Ending Child Marriages in Southern Africa: Domesticating the SADC Model Law on Child Marriage
May 8, 2023
The SADC Model Law on Eradicating Child Marriage and Protecting Children Already in Marriage (‘Model Law’ or ‘SADC Mode...
Palestine – Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women – 85th Session 2022
October 4, 2022
Equality Now and YWCA Palestine present the following submission in advance of the 85th Pre-Sessional Working Group of the Co...
Iran – Submission to the Human Rights Committee 136th Session October 2022
September 9, 2022
This submission for consideration of the List of Issues for Iran covers our concerns regarding about sex discriminatory perso...
I need the ERA because…a girl is not a wife – Child marriage
August 26, 2022
It is estimated by Unchained at Last that about 300,000 children were married in the United States between 2000 and 2018, the...
Zambia – UPR Joint Submission 2022
July 14, 2022
This submission outlines the challenges in the implementation of international norms and standards and the legislation of Zam...
Sri Lanka – UPR Joint Submission 2022
July 13, 2022
During the previous UPR cycle, Sri Lanka received 39 recommendations to strengthen and improve measures regarding women’s r...
Declaration of the Youth Forum for the 4th LAC Regional Conference on Population and Development
June 30, 2022
An intersectional statement, signed by Equality Now partners and other youth organizations, urging governments to guarantee t...
CSO Declaration for the 4th LAC Regional Conference on Population and Development
June 30, 2022
A statement that details civil society organizations' concerns ahead of the upcoming (in 2023) 10 year anniversary of the Mon...
Georgia – Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child – 90th Session September 2021
July 6, 2021
This submission details our concerns with regard to access to justice for sexual violence against children and adolescen...
Courage: Survivors of child marriage in Georgia share their stories
December 7, 2020
This publication tells the stories of seven women, victims of violence, who were forced to marry as children. Some were able ...
Submissions to the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights (ACHPR) 66th Session 2020
July 23, 2020
Equality Now submitted the following statements to the 66th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and People...
Iraq – submission to Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 74th Session October 2019
October 2, 2019
This submission expresses concerns about the continued sex-based discrimination against Iraqi women married to fore...