Submitted by: Equality Now, the Women’s Centre for Legal Aid and Counselling, and Al-Muntada, the Palestinian NGO against domestic violence against women.

Key recommendations

This joint report deals with our concerns regarding:

1. The discriminatory legislation related to family status laws, focusing on how Palestinian women’s rights are violated in relation to CEDAW Article 16; and
2. Penal Law issues and Gender-Based Violence in relation to CEDAW General Recommendations (19) and (35).

The Committee referenced this submission in their Concluding Observations.

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Submission to the OAS Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities

Joint submission to the OAS Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities (CEDDIS) by Equality Now, Disability Rights International, Caribe Afirmativo, and Colectivo de Vida Independiente, highlighting barriers to justice for survivors of sexual violence with disabilities in Latin America and the Caribbean.

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.

Palestine – Equality Now joint submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women 68th Session, October 2017

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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

Palestine – Equality Now joint submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women 68th Session, October 2017

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Submission to the OAS Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities

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

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