Skip to main content

Resources

Search our full library

Explore in-depth resources on women’s rights issues, including sexual violence, sexual exploitation, harmful practices, and legal discrimination from our expert network of lawyers and activists.

Publications

Ending Child, Early and Forced Marriages and Unions in Colombia

August 28, 2024

This Policy Brief advocates for essential reforms to combat child, early, and forced marriage and unions (CEFMU) in Colombia....

Submissions

Armenia – Information for Consideration by the Committee on the Rights of the Child at its 97th Session, August 2024

August 15, 2024

Equality Now, together with its partners based in Armenia – Sexual Assault Crisis Centre NGO, the Women’s Resource Ce...

Submissions

Uzbekistan – Communications with UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), August 2024 

August 1, 2024

Equality Now, in partnership with NGOs based in Uzbekistan – Istiqbolli Avlod, NIHOL Initiative’s Development and Sup...

Publications

Kenya Judicial Bench Book On Trafficking For Sexual Exploitation

July 29, 2024

In Kenya, trafficking in persons is prevalent, and trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation is one of the most comm...

Submissions

Ukraine – Sexual Violence and Stigmatisation of Victims – NGO Shadow Report on the Implementation of the Istanbul Convention in Ukraine, July 2024

July 18, 2024

Equality Now, together with the partners The European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC), Women’s  Initiatives for Gende...

Submissions

The Gambia – Submission to the Human Rights Council at the 48th Session of the Universal Periodic Review, July 2024

July 16, 2024

Equality Now and GAMCOTRAP make this joint submission to the Human Rights Council at the 48th Session of the Universal Period...

Submissions

Iran – Submission to the Human Rights Council  at the 48th Session of the Universal Periodic Review, January 2025

July 11, 2024

Equality Now and our partners The Centre for Supporters of Human Rights and Femena made this submission to the Working Group ...

Fact Sheets

I need the ERA because…paid care is a right – gender equality and the care economy

July 4, 2024

For more than a century, feminists have realized that omitting sex discrimination from the Constitution presents a major barr...

Publications

Sexual Violence in South Asia: Legal and Other Barriers to Justice for Survivors – 2024 Update

June 24, 2024

Our 2021 report,  Sexual Violence in South Asia: Legal and Other Barriers to Justice, co-authored by Equality Now and Di...

Submissions

Kyrgyzstan – submission to Kyrgyz Parliament not to include the list of professions prohibited for women into a new version of the Labour Code, June 2024

June 20, 2024

Equality Now sent its suggestions to the Kyrgyz Parliament regarding the draft of the new Labour Code, which was recently sub...

Submissions

Kyrgyzstan – Information for Consideration by the Committee Against Torture at its 81st Session, June 2024

June 20, 2024

Equality Now, together with the partners – The  Human Rights Movement Bir Duino-Kyrgyzstan and Positive Dialogue, ...

Publications

Gender Inequality In Family Laws In Africa: An Overview Of Key Trends In Select Countries

May 13, 2024

This Report assesses the current status of family laws in 20 African countries, analyzing their compliance with the Maputo Pr...