Equality Now - Bryna Subherwal · [email protected]

April 22, 2020 at 9:20 PM

It’s time to end child marriage

Equality Now JOhn, Laws matter. When a country’s law allows 14-year-old girls to married they are allowing the human rights of these children to be violated, including the right to be free from sexual violence. ACT NOW In 1995 governments pledged to remove all sex dis…

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  Equality Now - Evelyn Chen · [email protected]

April 21, 2020 at 1:05 PM

Save the Date...for our birthday next week! 🎉🎉🎉

Equality Now Hi JOhn, April is Equality Now’s birthday month, and we hope you’ll join us for a week of fun starting on Sunday, April 26. 🎈Stay tuned for a virtual concert with a surprise guest, interactive feminist games, engaging conversations about women’s rights, and more! 🎈 A…

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  Equality Now - Tara Carey · [email protected]

April 17, 2020 at 11:00 AM

COVID-19 Conversations: Impact of School Closures on Girls in Africa

Equality Now COVID-19 is exposing and exacerbating gender inequalities around the world. Each week, we’ll be sharing insights from Equality Now experts about how women’s and girls’ lives are being affected by the pandemic and what can be done to address these challenges.  We star…

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  Equality Now - Bryna Subherwal · [email protected]

April 15, 2020 at 11:00 AM

TAKE ACTION: It’s time to end inequality in parental leave

Equality Now JOhn, it's time to end inequality in parental leave. We need your help.  Laws matter. Sex discrimination in law restricts women from being economically independent and reinforces gender stereotypes, which are harmful to men too. ACT NOW In 1995 governments pledge…

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  Equality Now - Bryna Subherwal · [email protected]

April 8, 2020 at 10:35 AM

TAKE ACTION: Call on Kuwait to stop allowing rapists to escape justice

Equality Now Dear JOhn, Laws matter. Sex discrimination in law can promote and perpetuate violence against women and girls. In 1995 governments pledged to remove all sex discriminatory laws. But it’s now 25 years later and gender equality is far from being realized. We need you…

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  Equality Now - Bryna Subherwal · [email protected]

April 3, 2020 at 8:00 AM

NEWS: Making Equality Reality

Equality Now Dear JOhn, Life is changing but our collective commitment to protecting and promoting the rights of women and girls through the law is unwavering. See what our team of human rights lawyers and advocates worked on around the world in March to #MakeEqualityReality for w…

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  Equality Now - Faiza Mohamed · [email protected]

March 30, 2020 at 6:21 PM

GOOD NEWS: Sierra Leone just lifted their discriminatory ban on pregnant girls attending school

Equality Now Dear JOhn, Today, the government of Sierra Leone has finally lifted the discriminatory ban that prohibits pregnant schoolgirls from attending school, heralding the beginning of a remarkable era for adolescent girls in the country. This is such wonderful news. It is …

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  Equality Now - Yasmeen Hassan · [email protected]

March 26, 2020 at 12:56 PM

We'll see this through with strength, humanity, and kindness

Equality Now Dear JOhn, In this time of upheaval, I am seeing new depths and dimensions to our global sisterhood. The women’s rights movement is responding to COVID-19 with strength, humanity, and kindness. I know that we will come out on the other side of this understanding more …

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  Equality Now - Flavia Mwangovya · [email protected]

March 17, 2020 at 8:00 AM

JUST RELEASED: New Global FGM/C report

Equality Now Dear JOhn, Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is present on every continent except Antarctica, and it happens across cultures and religions. In our new report Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: A Call for a Global Response, produced in partnership with the End …

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  Bryna Subherwal - Equality Now · [email protected]

March 14, 2020 at 10:00 AM

Equality Now Recommends 🎬📚🎧

Equality Now Dear JOhn, March 8 was International Women’s Day, but we think every day should be international women’s day. And a great way to celebrate is to get involved with and share #feminist art! Here’s your round up of recommendations from our staff and supporters of books, …

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  Equality Now - Emma Thompson · [email protected]

March 8, 2020 at 5:00 AM

Until we make equality reality

Equality Now Dear JOhn, I walked past a bakery the other day, selling special International Women’s Day donuts. I hesitated (for many reasons) trying to make the connection between women’s rights and donuts.  Seconds later, I thought, who cares about the connection. That bakery is…

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  Equality Now - Bárbara Jiménez-Santiago · [email protected]

March 5, 2020 at 3:15 PM

Words & Deeds: Men who rape teen girls get away with only a fine.

Equality Now Dear JOhn, Laws matter. Sex discrimination in law can promote and perpetuate violence against women and girls.  Earlier this week we released the 5th Edition of our Words & Deeds report, highlighting sex discrimination in laws around the world. Now we need your he…

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  Equality Now - Antonia Kirkland · [email protected]

March 2, 2020 at 7:18 AM

Why are we still waiting for gender equality?

