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Towards justice: Global challenges and opportunities in litigating cases of female genital mutilation A global report examining how strategic litigation can improve access to justice, accountability, and legal responses to female genital mutilation.

📢 NEW REPORT

Millions of women & girls remain at risk of FGM, even where it’s illegal. Our new report shows how strategic litigation can challenge impunity, and why stronger enforcement is critical.
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#EndFGM #AccessToJustice

Online sexual exploitation and abuse in the United States: An analysis of policy gaps, system response and prevention mechanisms This report analyses policy and system gaps enabling online sexual exploitation and abuse in the United States and sets out survivor-centred recommendations to strengthen prevention, accountability…

Online sexual exploitation and abuse in the US is widespread but survivors face legal gaps, retraumatising systems & zero accountability from tech platforms. We outline what must change.

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#OSEA #OnlineSafety #DigitalRights

Equality Now calls for urgent action as backlash against women’s rights intensifies Search

A global backlash is threatening decades of progress on women’s and girls’ rights, from regressive laws to rising anti-gender movements.

Equality Now is calling for urgent action.

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#WomensRights #GenderEquality #HumanRights #Backlash

The global backlash against women’s rights: What we’re seeing, and how we respond Search

The #backlash against women’s rights is real and rising.

On #HumanRightsDay, Equality Now’s legal experts shared how movements are pushing back, survivors are leading, and the law remains a powerful tool for change.

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#WomensRights #GenderEquality

Today, the To Kill a Tiger documentary won Best International Film at the 19th International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival Bir Duino #Kyrgyzstan. Equality Now’s Eurasia Consultant, Janette Akhilgova, accepted the award on behalf of the filmmakers.

#ToKillATiger #StandWithHer

Kyrgyzstan’s Constitutional Court has ruled the death penalty cannot be reinstated, not even by referendum.

A major step for upholding justice and human rights.

🔗 Read our statement with Bir Duino on why this matters: equalitynow.org/news/news-an...

#EqualityWins #Kyrgyzstan

Six key points to understand the new Inter American Model Law on Digital Violence against Women After a consultation process in several countries with participation from States, experts, and civil society organisations, the Model Law was approved in December 2025 during the Tenth Conference of…

Just approved: A new Inter-American Model Law defines #DigitalViolence against women as a human rights violation and holds States and tech platforms accountable.

A major step forward for gender equality in the digital age.

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#Oaxaca becomes the first state in Mexico to define rape based on #consent, no proof of violence or resistance required. A step forward for justice, led by feminist allies.

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#EqualityWins #LegalReform

Human rights are fundamental to gender equality.

This #HumanRightsDay read our recent brief on the global backlash against women's and girl's rights and how, together, we're holding the line.

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Women with disabilities in Central Asia face some of the highest rates of sexual violence and the lowest access to justice.

Our new report exposes the legal barriers in #Kazakhstan, #Kyrgyzstan & #Uzbekistan, and what must change.

Read it here: equalitynow.org/resource/rep...

Short Film Directors Detail How Their Stories Reclaim Power in the World Right Now Aaron Blaise, Jordan Murphy Doidge, Snigdha Kapoor, Ida Melum, Hedda Mjøen, Afia Nathaniel, Jessica Rowlands and Alexandra Bahiyyih Wain discuss their short films

Equality Now is proud to partner with Don’t Be Late, Myra as it premieres globally through the 16 Days 16 Films Festival. This powerful film shines a light on the realities of sexual violence, and the urgent need to end it everywhere.

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@vareity.com #16DaysOfActivism

Women with disabilities face some of the highest rates of sexual violence, and some of the lowest chances of justice.

Our new report, launching next week, exposes the legal barriers in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan & Uzbekistan.

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#IDPD

Intersecting injustices: Marginalisation and legal barriers in sexual violence cases across South Asia This report exposes how caste, disability and indigeneity shape barriers to justice for sexual violence survivors in South Asia, and outlines urgent reforms for governments and legal institutions.

When justice systems ignore caste, disability and gender, survivors are left behind.

Our new report highlights the reforms we urgently need.

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#IntersectionalJustice #SouthAsia #LegalReform

Starting #16Days with an urgent truth: online abuse spreads fast, hits hard, and is often ignored by outdated laws.
It’s time to take digital sexual violence seriously.

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Women, girls face rising violence amid South Sudan’s climate crisis In South Sudan, the climate crisis is intensifying violence against women and girls, with extreme weather events like droughts and floods exacerbating child marriage and sexual exploitation. As famili...

Women and girls are hit hardest by #SouthSudan’s #ClimateCrisis, which Equality Now’s Nina Masore describes to @kizmakoye.bsky.social as a “threat multiplier” that fuels violence & exploitation, stressing urgent inclusion of women in climate decisions for fair solutions.
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Next week, we’re co-sponsoring a UN side event “Proactive by Design: Leveraging Multidisciplinary Collaboration and Digital Innovation to Prevent Human Trafficking”.

