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30 July 2026

Moldova: Joint Stakeholder Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review 54th Session of the UPR Working Group of the Human Rights Council

Read our joint UN submission calling on Moldova to strengthen laws, access to justice and survivor support to address gender-based violence against women and girls, including those facing intersecting discrimination.

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End sexual violence Europe and Central Asia

30 July 2026

Ukraine: Joint Stakeholder Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review 54th Session of the UPR Working Group of the Human Rights Council

Read our joint UN submission assessing Ukraine’s progress, gaps and measures needed to strengthen responses to gender-based violence against women and girls, including in the context of ongoing armed conflict.

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End sexual violence Europe and Central Asia

30 July 2026

Submissions on the ACHPR draft declaration on the promotion of the role of human and peoples’ rights defenders and their protection in Africa

Equality Now and joint civil society organisations submitted recommendations to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) on its Draft Declaration on the Promotion of the Role of Human and Peoples’ Rights Defenders and Their Protection in Africa. The submission calls for stronger protections for human rights defenders, particularly women human rights defenders, and urges the Commission to ensure that the Declaration is grounded in binding human rights standards, refrains from the anti-rights language of vague ‘African values and traditions’, strengthens civic space, p…

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From discrimination in the law to ending sexual violence and harmful practices, explore resources from our worldwide expert team.

Achieve legal equality

In every part of the world, women and girls are prevented from fully participating in society by discrimination in the law.

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End child marriage

Child, early, and forced marriage and unions (CEFMU) affect millions of girls globally.

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End female genital mutilation

Female genital mutilation (FGM) affects at least 230 million women and girls globally.

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End harmful practices

Harmful practices, including female genital mutilation and child marriage, deny millions of women and girls their fundamental rights.

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End online sexual exploitation and abuse

The internet and digital technology have opened new possibilities for human progress and also new opportunities for harm.

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End sexual exploitation

The sexual exploitation and abuse of women and girls, in both physical and digital spaces, is on a disturbing upward trajectory.

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End sexual violence

Sexual violence is a human rights violation that impacts millions of people around the world. The vast majority of victims are women and girls, while almost all perpetrators are men.

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Family law

The laws that restrict women’s property, marriage and inheritance rights are among the least reformed areas of law globally.

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Nationality law

Women in over 45 countries still cannot pass their nationality to children or spouses on equal terms with men.

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22 September 2025

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Global backlash against women’s and girls’ rights – Words and Deeds update, September 2025

Equality Now’s Words & Deeds 2025 update highlights rising global threats to women’s and girls’ rights, including regressive laws, misuse of multilateral systems, increased risks for defenders and disinformation, documenting legal and policy rollbacks that undermine gender equality.

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Reports Achieve legal equality Global

9 September 2025

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Reforming rape laws in Arab States: A comparative analysis of legal frameworks across 22 LAS countries

A ground-breaking legal analysis of rape laws in 22 Arab States, calling for consent-based legal reforms and justice-centred accountability for survivors.

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Reports End sexual violence Middle East and North Africa

4 March 2025

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Words and Deeds: Holding governments accountable in the Beijing+30 review process

This is the sixth edition in our Words & Deeds series that exposes how governments have failed to repeal or amend sex-discriminatory laws and highlights the urgent reforms to achieve full legal equality for women and girls.

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