Join Equality Now at HLPF 2022 

Next week, the 10th session of the United Nations High Level Political Forum will begin. This annual session on progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will this year focus on SDG 5 to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls by 2030, as well as building back better from COVID-19. 

The SDGs and international law: opportunities and gaps to protect the rights of women and girls in the digital space

5 July, 7:30-9:00 EDT / 13:30-15:00 CET - Register Now

Equality Now and Women Leading in AI are campaigning for universal digital rights that are applicable in the digital sphere, and ensure the protection of all rights, particularly where there are gaps in the protection of international human rights.

Join this virtual side event, sponsored by the Government of Australia, at the UN High Level Political Forum (HLPF), to hear perspectives on universal digital rights with experts drawn from governments, the UN, and civil society discussing the opportunities presented by the SDGs and international law such as CEDAW to secure the rights of women and girls in the digital space. The discussion will also consider any gaps in protection, and how commitment to universal digital rights may help to address the gaps and contribute to achieving the SDGs.

Achieving Gender-Equal Nationality Laws for Sustainable Development

7 July, 8:00-9:30 EDT / 14:00-15:30 CET - Register Now

Despite significant reforms to end legal discrimination against women, today 49 countries maintain nationality laws that discriminate on the basis of gender. 25 countries have nationality laws that deny women the right to confer nationality on their children at birth on an equal basis with men. Women’s inability to equally confer citizenship can put huge financial, psychological, and physical strains on families, which can result in intergenerational poverty. The SDGs are significantly inhibited wherever this form of legal discrimination persists.

The Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights, Equality Now, the Permanent Mission of the United States, the UN Refugee Agency, and UN Women invite you to this discussion on the need for reform of nationality laws. The event will follow the launch of our forthcoming report, The State We're In: Ending Sexism in Nationality Laws, 2022 Edition - Update for a Disrupted World. 

Interpretation in Arabic, English, French, and International Sign Language will be provided.