Sexual violence laws in Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan are falling well below international human rights standards in both how their legislation is written and implemented. In Ukraine, the law has recently been strengthened, but problems persist with how provisions are being administered. …

To prevent gender-based violence and hold offenders to account, a strong and well-implemented legal and policy framework is essential. And yet, in many countries, women and girls are denied the same legal rights as men and boys. A new policy briefing by international women’s rights organization Equality Now — Words…

In many countries, women and girls are denied the same legal rights as men and boys regarding marriage, putting millions at heightened risk of human rights violations, including child marriage, marital rape, forced pregnancy, and domestic violence. To highlight sex discrimination in marital status laws around the world and what governments need to change, international human rights organization Equality Now has produced a new policy brief, Words & Deeds: Holding Governments Accountable to the Beijing +30 Review Process — Sex Discrimination in Marital Status Laws.

It is often those least responsible for causing climate change that suffer the most from the impacts. …

Women’s rights groups call on religious leader Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin to protect the welfare of girls by immediately and publicly denouncing FGM/C to all his followers worldwide. UK, London, July 26, 2022 — As organisations committed to the safety and wellbeing of girls and women, we are jointly raising our concerns over how girls could be at increased and imminent risk of female genital mutilation/ cutting (FGM/C) in the UK due to the arrival in the country…

Nine 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 in Africa. The Maputo Protocol is one of the world’s most comprehensive and progressive women’s human rights…

A quarter of countries still have discriminatory nationality laws that deny women the same nationality rights as men, reveals a worldwide report by the international human rights organization Equality Now. Women are being prohibited from passing their citizenship onto their children and foreign spouses, and face restrictions on changing or retaining their nationality after marriage. Those affected are at higher risk of a range of human rights violations. …

Dalit women and girls are being subjected to widespread sexual violence and harassment says the National Council of Women Leaders, a new coalition of women from marginalised communities in India. The National Council of Women Leaders (NCWL) is a newly established coalition bringing together from across India over 70 women…

Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is internationally recognized as a gross human rights violation, a form of violence against women and girls deeply rooted in gender equality and discrimination. FGM affects over 200 million women and girls around the world and can cause life-long physical and psychological trauma. It occurs in…