Equality Now
International human rights organization using the power of the law to end discrimination & violence against all women & girls around the world
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- FGM doesn’t happen in just one or two countries, it affects communities across the U.S. Our Global Legal Advisor, Shivangi Misra, highlights the urgent need to confront this hidden crisis. Read more in PassBlue's latest piece: www.passblue.com/2025/05/05/t... #EndFGM
- Connecticut is one of just 9 U.S. states without a law banning FGM. SB1438 could change that in 2025—if lawmakers strengthen it first. Survivors deserve justice, protection, and education for all. Take action now: bit.ly/3GBVPsc #EndFGM #SB1438 #CTLegislature
- 🗞️ On #WorldPressFreedomDay, we honor the journalists reshaping harmful narratives. A free & ethical press is essential for holding power to account & advancing the rights of women & girls. 🔗Explore our toolkits for journalists: buff.ly/6Fezm5O #JournalismMatters
- The #TakeItDown Act has passed, & awaits being signed into law in the USA 🎉 It requires online platforms to remove nonconsensual intimate images, including #deepfakes within 48 hours & creates criminal penalties for distribution. Read more on deepfakes buff.ly/1IPtAHq
- A new report from #SAMAJ explores whether legal aid is truly reaching survivors of sexual violence in #SouthAsia. Findings show low awareness, exclusion of marginalized groups, and underfunded crisis response. 🔗 Read more: equalitynow.org/resource/exp...
- Good laws aren't enough, survivors of #SexualViolence need systems that work. We train justice actors to respond better and ensure survivors are heard. Change starts with implementation. 🔗 Read more equalitynow.org/end-sexual-v... #SAAM2025 #SurvivorJustice
- Sex without consent is rape. But many laws still don't say that. Sexual violence laws around the world continue to fail survivors and fall short of international human rights standards. Here’s why consent must be at the heart of the law. 🔗 buff.ly/k4Sycsm #ConsentIsKey #SAAM2025
- The retrial of #HarveyWeinstein is a reminder: the law should require an examination of the ENTIRE context in sexual violence cases, which requires survivor-centered justice & legal reform. Without it, power will continue to protect predators. We need #JusticeForSurvivors. Read more
- Kyrgyzstan’s Parliament has passed a bill introducing harsher penalties for sexual violence committed against persons with disabilities Disability is now an aggravating factor, with sentences up to life in prison. 🔗 Read more buff.ly/85wXK5e #Kyrgyzstan #SAAM2025 #EndSexualViolence
- Outdated laws rooted in force-based definitions of rape are failing survivors across Latin America & the Caribbean. Our new guide with ParlAmericas supports parliamentarians in advancing consent-based legislation that upholds survivors’ rights. 🔗https://buff.ly/iYGE2lv #SAAM #Consent
- Sexual violence is a legal and systemic failure. This #SexualAssaultAwarenessMonth, we’re calling out the laws, gaps & failures that keep survivors from justice. 🔗 buff.ly/bFDQ37J #EndSexualViolence #SAAM2025
- #Kyrgyzstan has enacted its new Labor Code, removing outdated job bans that previously restricted women from more than 400 professions. Learn how Equality Now and our national partners have worked together to push for this change 👉 buff.ly/aqSz6G3 #GenderEquality #WomensRights
- At #CSW69, the call to action was clear: push back against the rollback of rights and fight for legal equality. Our guide helps CSOs use UN mechanisms to advocate for women’s and girls’ rights. Now’s the time to act. 👇 🔗 buff.ly/McajHuO #Beijing30 #WomensRights #HumanRights #AddEquality
- Testimony on CT's anti-FGM bill (S.B. 1438) is happening now. Watch live: buff.ly/i8TbLHo FGM is a human rights violation. It must not be conflated with gender-affirming care. #EndFGM #HumanRights #CTLegislation #WatchLive
- Equality Now congratulates Baroness Harriet Harman on her appointment as UK Special Envoy for Women & Girls. Her proven advocacy for gender equality is vital now more than ever. buff.ly/vSjDYO4 #GenderEquality #WomensRights
- Canada signs the #BelémDoParáConvention, reinforcing its commitment to end violence against women. We urge full ratification and call on the U.S. to join the movement. 🔗 Read our full statement: buff.ly/jkOT8oT
- "FGM is not a “practice”. It is violence, and you wouldn’t say a community “practices” violence. It is violence perpetrated by the people you love and trust the most." - Dr. Leyla Hussain at the Global Platform FGM event at #CSW69. For more on CSW ➡️ buff.ly/DgNFmdC #QOTD #EndFGM
- We are at a crossroads. Either the world takes a stand against rollback on #WomensRights or we risk losing decades of progress. The #BeijingPlatform set the global agenda for gender equality but it's only as strong as the political will upholding it - Equality Now #Beijing30 @juristnews.bsky.social
- New #Beijing30 report by @equalitynow.bsky.social finds that while there have been some advances in strengthening legal rights for women & girls, over the last 5yrs there has been an “alarming rollback” on #WomensRights, LGBTQ+ protections, & democratic freedoms #CSW69 www.jurist.org/news/2025/03...
- Reposted by Equality NowNew #Beijing30 report by @equalitynow.bsky.social finds that while there have been some advances in strengthening legal rights for women & girls, over the last 5yrs there has been an “alarming rollback” on #WomensRights, LGBTQ+ protections, & democratic freedoms #CSW69 www.jurist.org/news/2025/03...
