30th June 2022

Declaration of the Youth Forum for the 4th LAC Regional Conference on Population and Development

This statement, signed by numerous youth organisations from around the LAC region, including Equality Now partner organisations BECA and Jovenas Latidas, calls on States to view the world from the perspective of children, adolescents, young people, and women in all their diversity, and to address the historic lack of recognition of the needs of these groups.

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This intersectional document highlights several marginalised groups, including indigenous, afro-descendant, people with disabilities, migrants, refugees, displaced people, sexually diverse people, and HIV-positive people, among others. The statement demands that States guarantee these groups the full exercise of their rights, and that they fulfill their international commitments, especially those in the Montevideo Consensus.

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Intervention on the Activity Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Internally Displaced Persons

Equality Now’s shadow report calls for urgent reform of discriminatory nationality laws across Africa that deny women equal rights to confer citizenship to their children and spouses. These laws heighten the risk of statelessness, poverty, family separation, and violence, undermining the fundamental right to nationality.

Grounded in regional advocacy and human rights standards, the report urges African Union Member States to enshrine gender equality in nationality laws, centre affected communities in reform processes, and sign and ratify the AU Nationality Protocol without delay.

Mexico – CEDAW submission on sexual violence, access to justice, and gender budget cuts

Civil society submission to CEDAW highlights budget cuts, weak justice systems, and gaps in legal frameworks affecting survivors of sexual violence in Mexico.

Tajikistan – Joint submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review 53rd Session of the UPR Working Group of the Human Rights Council

UPR submission on Tajikistan addressing violence against women and girls, child and forced marriage, disability inclusion, legal reform, and survivor-centred protections.

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