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International human rights organization using the power of the law to end discrimination & violence against all women & girls around the world equalitynow.org #GenderEquality #WomensRights

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Equality Now @equalitynow.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
15 years ago, the Istanbul Convention was opened for signature, establishing the strongest legally binding framework to prevent and combat violence against women and domestic violence. 15 years on, its mission remains as urgent as ever. #IstanbulConvention #EndViolenceAgainstWomen #WomensRights
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Equality Now @equalitynow.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
This #SexualAssaultAwarenessMonth, we must go beyond awareness. Ending sexual violence means changing the systems behind it, laws, implementation, and equality. Learn more equalitynow.org/get-involved...
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Equality Now @equalitynow.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Today, the To Kill a Tiger documentary won Best International Film at the 19th International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival Bir Duino #Kyrgyzstan. Equality Now’s Eurasia Consultant, Janette Akhilgova, accepted the award on behalf of the filmmakers. #ToKillATiger #StandWithHer
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Equality Now @equalitynow.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Kyrgyzstan’s Constitutional Court has ruled the death penalty cannot be reinstated, not even by referendum. A major step for upholding justice and human rights. 🔗 Read our statement with Bir Duino on why this matters: equalitynow.org/news/news-an... #EqualityWins #Kyrgyzstan
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Equality Now @equalitynow.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
#Oaxaca becomes the first state in Mexico to define rape based on #consent, no proof of violence or resistance required. A step forward for justice, led by feminist allies. Read more: equalitynow.org/news/news-an... #EqualityWins #LegalReform
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Equality Now @equalitynow.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Human rights are fundamental to gender equality. This #HumanRightsDay read our recent brief on the global backlash against women's and girl's rights and how, together, we're holding the line. equalitynow.org/resource/bri...
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Equality Now @equalitynow.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Women with disabilities in Central Asia face some of the highest rates of sexual violence and the lowest access to justice. Our new report exposes the legal barriers in #Kazakhstan, #Kyrgyzstan & #Uzbekistan, and what must change. Read it here: equalitynow.org/resource/rep...
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Equality Now @equalitynow.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Women with disabilities face some of the highest rates of sexual violence, and some of the lowest chances of justice. Our new report, launching next week, exposes the legal barriers in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan & Uzbekistan. Sign up to get it first buff.ly/VVugZDq #IDPD
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Equality Now @equalitynow.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Starting #16Days with an urgent truth: online abuse spreads fast, hits hard, and is often ignored by outdated laws. It’s time to take digital sexual violence seriously. 🔗 Read more equalitynow.org/news/news-an...
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Equality Now @equalitynow.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Next week, we’re co-sponsoring a UN side event “Proactive by Design: Leveraging Multidisciplinary Collaboration and Digital Innovation to Prevent Human Trafficking”. Join us on 24 Nov at UN HQ. Register at: buff.ly/NivGKjU #EndTrafficking #HumanTrafficking #UN
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Equality Now @equalitynow.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
We’re thrilled to hear the news that #Grenada has amended its Marriage Act to raise the minimum legal age of marriage to 18, removing exceptions for parental consent. This is a strong step forward in protecting girls and advancing legal equality. #EqualityWins #EndChildMarriage #LegalReform
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Equality Now @equalitynow.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Looking for expert tools to advance gender equality? Explore Equality Now’s Policy & Practice centre, a curated library of legal resources, reports, and advocacy guides, with select content in Arabic, French, Russian & Spanish. 🔗 equalitynow.org/policy-and-p... #GenderEquality #LegalReform
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Equality Now @equalitynow.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Legal inequality is driving the gender pay gap. Women earn ~23% less than men, and are more likely to lack paid leave and pensions. These are legal failures, and they’re changeable. 🔗 This #EqualPayDay find out more about how you can support our work equalitynow.org/get-involved/
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Equality Now @equalitynow.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
This #InternationalYouthDay, we're spotlighting a critical gap in global digital policymaking: Young people are being excluded from decisions that shape their digital lives. It’s time their voices were heard. 🔗 equalitynow.org/news/news-an... #DigitalRights#YouthVoices @audrights.bsky.social
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Equality Now @equalitynow.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
H.R. 3492 misrepresents #FGM by equating it with gender-affirming care. This harmful bill weakens protections for girls at risk and stigmatises trans communities. Read our joint open letter with 90+ orgs calling on the US Congress to reject it: 🔗 buff.ly/fs9axis #EndFGM #RejectHR3492
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Equality Now @equalitynow.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
It’s official: Missouri has banned #childmarriage. The Governor signed a law making marriage under 18 illegal, no exceptions. A huge win for survivors, advocates & children across the state. 231 minors were legally married in the state from 2019–21. That ends now. #EndChildMarriage
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Equality Now @equalitynow.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Discriminatory laws still hold women & girls back worldwide. 🌍 On 17 July, join leaders & advocates at #HLPF2025 to explore how legal equality can unlock the SDGs & deliver real change. Register at equalitynow.org/event/gender... #GenderEquality #LegalEquality
