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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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Breathing Life into the Maputo Protocol: Case Digest – Jurisprudence on the Rights of Women and Girls in Africa

April 7, 2018

This Digest aims to promote the use of one of the world’s most comprehensive and progressive human rights instruments ̵...

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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...

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Paraguay CEDAW Submission 2017

November 20, 2017

This submission deals with Paraguay’s obligation to address its high prevalence of sexual violence and forced pregnanc...

Toolkits & Manuals

Litigating Before The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights: A Practice Manual

November 7, 2017

We have developed this manual following requests from lawyers who have benefited from training on using the African Protocol ...

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The World’s Shame: The Global Rape Epidemic

November 7, 2017

Around the world, rape and sexual abuse are everyday violent occurrences — affecting close to a billion women and girls...

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Jordan – Equality Now submission to the Human Rights Committee (CCPR) 121st Session October 2017

November 1, 2017

This submission details our concern about the sex-based discrimination against Jordanian women married to foreigners who...

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Russia – Equality Now submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review 30th Session April 2017

October 20, 2017

The submission details our concerns regarding laws in the Russian Federation relating to domestic violence and rape; sex...

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Russia – Equality Now Submission to Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 2017

October 20, 2017

The submission focuses on the continued violations of women’s rights in the Russian Federation. In particular, we respectfu...