Equality Now Dear JOhn, "If there is one message that echoes forth from this conference, it is that human rights are women's rights....And women's rights are human rights." - Hillary Clinton, at the 4th UN Conference on Women, Beijing 1995.  This conference was the birth of The Be…

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  Equality Now - Bryna Subherwal · [email protected]

February 28, 2020 at 6:00 AM

NEWS: Making Equality Reality

Equality Now Dear JOhn, It’s update time! See what our team of human rights lawyers and advocates have been working on around the world in February to #MakeEqualityReality for women and girls. All thanks to your support. Celebrating the youth movement to end FGM on International …

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  Equality Now - Tsitsi Matekaire · [email protected]

February 11, 2020 at 1:30 PM

Test your internet savvy for #SaferInternetDay

Equality Now Dear JOhn, Today is #SaferInternetDay and we’ve partnered with our friends, actors and activists, Laura and Vanessa Marano, to create a fun and educational quiz about how to stay safe online. Take the Quiz! The internet can be a place for community, self expression…

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  Equality Now - Divya Srinivasan · [email protected]

February 7, 2020 at 1:26 PM

These FGM survivor stories will surprise you

Equality Now Dear JOhn, FGM is global. In researching our upcoming report on the global nature of FGM, I’ve listened to the experiences of women and girls being cut from many different communities, countries, and backgrounds. Donate to End FGM I’ve spoken to Jennifer from a mid…

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  Equality Now - Flavia Mwangovya · [email protected]

February 6, 2020 at 8:28 AM

✔️ Your #EndFGM to-do list ✔️

Equality Now Dear JOhn, Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) affects girls and women on every continent except Antarctica. The harmful practice is global, so the movement to end it must be too. That’s why, on International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM, we’re asking you to take action.…

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  Equality Now - Flavia Mwangovya · [email protected]

February 5, 2020 at 3:33 PM

Is FGM happening where you live?

Equality Now Dear JOhn, At least 200 million women and girls worldwide are living with the effects of FGM. Every year on February 6th, activists around the world mark International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), standing together against the harmful pra…

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  Equality Now - Bryna Subherwal · [email protected]

February 3, 2020 at 4:46 PM

NEWS: Making Equality Reality

Equality Now Dear JOhn, It is officially the second month of 2020 and our team of human rights lawyers and advocates have been hard at work across the world, working with hundreds of officials, journalists and survivors. Here’s a round up of what we’ve been doing to #MakeEqualityA…

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  Bryna Subherwal - Equality Now · [email protected]

January 25, 2020 at 2:00 PM

Equality Now Recommends 🎬📚🎧

Equality Now Dear JOhn, Was one of your new year’s resolutions to consume more #feminist content? Well we have you covered! Here’s your first 2020 round up of recommendations from our staff and supporters for books, movies, TV shows, podcasts and more that act as a megaphone to wo…

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  Equality Now - Yasmeen Hassan · [email protected]

January 23, 2020 at 8:07 PM

It takes great courage...

Equality Now Dear JOhn, Over the years, I have worked with many survivors of sexual violence and one of the most powerful ways to support them is to listen to them and believe them. Survivors have an incredibly difficult time coming forward and face a series of obstacles from the …

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  Equality Now - Divya Srinivasan · [email protected]

January 16, 2020 at 12:00 PM

Marital Rape is Rape

Equality Now Dear JOhn, Marital rape is not a crime in India. It needs to be. TAKE ACTION NOW Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code explicitly allows a man to rape his adult wife: “Sexual intercourse or sexual acts by a man with his own wife... is not rape.” Laws which permit …

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  Equality Now - Emma Thompson · [email protected]

January 9, 2020 at 12:36 PM

We march once again. STAND UP, FIGHT BACK

Equality Now Dear JOhn, When our rights are under attack, what do we do? STAND UP, FIGHT BACK. We are proud to be partnering with Women’s March Global on 18th Jan 2020 for the March For Our Human Rights - the first women's rights march of the new decade.  This year’s March for Ou…

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  Equality Now - Evelyn Chen · [email protected]

December 31, 2019 at 9:00 PM

Before midnight

Equality Now Dear JOhn, Today is your last chance to invest in the rights of women and girls in 2019. Give the gift of gender equality to yourself and every woman and girl in your life. Here in the U.S. we are fighting for equality under the Constitution, to eliminate child marri…

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  Equality Now - Yasmeen Hassan · [email protected]

December 31, 2019 at 2:00 PM

Let's end 2019 on a high note!

