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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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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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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...

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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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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...

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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...

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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....