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

📢 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: https://buff.ly/41tWBzl #TheTimeIsNow #EndFGM #Unite2EndFGM

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

President Biden’s historic announcement declaring the #EqualRightsAmendment the law of the land is a great advance in gender equality. Adding the #ERA to the US Constitution will give all women & girls constitutional protection against sex discrimination & a path to justice when rights are violated

BREAKING NEWS: Historic day for #GenderEquality! President Biden has taken decisive action on the Equal Rights Amendment affirming that the #ERA is part of the US Constitution and the law of the land. Read our full statement here equalitynow.org/news_and_ins...

🗞️ BREAKING: Ohio Senate Democrats Urge President Biden to Certify the Equal Rights Amendment We're running out of time! ⏰ The Countdown is on: Joe has 12 days to #PublishEquality Text Pres. Biden at 302-404-0880 & tell him to PUBLISH THE #ERA as the #28A

#ICYMI The Federal Archivist CAN and SHOULD publish the Equal Rights Amendment to the US Constitution. Read our full statement below. The time for #equality is now! #ERANow

"Deepfake sexual violations are global & multi-jurisdictional & demand a harmonized & coordinated response from the international community. The law has not kept pace with technological advancements & in many parts of the world, does not provide protection," Amanda Manyame, Equality Now #OnlineAbuse

UK Govt to make creating & sharing sexually explicit #deepfake images a criminal offense, explaining "the proliferation of these hyper-realistic images has grown at an alarming rate, causing devastating harm to victims, particularly women and girls who are often the target” bsky.app/profile/matt...

With the final days of 2024 upon us, we’re rounding up our most read articles. Read our piece on 5 things you should know about #WidowsRights in the #MENA region ➡️https://buff.ly/3ZB7f5n #GenderEquality #WomensRights

As we bid farewell to 2024, we’re spotlighting our most impactful articles. Read our piece on the rise of deepfake image-based sexual abuse ➡️https://buff.ly/3ZWu5px #GenderEquality #WomensRights #DigitalRights

In our most read articles from 2024 was our celebration of #GloriaSteinham as she turned 90. Read ➡️https://buff.ly/4gE51Jc #GenderEquality #WomensRights

This week, we’re revisiting favorite moments from 2024. First up: Member Day & Summit in Brooklyn. Over three days, our community connected, learned, and acted on issues facing women & girls. It was a true celebration of bold leadership and collective impact. More photos: https://buff.ly/49FrdPc

We congratulate Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah on her election as Namibia’s 1st woman President & Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang on becoming Ghana’s 1st female Vice President-elect. These historic victories reaffirm the power & potential of women’s leadership at the highest levels equalitynow.org/news_and_ins...

To mitigate against #ClimateCrisis, we must eliminate discriminatory laws & cultural practices that curtail #WomensRights to inheritance & property. Preventing women from owning land & other assets makes them far more vulnerable to extreme weather & resource conflict equalitynow.org/news_and_ins...

Through a unique mix of legal expertise, strategic advocacy, and global collaboration with diverse partners, @equalitynow.bsky.social generates legal and systemic change that addresses violence and discrimination against all women & girls globally #WomensRights #EndSGBV equalitynow.org/our-approach/

#EndSGBV @equalitynow.bsky.social identifies many ways legal systems stop rape survivors accessing justice, such as permitting rapists to avoid punishment by marrying their victims, allowing marital rape, & rape laws based on proof of force instead of lack of consent equalitynow.org/news_and_ins...

Digital Media Environment in Indonesia: Online #GenderBasedViolence Study found significant % of women journalists subjected to #OGBV such as private message harassment, abuse, surveillance & image-based abuse. Sexism, disbelief & victim-blaming stop women speaking out www.abc.net.au/abc-internat...

REFORM #rape laws: Weak laws are enabling rapists to evade justice in many African countries - eg in #Gabon, a man who rapes a child won't be sanctioned if he marries her! Report by @equalitynow.bsky.social #16DaysofActivism

Insightful report by @equalitynow.bsky.social examines rape laws & enforcement in 47 African countries. Govts urgently need to implement comprehensive legal reform of rape laws, strengthen enforcement, & improve access to justice for survivors #WomenRights #EndSGBV www.voanews.com/a/7877998.html

At Equality Now, our Theory of Change is built on four interconnected pathways: Legal, Advocacy, Collaboration, and Resourcing. These pathways guide our efforts to address violence and discrimination and advance justice for women and girls worldwide. #WomensRights #GenderEquality #HumanRights

Equality Now has been working to achieve legal and systemic change that addresses violence and discrimination against women and girls around the world since 1992. We use the law as a tool to build a more #GenderEqual world by holding governments responsible for their international obligations.

We can’t talk about the future of tech and digital space without talking about the impact on other issues and rights. Decision makers must take a holistic approach to development to ensure advancement does not come at the cost of human rights, and the climate.

“Women have always been involved in protests in places like India, Bangladesh and Pakistan but the difference is that they’re taking on more leadership roles and are the primary actors.” www.cnn.com/2024/11/30/a...

Equality Now’s new report reveals how flawed laws, weak legal implementation, victim-blaming, rape myths, & armed conflict are just some of the barriers stopping rape survivors accessing justice in Africa. Urgent legal reform is needed by African govts to #EndSGBV equalitynow.org/press_releas...

Every 3 days, a woman is killed in #Italy by someone she knows. Families of femicide victims like #GiuliaCecchetin are calling for urgent cultural and systemic change. It's time to confront the roots of gender-based violence and demand justice. #Femicide #EndGBV www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...