Equality Now Dear JOhn, At the end of another eventful year, I wanted to say thank you for all that you do to ignite, facilitate and support the movement for equality for women and girls. Supporters like you help us win victories for women and girls every day that add up to signi…

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  Equality Now - Evelyn Chen · [email protected]

December 30, 2019 at 8:00 PM

There's still time to invest in women & girls in 2019

Equality Now Dear JOhn, In the past few weeks, you’ve heard stories of women and girls who have faced discrimination, violence and legal inequality. For Equality Now to protect the rights of these women and girls and help them gain justice, we need your support. A donation to Equ…

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  Equality Now - Kate Kelly · [email protected]

December 27, 2019 at 1:00 PM

We are mightier than constitutional inequality.

Equality Now Dear JOhn, We are mightier than constitutional inequality. Women’s rights are under attack in the United States—from reproductive rights to protections against sexual assault and harassment. This is a constitutional crisis and the only permanent solution is the Equal …

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  Kate Kelly - Equality Now · [email protected]

December 23, 2019 at 4:17 PM

The Utah activists fighting for the ERA

Equality Now   Dear JOhn Thanks to tireless grassroots activism we are headed into 2020 with Virginia on the verge of ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment. Equality Now supported activists across the state to inform people, change their minds, and help usher in a much more ERA-frie…

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  Equality Now- Evelyn Chen · [email protected]

December 21, 2019 at 8:00 PM

We are mightier together.

Equality Now JOhn, we are mightier together. Your support is changing lives. Together we have brought issues like sexual violence, child marriage, female genital mutilation and sex trafficking to the forefront of legal, media, and popular attention. You have helped us abolish ove…

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  Equality Now - Tamar Dekanosidze · [email protected]

December 18, 2019 at 1:00 PM

Would wearing tights have changed anything?

Equality Now Dear JOhn, Mightier than an out-dated system. This is Salome's story. Would wearing tights have meant I wouldn’t have been attacked? One night, in my hometown of Tbilisi, Georgia, I was walking back from work when a man and two boys started catcalling me. Suddenly the…

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  Equality Now - Flavia Mwangovya · [email protected]

December 13, 2019 at 1:00 PM

She is mightier than FGM.

Equality Now Dear JOhn, She is mightier than female genital mutilation. This is Caroline's* story. When I was 10 years old my father came to get me from my grandmother’s home. At 4am, I and three other girls were woken by my father who informed us that we were going to be cut beca…

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  Equality Now - Judy Gitau · [email protected]

December 12, 2019 at 8:31 PM

A VICTORY FOR THE GIRLS. If you deny a girl her education, we’ll see you in court.

Equality Now Dear JOhn, A victory for the girls of Sierra Leone I was in court earlier today when the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court of Justice ruled that the government of Sierra Leone breached the right of girls to education by prohibiting pregnant gir…

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  Equality Now - Yasmeen Hassan · [email protected]

December 10, 2019 at 2:00 PM

Gender equality isn’t just good for women.

Equality Now Dear JOhn, Human Rights Day was first celebrated in 1950. When Equality Now was formed in 1992, human rights abuses that happened to men were "political" and of international concern, while violations against women were considered "cultural" and of local concern. Dome…

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  Equality Now - Evelyn Chen · [email protected]

December 3, 2019 at 10:00 PM

An equal world for women & girls - let’s meet our goal together

Equality Now Dear JOhn, Giving Tuesday is almost over! Donate Today Your donation today will further our work to end sexual violence, harmful practices, legal inequality and sexual exploitation of women and girls. Your gift to Equality Now will support our legal team to change …

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  Equality Now - Evelyn Chen · [email protected]

December 3, 2019 at 1:01 PM

Mightier than misogyny

Equality Now Dear JOhn, With your support, we are mightier than misogyny. This #GivingTuesday we want to show misogyny who’s boss and reclaim the rights of women and girls. Will you join us? Donate Today At Equality Now, we know that discriminatory laws don’t reverse themselves…

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  Equality Now · [email protected]

November 29, 2019 at 10:00 AM

BUY ONE GET ONE TREE: Peace, love & equality

Equality Now Hi JOhn, Black Friday is upon us and this year we've got a different kind of offer for you. Buy one, get one tree! We’ve launched a new range of Peace, Love and Equality Now tees and sweatshirts, and until next Tuesday we’ll plant a tree for every order too. Shop N…

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  Equality Now - Niki Kandirikirira · [email protected]

November 27, 2019 at 1:00 PM

The Women’s Movement: Defining a new inclusive future

Equality Now Dear JOhn, As January 2020 falls into view - I wanted to share with you, as a fellow activist, some thoughts on what next year might hold for the women’s rights movement and for our work here at Equality Now. The environmental crisis, the struggle for control of finit…

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  Equality Now · [email protected]

November 25, 2019 at 7:45 PM

Just around the corner

Equality Now Dear JOhn, Giving Tuesday is just around the corner! Mark your calendars for Tuesday, December 3 and help reclaim the rights of women and girls all around you. At Equality Now, we know that laws don’t reverse themselves and change is not possible unless we all work to…

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  Yasmeen Hassan - Equality Now · [email protected]

November 21, 2019 at 9:40 PM

What a night celebrating the arts, activism, literature and women’s rights!

