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)

This report draws upon a large amount of data collected by ESCWA from national sources released by the Syrian Government and United Nations agencies. It also builds on information contained in reports

This article, published in 2015, tells the story of female journalist Rula Amin who was arrested in Amman because of an appeal of an "expedient custody" court decision granted to her. Rula Amin is a

The UN Task Force on Violence Against Women in Jordan endeavours to enhance coordination and intensify efforts to address violence against women for a more systematic,comprehensive and sustained

This anthology offers twenty studies on instances of emerging social justice and women’s empowerment in the Middle East,North Africa,and South Asia,areas that are home to large populations where women