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Submissions

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...

Submissions

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...

Submissions

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...

Submissions

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...

Publications

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...

Court Documents

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...

Publications

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...

Toolkits & Manuals

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...

Publications

The State We’re In: Ending Sexism in Nationality Laws

January 7, 2016

Our 2016 report, which was sent to the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, documents a wide range of harmful...

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Learning From Cases of Girls’ Rights

November 7, 2015

Representing the knowledge gained from cases undertaken as part of Equality Now’s Adolescent Girls’ Legal Defense Fund (A...

Publications

Prevalence of FGM in England and Wales

July 7, 2015

This report contains estimates of the numbers of women with female genital mutilation (FGM) living in England and Wales, the ...