This study focuses on the societal determinants which increase Jordanian women's risk of becoming obese. Predominant factors include marriage at an early age,wealth status,and smoking. In observing

Submitted to the UN Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and practice,this paper presents recommendations on new legislation or improved implementation of existing

This is a report that represents the knowledge gained from cases undertaken as part of Equality Now’s Adolescent Girls’ Legal Defense Fund (AGLDF). This report identifies and addresses the common

This report draws on the Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). These Concluding Observations relate to law or the absence of law,and this

This manual promotes the use of the groundbreaking human rights instrument,the Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa. It is a guide that provides step-by-step guidance for using the Protocol at

Building on the body of Equality Now’s work for the protection of girls’ and women’s rights,this report illustrates the impact of child marriage through 11 case studies and includes an analysis of the

This is the fourth edition report of Equality Now’s ongoing global advocacy campaign to hold governments accountable to the pledge made at the historic UN 4th World Conference on Women (Beijing,1995)

The Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA),in cooperation with the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Office for North Africa and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU),organized an