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We respectfully submit this letter to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (“the Committee”) in advance of its 88th Session (13 May 2024 – 31 May 2024).

The Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights, Equality Now, the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion, and Salam for Democracy and Human Rights request that this letter be used to inform the Committee’s review of Kuwait. Our joint submission expresses our concerns regarding gender discrimination in Kuwait’s nationality law, which denies women the same ability as men to confer citizenship to their children and non-citizen spouses.

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17 October 2025

Intervention on the Occasion of the 85th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights

Equality Now celebrates the Central African Republic’s ratification of the Maputo Protocol and urges its full implementation. We also call for the withdrawal of reservations by nine AU Member States and the swift enactment of Ghana’s Spousal Property Rights Bill to advance women’s rights across Africa.

Advancing digital rights and legal reforms to end technology-facilitated gender-based violence and protect women and girls in Southern Africa

Equality Now and AUDRi, in partnership with the Southern Africa Youth Forum, co-hosted a side event on Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence (TFGBV) at the Southern Africa People’s Summit on 16 August 2025 in Antananarivo, Madagascar. The discussion centred on how advancing digital rights for women, girls, and other marginalised groups through legal reforms can help end TFGBV, with a particular focus on tackling online sexual exploitation and abuse.

Recommendations to SADC heads of State and Government on strengthening protection and support mechanisms for survivors of child marriage

Equality Now, together with the Stop Violence – Stop Child Marriage Project, YWCA Madagascar, Plan International, SADC Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF), and the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC), convened a side event at the Southern Africa People’s Summit on 15 August 2025 under the theme “Strengthening Protection and Support Mechanisms for Survivors of Child Marriage.”

Kuwait – Information on Kuwait for consideration by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women at its 88th Session, May 2024

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Intervention on the Occasion of the 85th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights

Advancing digital rights and legal reforms to end technology-facilitated gender-based violence and protect women and girls in Southern Africa

Recommendations to SADC heads of State and Government on strengthening protection and support mechanisms for survivors of child marriage

Kuwait – Information on Kuwait for consideration by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women at its 88th Session, May 2024

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Intervention on the Occasion of the 85th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights

Advancing digital rights and legal reforms to end technology-facilitated gender-based violence and protect women and girls in Southern Africa

Recommendations to SADC heads of State and Government on strengthening protection and support mechanisms for survivors of child marriage

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