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United States – Joint submission to the Human Rights Committee (CCPR) 125th Session March 2019

June 2, 2019

The submission focuses on the need for equality of women to be explicitly enshrined in the U.S. Constitution; child marr...

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Mistreatment and violence against women during reproductive care – Equality Now joint submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, Its Causes and Consequences, 2019

May 20, 2019

Equality Now, CLADEM and ANDHES submitted the following was submitted to the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women ...

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Bolivia – Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review 2019

April 11, 2019

The submission details our concerns regarding Bolivia’s failure to protect adolescent girls from sexual violence and provid...

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Iraq – Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review 2019

April 11, 2019

The submission deals with our concern in regard to the need for the repeal of Article 398 of the Iraqi’s Penal Code No. 111...

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Egypt UPR Submission 2019

April 11, 2019

This submission details our concerns regarding Egypt’s treatment of Women Human Rights Defenders, discriminatory provisions...

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Kazakhstan – Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review 34th Session October 2019

April 11, 2019

The submission deals with our concerns with regard to laws related to rape and other forms of sexual violence and practices w...

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United States – Equality Now’s Comment on NPRM Title IX 2018

January 28, 2019

Equality Now’s comment on Docket No. ED-2018-OCR-0064, RIN 1870–AA14, Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Educat...

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Roadblocks To Justice: How The Law Is Failing Survivors Of Sexual Violence In Eurasia

January 16, 2019

Released in January 2019, this report contains a general overview of the laws on sexual violence in the 15 countries of the f...

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Sudan – Equality Now submission to the Human Rights Committee (CCPR) 124th Session October 2018

September 7, 2018

The submission respectfully urges the Committee to recommend to Sudan to comprehensively amend Article 149 of its 1991 Crimin...

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Russia – Submission to the Committee against Torture at its 64th Session 2018

August 10, 2018

The submission deals with our concern about human rights violations faced by women and girls in the Russian Federation, ...

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Liberia Human Rights Committee Submission 2018

July 30, 2018

The submission, based on consultation with Equality Now’s partners in Liberia including Women Solidarity Incorporated (WOSI...

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Bahrain CCPR Submission 2018

July 20, 2018

This submission deals with our concerns, as previously raised in our submission for the Adoption of the List of Issues for Ba...