This submission responds to the Committee’s forthcoming review of Bangladesh at its 93rd session and sets out questions for the Committee to consider when formulating its List of Issues to the State ...

This submission highlights ongoing gaps in Kazakhstan’s legal and institutional response to gender-based violence against women and girls. It documents that, despite the Committee’s 2019 ...

Israel’s rape laws broadly meet international standards. For Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, a fragmented legal system puts justice out of reach. But individual headlines can obscure bigger ...

Matthew Bishop is a leading writer and social innovator. He spent over 25 years at The Economist, including serving as New York Bureau Chief and in other roles, such as business editor and Wall Street ...

An analysis of the scale and persistence of sexual violence in Paraguay and gaps in prevention, institutional responses, access to justice, specialised training, healthcare and post-rape care. The ...

This submission highlights ongoing gaps in Tajikistan’s legal and institutional response to child and forced marriage and sexual violence against girls. It documents that, despite the Committee’s 2017 ...

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Equality Now is a worldwide human rights organisation dedicated to securing the legal and systemic change needed to end discrimination against all women and girls, everywhere in the world. Since our ...

Equality Now is a worldwide human rights organisation dedicated to securing the legal and systemic change needed to end discrimination against all women and girls, everywhere in the world. Since our ...

Gloria Steinem, the revered writer, feminist organiser and political activist, died on September 2, 2026, at age 92. As a longstanding champion and Chair Emeritus of Equality Now, her contributions ...

Across all regions, women and girls continue to confront systematic and coordinated attacks on their hard-won rights. We see the enactment of regressive laws, the manipulation of multilateral ...

Dalits – officially designated as Scheduled Castes by India’s Constitution – are at the bottom of caste and class hierarchies in India. The intersectionality of gender, class, and caste in the case of ...