- 📢 New Report: Governments are failing on legal equality. The Beijing+30 edition of Words & Deeds exposes failures and demands action. Read more and download the report: buff.ly/qOgqEtn #Beijing30 #GenderEquality #AddEquality #AddLegalEquality
- "If nobody creates an intersectional modern meaning of the ERA, then it won’t be modern or feminist." - Ting Ting Chen, Director, ERA Project, Columbia University Law School, during the #ERA event at #CSW69. #QOTD #Femism #GenderEquality
- ⚖️ This #InternationalDayOfWomenJudges, we highlight the Kenya Judicial Bench Book on Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation, developed by International Association of Women Judges Kenya Chapter in partnership with Equality Now: equalitynow.org/resource/pre... #IDWJ2025 #WomenJudges
- Equality Now's Barbara Jiménez-Santiago gives insights on our report, which finds commendable gains have been achieved in advancing legal protections for women & girls but progress is slow, uneven & under mounting threat from backlash against #WomensRights #IWD buenosairesherald.com/society/8m-r...
- 📢 New Report: Governments are failing on legal equality. The Beijing+30 edition of Words & Deeds exposes failures and demands action. Read more and download the report: buff.ly/qOgqEtn #Beijing30 #GenderEquality #AddEquality #AddLegalEquality
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- The 2030 SDGs are a blueprint for global progress. But without legal equality for women & girls, they cannot be achieved. Legal equality isn’t just a gender issue—it’s a global development imperative. It’s time to #AddEquality Read more:
- 📢 New Report: Governments are failing on legal equality. The Beijing+30 edition of Words & Deeds exposes failures and demands action. Read more and download the report: buff.ly/qOgqEtn #Beijing30 #GenderEquality #AddEquality #AddLegalEquality
- 📢 30 years since the Beijing Platform for Action—how much progress has been made?
- Join Equality Now Tuesday, March 4 at 11:30 am ET for a free virtual event to discuss global trends, including threats to democracy and a resurgence of anti-rights movements, and how we can organize and hope for a more equal future. Register today at buff.ly/4gWyq16.
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- 📢 NEW REPORT – The Time is Now: End FGM/C 2025 Launched today with End FGM EU & The U.S. End FGM/C Network , this 5-year update provides the most comprehensive data since 2020. 🔗 Read the full report here: buff.ly/41tWBzl #TheTimeIsNow #EndFGM #Unite2EndFGM
- Equality Now trained final-year medical students, doctors and nurses in #Egypt to combat #FGM, where 74% of cases are medicalized. The program equipped them with advocacy skills and ethical guidance. Healthcare must protect, not harm. #EndFGM
- 🚨 Historic win for girls’ rights in #Colombia! 🚨 With the presidential sanction of Law 2447, child marriage is now banned! A huge step in protecting the rights of girls and adolescents. Proud to have worked alongside partners to make this happen. #EndChildMarriage
- Equality Now stands in solidarity with Georgian women’s quest for human rights and calls upon authorities to stop abuses. Read our full statement buff.ly/3EyQNMe #Georgia #WomensRights #HumanRights
- A year ago, Equality Now and the Alliance for Universal Digital Rights (AUDRi) launched a key report on #doxing—one of the most insidious forms of online abuse. There is still the need for legal reforms and stronger industry action. Read the full report ➡️
- Meta ending third-party fact-checking and changes to its hate speech policies + the rise of AI = a surge in #misinformation, #deepfakes & online harm. We need strong laws and policies to protect digital spaces. Read more on at: buff.ly/41mzaZ3 #SID2025 #DigitalRights #FactChecking
- The internet should be a space for opportunity, not harm. Women & girls are increasingly targeted by technology-facilitated gender-based violence (#TFGBV), while laws & policies fail to keep up. Explore our work this #SaferInternetDay: buff.ly/4aZbddd #SID2025
- 📣HALF A MILLION GIRLS in the US are at risk of or living with FGM & 2700 of them are in Connecticut. We staked the grounds at the Capitol building to urge legislators to vote on HB6596 now to become the 42nd state to ban the practice. Read more buff.ly/42MFUAw #EndFGM
- Today is International Day of Zero Tolerance for #FGM—time to #StepUpthePace. Despite calls to #EndFGM by 2030, many women & girls remain unprotected. We’re pushing for stronger laws, elevating survivor voices, & driving global change. Are you with us? buff.ly/3EmlIem
- This Thursday marks International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM. Millions of girls are still at risk from Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). This harmful practice violates fundamental rights and causes severe harm. Learn more at buff.ly/4133M1a #EndFGM #ZeroToleranceDay
- One year can make all the difference—minors, even at 17 years old, face obstacles filing lawsuits or accessing DV shelters. NH’s #HB433 would allow 17-year-olds to marry in a military context, undoing last year’s total #ChildMarriage ban. Learn more
- We applaud Illinois for proposing HB1744, a bill to prohibit marriage under 18 without exceptions—a crucial step in safeguarding girls from human rights violations. b100quadcities.com/new-illinois...
- We applaud Illinois for proposing HB1744, a bill to prohibit marriage under 18 without exceptions—a crucial step in safeguarding girls from human rights violations. b100quadcities.com/new-illinois...
- We strongly oppose HB 433, which would lower the legal age of marriage to 17 if either party is an active-duty service member. We urge New Hampshire legislators to reject HB 433 and uphold the protections established under SB 359 yhoo.it/3X26RMX @yahoonews.com #EndChildMarriage #18NoExceptions
- Women subsidize the economy by doing unpaid care & agricultural work but get little in return. Discriminatory laws & practices limit their earning & decision-making power, keeping women overrepresented in low-paid, insecure & unregulated jobs, Niki Kandirikirira, Equality Now bit.ly/4hiJJS4 #Davos
