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Information on Tajikistan for consideration by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women at its 87th Session -December 2023

January 10, 2024

We respectfully submit this report for consideration during the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women ...

Submissions

Input for SR VAWG’s report on violence against women and children in custody cases in Latin America and the Caribbean December 2022  

October 12, 2023

Equality Now, Sisma Mujer, CLADEM, Asociación Civil El Paso, Asociación de Mujeres de Guatemala AMG, DEMOS, Pan American De...

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Mexico- Submission to the Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) at its 88th Pre-Session Working Group September 2023

September 21, 2023

This submission highlights the failure by the State of its duty to develop and comply with its obligations under the Conventi...

Submissions

Kyrgyzstan – Additional information for Consideration by the Committee on the Rights of the Child at its 94th Session September 2023

August 14, 2023

This submission reiterates the concluding observations issued by this Committee at its last review of Kyrgyzstan and specific...

Court Documents

Equality Now Submits an Amicus Brief in Brazil to Promote the Enforcement of International Standards in the Case of Thelma Fardin, a Victim of Teenage Rape

July 31, 2023

Equality Now filed an Amicus Curiae before a Federal Regional Court in Brazil regarding the case of Thelma Inés Fardin, an A...

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Mexico- Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review At Its 44th session of the UPR Working Group of the Human Rights Council July 2023

July 18, 2023

This submission outlines some of the continuing challenges in the criminal justice system and the legislation of Mexico in ad...

Court Documents

Amicus Brief in Favour of Brisa Before the Supreme Court of Colombia

July 14, 2023

Equality Now and Comunidad de Derechos Humanos filed an amicus curiae brief before the Labor Chamber of the Supreme Court of ...

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Georgia- Information on Georgia for consideration by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women at its 84th Session January 2023

June 22, 2023

This joint submission highlights the failure of Georgia to comply with its duty to provide equal protection under the law to ...

Submissions

Uzbekistan – Submission to the UN universal periodic review 44th session of the UPR working group of the human rights council April 2023

June 22, 2023

Our joint submission outlines the challenges in the implementation of international norms and standards and the legislation o...

Submissions

Russia – Submission To the UN Universal Periodic Review 44th Session of the UPR Working Group of the Human Rights Council April 2023

June 12, 2023

Our joint submission outlines the challenges in the implementation of international norms and standards and the national legi...

Publications

Sexual Violence and Disability in Kyrgyzstan: Law, Policy, Practice and Access to Justice

May 28, 2023

Globally, an estimated 736 million women have been subjected to physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence, non-partner...

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Regional Mapping and Assessment on the Enforcement of Laws on Ending Violence against Women and Girls

March 23, 2023

Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is prevalent in Africa, occurring in both public and private spheres during peacetime...