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Dear John,

I am so proud of the year that Equality Now has had in support of global equality. As of November 2025, we’ve helped change 14 discriminatory laws, benefitting 51 million women and girls around the world. As I reflect on the past year, three victories stand out to me:
1. Ending child marriage in Bolivia and across the US in Missouri, Oregon, Maine, and Washington, DC. These combined wins will benefit over 441,000 girls who would otherwise be at risk of this human rights violation. We know that girls and adolescents in early unions are more likely to drop or be pulled out of school due to pregnancy and for domestic and unpaid care work, reducing their chances of obtaining financial independence and keeping many trapped in cycles of poverty and abuse. These legal wins will change and may even save lives.

2. Repealing a provision of Kuwait’s Penal Code that had allowed “kidnappers”, including perpetrators of sexual violence, to escape prosecution by marrying their victims. This reform removed a deeply harmful legal provision that protected perpetrators and reinforced stigma, coercion, and injustice for survivors. The change is expected to strengthen legal protections for 1.9 million women and girls in Kuwait.

3. Supporting the ratification of the Maputo Protocol by the Central African Republic, the 46th Member State of the African Union to do so. The Maputo Protocol is one of the most advanced treaties on the protection of women’s and girls’ rights in the world, promising greater protections against sexual and gender-based violence, advanced health and reproductive rights, educational and economic rights, and more for millions of African women and girls, and generations to come. This lays the foundation to give 2.8 million women and girls better legal protections against human rights violations.
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John, I hope you recognise that these are your victories too. None of this would have been possible without your support. Thank you! Together, we are making a better world for all, one where women and girls can live freely, happily, and safely, and entire societies can flourish.

If you’re able, we would greatly appreciate it if you joined us again with a year-end contribution. An anonymous partner has generously offered to match all gifts up to a total of $50,000 by midnight tonight. That means your impact will DOUBLE: $25 will become $50 and $100 will become $200. Can we count on your support? ([link removed])

Thank you again for all you do. I’m confident that together we can achieve even more in 2026, securing more legal victories by strengthening women-led movements, supporting strategic litigation, and investing in collaboration among our vast global networks and coalitions. With you by our side, anything is possible.

In solidarity,

S. Mona Sinha
Global Executive Director

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