Join us on 24 Nov at UN HQ. Register at: buff.ly/NivGKjU

#EndTrafficking #HumanTrafficking #UN

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights holds first-ever hearing on female genital mutilation in the Americas Search

The first-ever #IACHR hearing on #FGM in the Americas marks a turning point for women’s rights.

Survivors, advocates & partners presented evidence calling for regional action to end FGM/C and uphold bodily autonomy for all.

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#EndFGM #GenderEquality

Gender Justice Conversations in Kenya A powerful five-part series that exposes the harsh realities of gender-based violence in Kenya. Despite progressive laws, rape, defilement, child marriage, F...

WE DID IT!

We are Silver Winners in the Anthem Awards.

Our series, A Roving Podcast: Gender Justice Conversations in Kenya in collaboration with Philip Karanja and Kambua Manundu, was recognised in the Human & Civil Rights category.

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Hurra Coalition calls for reform of family law in the Middle East and North Africa Search

13 organisations. 1 powerful coalition. A shared goal: legal equality for women & girls across #MENA.

Last month in Istanbul, the #HurraCoalition gathered to drive forward #FamilyLawReform across the region.

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We’re thrilled to hear the news that #Grenada has amended its Marriage Act to raise the minimum legal age of marriage to 18, removing exceptions for parental consent.

This is a strong step forward in protecting girls and advancing legal equality.

#EqualityWins #EndChildMarriage #LegalReform

Looking for expert tools to advance gender equality?

Explore Equality Now’s Policy & Practice centre, a curated library of legal resources, reports, and advocacy guides, with select content in Arabic, French, Russian & Spanish.

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#GenderEquality #LegalReform

The unravelling of the concept of #equality for #women and #girls, and the degradation of #multilateralism, can feel abstract. This is the reality of it.

Hear more from EN’s @tamardekanosidze.bsky.social on #Latvia’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention:

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The Istanbul Convention is not a threat to Latvian values - it is a tool to realise them, and it must be protected Equality Now urges Latvia to remain in the Istanbul Convention, warning that withdrawal would undermine women’s rights, weaken protections against violence, and erode Latvia’s human rights commitments...

Latvia’s Parliament is discussing today’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention, a treaty addressing violence against women. The Istanbul Convention is not a threat to Latvian values - it is a tool to realise them: tinyurl.com/ybptybkb
#IstanbulConvention

This #InternationalDayOfCareAndSupport, Latin America & the Caribbean are setting a global precedent: #Care is now a human right, thanks to a landmark ruling by the Inter-American Court & the Tlatelolco Commitment.

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#RightToCare #CareEconomy

YOU can amplify the voices that spark global change Join me in celebrating the impact of this Anthem Awards finalist.

We’re a finalist in the @anthemawards, and you can help us win the Community Voice Award.

A Roving Podcast amplifies grassroots voices for gender justice in Kenya.

Vote by Oct 30: celebrate.anthemawards.com

#AnthemAwards #VoteAnthemCommunityVoice #GenderJustice #EqualityNow

Legal gaps and enduring harm: Analysing the persistence of child marriage in the United States Discover Equality Now’s new report exposing legal loopholes that allow child marriage in the US and key actions needed to protect girls’ rights.

Since 2000, 314,000+ minors have been married in the US, and only 16 states prohibit underage marriage without exception.

This #IDGC read our new report to understand why laws continue to allow #ChildMarriage in the US and how to end it. equalitynow.org/resource/rep...

Interview | Erasing ‘gender’: How Georgia’s new draconian laws affect women’s rights As Georgia continues to backslide on its commitments to both the EU and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) — particularly SDG5 on gender equality — Tamar Dekanosidze discusses the chilling…

Our Regional Representative for Eurasia, Tamar Dekanosidze, speaks to OC Media about how #Georgia’s new laws threaten women’s rights.

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In Sonora, Mexico, progress is being made toward a consent-based legal reform Search

In Sonora, #Mexico, criminal legislation still does not guarantee effective justice for adolescent survivors of sexual violence. But, progress is being made toward a #consent-based legal reform.

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Legal inequality is driving the gender pay gap. Women earn ~23% less than men, and are more likely to lack paid leave and pensions.

These are legal failures, and they’re changeable.

🔗 This #EqualPayDay find out more about how you can support our work equalitynow.org/get-involved/

We Change the Rules Hosted by award-winning journalist Samira Ahmed, We Change the Rules is essential listening for anyone interested in achieving legal, political, and systematic gender equality everywhere.

30 years since the Beijing Platform for Action, laws that discriminate on the basis of sex still exist.

🎧 In our podcast, We Change the Rules, hosted by Samira Ahmed, we explore how far we’ve come, and what’s still left to do.

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#Beijing30 #GenderEquality