Unlock Women’s Potential. Unlock the World.
In 2024, there are still billions of women living without full legal equality. Full and equal economic participation by women would increase global GDP by more than a quarter. That’s why, in 2024, we are asking you to help us unlock the potential of women everywhere by investing in legal equality.
WHAT WE DO
At Equality Now, we believe in creating a just world for women and girls. Since 1992, our international network of lawyers, activists and supporters have tackled the most difficult issues, challenged ingrained cultural assumptions and called out inequality wherever we see it.
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In 2022 we made 30 expert submissions to the UN and regional bodies advocating for law and policy reform
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In 2022 we worked in tandem with 147 partners and worked across 34 countries.
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Almost 55% of the discriminatory laws we’ve highlighted since 1999 have been fully or partially reformed
EXPLORE OUR WORK
Achieve Legal Equality
A lack of legal equality promotes violence and discrimination, yet almost every country in the world has laws that treat people differently on the basis of sex and/or gender.
End Sexual Exploitation
Sexual exploitation, a form of sexual abuse, is when someone abuses or attempts to abuse another person’s vulnerability or their own position of power or trust for sexual purposes.
End Sexual Violence
Sexual violence is a human rights violation that predominantly affects women and girls as a consequence of systemic and structural inequality.
End Harmful Practices
The term 'harmful practices' covers forms of violence or ritual discrimination, primarily committed against girls and women, that have become culturally normalized.
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Join Equality Now's international network of changemakers, from government ministers and UN bodies to civil society and human rights lawyers, to learn from one another and drive forward the vital work to make gender equality a reality.
Latest News and Insights
The Belém do Pará Convention at 30: Understanding the impact on women’s rights in the Americas
June 7, 2024
Governments, civil society, and other international actors are gathering in Chile in the Conference of States Parties of the Convention this week to celebrate the 30th ...
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The Belém do Pará Convention at 30: Five things you should know
June 7, 2024
1. What is the Belém do Pará Convention? The Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment, and Eradication of Violence against Women, also known as the Belém do Pará Convention was adopted on ...
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The Recent Election of Women Leaders
June 6, 2024
Mexico recently became the first North American nation to elect a female leader, joining a growing global list of countries that have elected or appointed women as heads of state or government including most recently Halla Tomasdottir, the incoming ...
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None of us can afford to sit back and wait for equality to arrive – we need to act now.
With the power of your support, we can challenge injustice; we can stand against sexual violence; we can protect and advance hard-won rights, and we can amplify the voices of survivors – so every girl can enjoy the safety, choice, and respect she deserves.
None of us can afford to sit back and wait for equality to arrive – we need to act now.
With the power of your support, we can challenge injustice; we can stand against sexual violence; we can protect and advance hard-won rights, and we can amplify the voices of survivors – so every girl can enjoy the safety, choice, and respect she deserves.
Our Resource Center
Explore in-depth resources on women’s rights issues, including sexual violence, sexual exploitation, harmful practices, and legal discrimination from our expert network of lawyers and activists.
Gender Inequality In Family Laws In Africa: An Overview Of Key Trends In Select Countries
13 May 2024
This Report assesses the current status of family laws in 20 African countries, analyzing their compliance with the Maputo Pr...
I need the ERA because...LGBTQ+ rights are human rights
28 June 2023
Because discrimination on the basis of gender identity or sexual orientation is sex discrimination, the ERA will make it much...
Briefing Paper: Deepfake Image-Based Sexual Abuse, Tech Facilitated Sexual Exploitation and the Law
17 January 2024
Deepfake image-based sexual abuse represents a growing and alarming form of tech-facilitated sexual exploitation and abuse t...
Listen to our podcast We Change the Rules
A bold, six-part audio series, hosted by Samira Ahmed, exploring the history and global impact of legal inequality on women and girls. We Change the Rules is essential listening for anyone interested in achieving legal, political, and systematic gender equality everywhere.