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Celebrating 20 Years of the Maputo Protocol – A Memoir

November 28, 2023

In commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights ...

Submissions

Kyrgyzstan – expert opinion to the Constitutional Court regarding the list of the prohibited professions for women, November 2023

November 17, 2023

Equality Now submitted an expert opinion to the  Constitutional Court of Kyrgyzstan in connection with the case on the c...

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The Solidarity Statement on Ending Child Marriage in Eastern and Southern Africa

November 2, 2023

While recognising the  importance of domesticating the SADC Model Law in Southern Africa, 34 civil society organizations...

Submissions

Malawi – Submission to ACERWC 42nd Session on Child Marriage and Child Sexual Exploitation October 2023

October 23, 2023

Our joint submission to the 42nd Ordinary Session of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child ...

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Submission to the UN Human Rights Committee over the USA’s Failure to Uphold the Rights of Women and Girls in all their Diversity

October 19, 2023

The United States of America is violating its international legal obligations by failing to uphold the human rights of women ...

Submissions

Input for SR VAWG’s report on violence against women and children in custody cases in Latin America and the Caribbean December 2022  

October 12, 2023

Equality Now, Sisma Mujer, CLADEM, Asociación Civil El Paso, Asociación de Mujeres de Guatemala AMG, DEMOS, Pan American De...

Submissions

Submission to The UN Human Rights B-Tech Project Call for inputs: Gender, Tech & the Role of Business -September 2023

September 30, 2023

Equality Now presents the following submission in response to the UN Human Rights B-Tech Project Call for inputs: Gender, Tec...

Submissions

Mexico- Submission to the Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) at its 88th Pre-Session Working Group September 2023

September 21, 2023

This submission highlights the failure by the State of its duty to develop and comply with its obligations under the Conventi...

Submissions

The United States of America – Submission to the Human Rights Committee at the 139th Session September 2023

September 15, 2023

Equality Now, the ERA Coalition, Unchained at Last, the US End FGM/C Network and the Alliance for Universal Digital Rights (A...

Submissions

Iran- Information on the Islamic Republic of Iran for its review by the Human Rights Committee at the 139th Session September 2023

September 13, 2023

Equality Now, the Centre for Supporters of Human Rights (CSHR), and Femena present the following submission in advance of the...

Toolkits & Manuals

Shadow Reporting on the Situation of the Rights of Women and Girls in Africa: A Facilitators’ Training Manual For Civil Society Organizations

August 24, 2023

This Facilitators’ Training Manual for CSOs on Shadow or Alternative Reporting on the Situation of the Rights of Women and ...

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Ending Child Marriage in Eastern and Southern Africa: Challenges in Implementing Domestic Laws and the SADC Model Law on Child Marriage

August 22, 2023

The Eastern and Southern African region has some of the highest rates of child marriage in the world, with an estimated 31% o...