With global funding to end child marriage falling yearly since 2019, African governments must take action to strengthen ...

UNGA 2026 showed renewed momentum for gender equality. Explore key takeaways on legal reform, feminist multilateralism and the road ahead for women’s rights.

The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) is a key institution within the African Union responsible for ...

Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Bill, 2025, commonly known as the EAC FGM Bill is the first regional law of its kind across the African continent which if passed into law, will ...

On September 24, I had the extraordinary honor of being inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, New ...

Every year, 12 million girls are married before the age of 18. While progress towards ending child marriage remains too slow, legal and policy reforms around the world offer important lessons about ...

What’s changed: An updated look at the state of gender equality in the United States since the 2024 election What’s at stake: Explore how constitutional protections, bodily autonomy, gender-based ...

Comprehensive laws that go beyond setting a minimum age of marriage are critical to ending child marriage. Developed jointly by Equality Now and the UNFPA-UNICEF Global Programme to End Child Marriage ...

On 24 September 2026, Equality Now CEO Mona Sinha was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, New York, joining generations of women who have shaped history. As she added her ...

Equality Now’s statement to the 89th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) calls for coordinated action to safeguard women’s and girls’ rights across Africa.