Civil society organisation toolkit: Gender equality & protection gaps in the United States

Urge Member States to recommend that the government of the United States:

• Recognise and implement the Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th Amendment to the Constitution, to ensure full constitutional protections against sex-based discrimination.
• Urge all states to raise the minimum age of marriage to 18, without exception, and repeal all legal provisions that enable or legitimise child marriage.
• Fully implement federal laws prohibiting FGM/C, collect prevalence data, and ensure no conflation of FGM/C with gender-affirming care.
• Adopt survivor-centred laws that address all forms of online sexual exploitation and abuse.