Lebanon – Equality Now joint submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child 75th Session May 2017
June 15, 2017
The submission expresses our concern about human rights violations faced by children in Lebanon, focusing on Lebanon’s obli...
Equality Now Statement to the UN HRC: Legal Review & Reforms Needed To End Sexual Violence
May 22, 2017
The United Nations’ 35th Human Rights Council Session took place in Geneva, Switzerland from 6 – 23 June 2017. Eq...
Lebanon – Equality Now submission to the Committee against Torture (CAT) 60th Session May 2017
May 15, 2017
The submission focuses on Lebanon’s obligation under Article 1 (non-discrimination) and Article 2 (obligation to prevent to...
Jordan – Equality Now submission to the Human Rights Committee (CCPR) 119th Session March 2017
April 11, 2017
The submission deals with our concern about the exemption from punishment under the Jordanian Penal Code of offenders, includ...
2016 Violence Against Girls: Summit on FGM/C report
December 7, 2016
In December 2016, Equality Now, Safe Hands for Girls, The United States Institute of Peace, and the US Network to End FGM/C c...
Amicus Curiae in the case of Lynch v. Morales-Santana at the US Supreme Court
October 3, 2016
On 3 October 2016, Equality Now, Human Rights Watch, and eight other international human rights organizations and institution...
GIRL MOTHERS: Forced child pregnancy and motherhood in Latin America and the Caribbean by CLADEM
February 7, 2016
Tens of thousands of girls are raped and become pregnant across Latin America every year. The ages of these girls show that t...
Litigation and Advocacy Tool to End Harmful Practices
January 7, 2016
Created by Equality Now, the Centre for Human Rights University of Pretoria and the Solidarity for African Women’s Righ...