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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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India – Submission to the Human Rights Committee (CCPR) 126th session July 2019

May 30, 2019

The submission focuses on the discrimination and violence faced by women and girls in India, particularly around Fe...

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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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US House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Testimony 2019

May 17, 2019

This testimony was submitted to the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties&n...

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Pennsylvania House Testimony in Support of HB360: Ending Child Marriage

May 9, 2019

Equality Now’s May 2019 testimony to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in support of a bill to end child marria...

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United Kingdom – joint submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women 72nd Session February 2019

April 15, 2019

The joint submission focuses on the issue of trafficking and exploitation of the prostitution of women and girls as a fo...

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

April 11, 2019

The submission deals with our concern about the discrimination and inequality faced by women in the United States in contrave...

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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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Trafficking in the context of global migration – Equality Now submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women 2019

March 15, 2019

Read Equality Now’s submission in response to the CEDAW committee draft General Recommendation on Trafficking in Women ...