Equality Now

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Human Rights Non Profit

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About Equality Now

At Equality Now, we believe in creating a just world for women and girls. Since 1992, our international network of lawyers, activists and supporters have tackled the most difficult issues, challenged ingrained cultural assumptions and called out inequality wherever we see it.

Our vision is a world in which women and men have equal rights under the law, and full enjoyment of their human rights.

Our mission is to achieve legal and systemic change that addresses violence and discrimination against women and girls around the world.

At Equality Now we know that the law has historically been used to marginalize, disenfranchise, and oppress and that women and girls have been especially impacted by discriminatory laws that treat them as second-class citizens. But we envision a world where the law is used to promote equality rather than codify misogyny, where constitutions respect human rights rather than embed discrimination, and where the criminal justice system arbitrates with integrity rather than perpetuates harmful gender and racial stereotypes.

We aim to live our mission through the feminist principles of equality, anti-discrimination, inclusion, autonomy, and dignity.