Equality Now ? Dear?JOhn, Changing laws and mindsets is only possible through persistent activism and on Tuesday night at our annual Make Equality Reality Gala?we honored Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Scarlett Curtis, who use the written word to do just that.The positive energy in t…

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  Equality Now - Alexandra Patsalides · [email protected]

November 20, 2019 at 2:29 PM

States promised to protect children’s rights. They are failing.

Equality Now JOhn,  30 years ago the Berlin Wall was dismantled and the world wide web was created. We have made incredible progress in complex areas. But in some straightforward issues, like protecting the rights of children, progress has stalled. Today is the 30th anniversary of…

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  Equality Now - Bryna Subherwal · [email protected]

November 9, 2019 at 2:00 PM

NEWS: Making Equality Reality

Equality Now Dear JOhn, Our team of human rights lawyers and advocates have been hard at work across the world, speaking with hundreds of officials, journalists and survivors. Here’s a round up of what we’ve been doing to make equality a reality with your support. The Beijing Pla…

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  Bryna Subherwal - Equality Now · [email protected]

October 30, 2019 at 4:27 PM

Equality Now Recommends 🎬📚🎧

Equality Now Dear JOhn, What are you reading or listening to these days? Do you find yourself at the end of a good book or an interesting podcast and wonder what should come next? Well good news, it’s time for your latest round up of recommendations from our staff and supporters …

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  Equality Now - Jean Paul Murunga · [email protected]

October 24, 2019 at 6:00 AM

VICTORY: Landmark ruling against child marriage upheld in Tanzania

Equality Now Dear JOhn, Yesterday, the Tanzania Court of Appeal upheld the landmark 2016 ruling by the High Court against child marriage. A landmark ruling demanding girls have equal protection under the law. In 2016, Rebeca Gyumi, Director of our partner Msichana Initiative, bro…

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  Equality Now - Flavia Mwangovya · [email protected]

October 11, 2019 at 2:00 PM

Girls are not “assets”

Equality Now Dear JOhn, It’s International Day of the Girl. We’ve got work to do.  Child marriage violates girls' rights and limits them from living up to their full potential. 12 million girls are married in childhood every year, and far too often this is allowed by law.  Child…

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  Equality Now - Bárbara Jiménez-Santiago · [email protected]

October 6, 2019 at 4:10 PM

5 minutes to improve our relationship

Equality Now Dear JOhn, We would be nothing without the support of people like you.  Your voice matters. We want to hear it. We want to know: What matters to you? How can we improve our conversations?  Please take a few minutes to fill out this brief survey about Equality Now’s c…

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  Equality Now - Yasmeen Hassan · [email protected]

October 2, 2019 at 5:00 AM

“Honor” is not a defense for murder

Equality Now Dear JOhn, Last week in Pakistan, a court convicted Qandeel Baloch's brother of her murder and sentenced him to life in prison. He had confessed to killing her three years ago, saying “of course” he had murdered her. He said her acts of posting “controversial” statem…

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  Equality Now · [email protected]

September 30, 2019 at 3:32 PM

Make Equality Reality Gala to honor Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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  Equality Now - Bárbara Jiménez-Santiago · [email protected]

September 28, 2019 at 1:58 PM

It's not complicated. Girls should not be forced to be mothers.

Equality Now Dear JOhn, Today is International Safe Abortion Day, where activists across the world stand together to demand access to safe abortion for all women and girls. Protecting girls from forced pregnancy in Argentina “We’re talking about girls who are 10, 11, 12 years old…

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  Equality Now - Emma Thompson · [email protected]

September 26, 2019 at 10:57 AM

"History does not repeat itself, but it rhymes."

Equality Now Hi JOhn, At the beginning of September we were honored to launched a partnership with Margaret Atoowd, Fane Productions, and VINTAGE around the highly anticipated sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale, Atwood’s newest novel, The Testaments. In the past few weeks we have seen …

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  Equality Now · [email protected]

September 24, 2019 at 9:27 AM

They labelled my sister a traitor. They tortured her.

Equality Now   Dear JOhn It’s been almost 500 days since Loujain al-Hathloul was arrested alongside other women in Saudi Arabia. Their ‘crime’? Campaigning for women’s rights in the Kingdom. Loujain's sister is calling on us all to take action Yesterday Lina, Loujain's sister, to…

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