Dear John,

Through the year-end giving season, we have shared the story of Raha, a girl who exemplifies the life-long consequences of child marriage. In this chapter, Raha is now a young mother. As such, she’s expected to stay home with her child and maintain the house instead of pursuing opportunities in the formal job market. She’s not alone. 

Globally, women perform the vast majority of (2.8x more) unpaid care and domestic work driven by traditional gender norms and stereotypes about women’s role in the family, and may even be subject to laws that prevent them from working outside of the home.

We know that economic rights are human rights and that legal equality is critical in ensuring that women can occupy their desired roles and be fairly compensated for their work, in and out of the home. Equality Now helps bring us all closer to a reality in which all women and men have equal rights under the law and full enjoyment of their human rights.
 

Equality Now’s methods work. In 2023 alone, we changed 14 laws across 12 countries, helping 39.2 million women and girls. Here’s how your gift makes a difference and helps achieve legal equality:

Equality Now is a global leader in creating LEGAL change that addresses violence and discrimination against women and girls. Your gift fuels our efforts to provide evidence-based research, legal analysis, and strategic litigation to challenge discriminatory laws and hold governments accountable under international law. 

With your support, Equality Now ADVOCATES for the development and implementation of laws that respect women and girls. Your gift allows us to deliver campaigns that elevate survivors’ voices, challenge discriminatory norms, and provide trusted evidence for needed reforms.

Our reach is global. With your help, Equality Now COLLABORATES with a broad and diverse range of actors to facilitate collective power, shared learning, and inclusive advocacy strategies to ensure the law works for everyone. Together, we’re building powerful movements that advance equality for women and girls.

Your tax-deductible contribution will help us continue this important work, and thanks to the support of our generous partner InMaat Foundation, gifts will be doubled up to a total of $50,000 through the end of the year.
 

Every gift, no matter the size, makes a difference and helps fund our efforts to make the world an equitable place for the benefit of all. Please don’t wait and make your gift today. Women and girls like Raha depend on the support of people like you to live the lives they deserve. Thank you.

In solidarity,
S. Mona Sinha
Global Executive Director