20th October 2017

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

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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Statement by Equality Now during the 46th Ordinary Session of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child

Equality Now presented key findings and recommendations at the 46th Ordinary Session of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) in Maseru, Lesotho.
The submission highlights key opportunities for strengthening legal protection, enhancing responses to digital and technology-facilitated sexual exploitation, advancing adolescents’ access to SRHR, reforming discriminatory nationality laws, and accelerating the elimination of harmful practices that continue to affect girls across Africa.

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