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 2023, we helped to change 14 laws in 12 countries, spanning 4 continents
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In 2023, our contributions to changing laws improved access to justice for 39.2 million women and girls worldwide
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In 2023, we galvanized the movement by sharing our feminist legal expertise during 76 trainings and workshops
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.
Join Equality Now’s Changemakers Network
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
Four Reasons Monthly Donations Benefit Both You and Equality Now
July 18, 2024
Every year Equality Now strives to expand our reach and do even more to achieve global legal and systemic gender equality. Our success is in big part thanks to the continued commitment of our Activist Investors, the ...
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21 reasons why the Maputo Protocol is beneficial to women and girls in Africa
July 11, 2024
21 years ago, African States adopted the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women (Maputo Protocol), heralding a new era in the women’s rights movement ...
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Gender Equality in Progress: Equality Now at the 56th UN Human Rights Council
July 9, 2024
What is the United Nations Human Rights Council? The Human Rights Council is responsible for strengthening the promotion and protection of human rights around the world, including by making ...
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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.