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...
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...
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...
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 ...
Words and Deeds: Holding Governments Accountable in the Beijing+20 Review Process
March 7, 2015
In 1995, at the historic United Nations 4th World Conference on Women in Beijing, governments from around the world agreed on...
Jurisprudence on Sexual Offences Proposals to Close the Gaps for the Prosecution of Rape in Sudan
January 7, 2014
This report complements Equality Now and partner advocacy in Sudan aimed at getting clarity and guidance in the law to addres...
Protecting the Girl Child: Using the Law to End Child, Early and Forced Marriage and Related Human Rights Violations
January 7, 2014
Building on the body of Equality Now’s work for the protection of girls and women’s rights, this report illustrates the i...