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Bahrain – Equality Now submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 80th Session January 2019

February 10, 2019

The submission expresses our concern about human rights violations faced by children in Bahrain, particularly by the Bahraini...

Submissions

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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Mauritania – Equality Now joint submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 79th Session September 2018

October 15, 2018

The joint submission deals with our concerns regarding the continued violations against women and girls, including female gen...

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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...

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Palestine – Equality Now joint submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women 70th Session June 2018

June 15, 2018

This joint submission addresses articles 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 10, 12, 15, and 16 of the convention and encourages the committee to ...

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Lebanon – Equality Now joint submission to the Human Rights Committee (CCPR) 122nd Session March 2018

April 10, 2018

The submission focuses on Lebanon’s failure to fulfill its obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Politi...

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Nepal – Equality Now joint submission to the Committee on Eliminating Discrimination against Women 71st pre-sessional working group March 2018

March 10, 2018

The joint submission deals with our concern about prevailing gender discrimination against Nepali women, who are denied ...

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Bahamas – Equality Now joint submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women 71st Session October 2018

March 10, 2018

The joint submission deals with our concerns about prevailing gender discrimination in the Constitution of The Baha...

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Bahrain – Equality Now joint submission to the Human Rights Commission (CCPR) 121st Session October 2017

November 24, 2017

The submission deals with our concern about the sex-based discrimination against women under the law in Bahrain. The Citizens...