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Equality Now @equalitynow.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
In 2024, global gender equality faced new challenges. But together, we advanced justice for over 52M women and girls. Our latest Impact Report shows what’s possible when we persist. 🔗 equalitynow.org/what-we-do/o... #GenderEquality #LegalReform #EqualityNow
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Equality Now @equalitynow.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Oregon’s bill on #ChildMarriage has been signed into law! @equalitynow's Anastasia Law worked with partners, Unchained At Last, & testified in favor of the bill, which sets the minimum age of marriage at 18, no exceptions. 1 more US state where girls will be protected from this harmful practice.
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Equality Now @equalitynow.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
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
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Equality Now @equalitynow.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
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
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Equality Now @equalitynow.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
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
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Equality Now @equalitynow.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
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
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Equality Now @equalitynow.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
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
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Equality Now @equalitynow.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
📢 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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Equality Now @equalitynow.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
📢 30 years since the Beijing Platform for Action—how much progress has been made?
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Equality Now @equalitynow.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
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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Equality Now @equalitynow.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
📢 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
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Equality Now @equalitynow.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
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
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Equality Now @equalitynow.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
🚨 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
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Equality Now @equalitynow.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
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
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Equality Now @equalitynow.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
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
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Equality Now @equalitynow.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
With only days left until Joe Biden’s four years as President of the United States come to an end, the #ERA is more important than ever. #YourMoveMrPresident
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Equality Now @equalitynow.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Our letter is headed to @POTUS. President Biden our message is clear, publish the #ERA. #YourMoveMrPresident
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Equality Now @equalitynow.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Today is national #HumanTraffickingAwarenessDay in the United States, a time to recommit to combating this global crisis of which 77% of victims globally are women and girls. This incudes the rise of #TFSEA. Read more: buff.ly/4h5YMhF #EndSexualExploitation
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Equality Now @equalitynow.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Next Monday, we'll join our partner, the Connecticut Coalition to End FGM/C, in #Connecticut for an informal briefing to share information on #FGM with state legislators. #SentizationMatters. For more on why we need to collectively #EndFGM in the US visit our website --> buff.ly/409P7Qb
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Equality Now @equalitynow.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
The clock’s ticking: Decades of progress are at stake—#GenderEquality can’t wait. #ERANow Contact the White House here → buff.ly/40q80zZ
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Equality Now @equalitynow.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Today’s verdict in the case of #GiselePelicot gives us hope. Gisele’s courage to speak out against a system that often places the blame on survivors, gives us strength. Gisele, we see you, we salute you, and we thank you. We know that together we can #EndSexualViolence.
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Equality Now @equalitynow.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Read our full response and take action at equalitynow.org/news_and_ins... #ERANow
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Equality Now @equalitynow.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
The clock’s ticking: Congress has until Dec 18 to pass HJ Res 25 and finally add the ERA to the Constitution. Decades of progress are at stake— buff.ly/3VIHw9Q #GenderEquality can’t wait. #HJ25 #ERANow
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Equality Now @equalitynow.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Equality Now’s Janette Akhilgova explains how some forms of sexual violence go unpunished in #Eurasia because countries lack consent-based definition of rape, meaning laws fail to recognize a broad range of coercive circumstances where consent to sex cannot be genuine, willing, or voluntary #EndSGBV
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Equality Now @equalitynow.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
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
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Equality Now @equalitynow.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
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.
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