023

October 23, 2023

Our joint submission to the 42nd Ordinary Session of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child ...

Submissions

Iran- Information on the Islamic Republic of Iran for its review by the Human Rights Committee at the 139th Session September 2023

September 13, 2023

Equality Now, the Centre for Supporters of Human Rights (CSHR), and Femena present the following submission in advance of the...

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Ending Child Marriage in Eastern and Southern Africa: Challenges in Implementing Domestic Laws and the SADC Model Law on Child Marriage

August 22, 2023

The Eastern and Southern African region has some of the highest rates of child marriage in the world, with an estimated 31% o...

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Ending Child Marriage in Southern Africa: Gaps and Opportunities in the Legislative Frameworks

May 8, 2023

International human rights instruments such as the Convention on the Rights of Children (CRC), the African Charter on the Rig...