Press Releases

	25 July 2008: Iran: Kobra Najjar Faces Imminent Execution by Stoning for Adultery. Equality Now Calls on Iranian Authorities to Commute All Stoning Sentences.
	6 June 2008: UN General Assembly Debate on Human Trafficking Must Move Beyond Words. Equality Now Calls on India to Criminalize Demand for Prostitution as an Effective Way to End Sex Trafficking.
	21 November 2007: Countries Make Headway as African Union Marks Second Anniversary of African Protocol on the Rights of Women. Women's Coalition Worried as Pace of Ratifications and Domestication by Countries Slows Down.
	19 November 2007: Equality Now Condemns Saudi Arabian Court Ruling Sentencing Rape Victim to 200 Lashes and 6 Months' Imprisonment.
	12 November 2007: Human Rights Groups Call for an End to the Harassment of Women's Rights Defenders in Iran.
	16 July 2007: Manhattan Sex Tour Operator To Be Sentenced. First Sentencing Of Its Kind Under New York State Law.
	11 July 2007: Equality Now Outraged That Death by Stoning Persists in Iran Despite Local and Global Calls to End Brutality. International Pressure on Iranian Government to Ban Stoning Must Continue.
	3 July 2007: One More Woman's Body Found in Ciudad Juárez, Over 15 Cases of Femicide Identified So Far in 2007. Equality Now Extremely Concerned That Murders Continue as Climate of Impunity Persists.
	25 June 2007: Concerted Global Advocacy Efforts Narrowly Avert Stoning to Death of Two Iranians. Equality Now Supports Iranian Activists, Call for an Immediate Ban on Stoning in Iran.
	6 June 2007: New York State Anti-Trafficking Coalition Celebrates Passage of Strong Anti-Trafficking Law in New York. Three Years of Intense Advocacy by Coalition Members Yields Successful Results.
	24 May 2007: Manhattan Sex Tour Operator Found Guilty of Three Counts of Promoting Prostitution in the Third Degree. Equality Now Commends Manhattan District Attorney's Office for First Sex Tourism Conviction in the Country.
	22 January 2007: Equality Now Celebrates Six Years of Groundbreaking Grassroots Activism to End Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Across Africa.
	1 December 2006: Equality Now Issues Statement on Women's Protection Bill in Pakistan.
	29 November 2006: Equality Now Convenes International Meeting of Women Lawyers from Across Africa. Expert Group Will Strategize Implementation of the African Union Protocol on the Rights of Women.
	22 November 2006: African Union Marks First Anniversary of African Protocol on Rights of Women. Women's Coalition Raises Serious Concerns About Lack of Political Will to Fulfill Obligations Set in Protocol.
	13 October 2006: Equality Now Urges Secretary-General Elect Ban Ki-Moon to Make Women's Rights a Priority.
	5 December 2005: Time for a Woman: Equality Now Launches Campaign for Top Post at United Nations.
	27 October 2005: Victory for Women's Rights in Africa: African Protocol on Rights of Women Enters into Force.
	11 August 2005: Twelfth Government Ratifies the Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa. Three More Needed to Come into Force.
	3 May 2005: Equality Now Commends Georgia Legislature on Passing Law Prohibiting Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).
	24 February 2005: Meryl Streep Joins Equality Now in Demanding Government Accountability for Laws That Discriminate Against Women. Countries Must Honor Promises They Made Ten Years Ago at Beijing Conference on Women.
	13 January 2005: International Meeting of Women in Media Marks Launch of Equality Now in London. Gloria Steinem, Jane Fonda and Charles Wheeler Help Honour Rana Husseini, Jordanian Journalist Who Broke the Silence on "Honour" Killings.
	27 December 2004: Meryl Streep, Marisa Tomei, and Sarah Jones Join Equality Now's Call to End Violence and Discrimination Against Women.
	17 September 2004: Two Maasai Girls in Kenya Forced to Undergo Genital Mutilation. Equality Now Urges Kenyan Authorities to Hold Perpetrators Accountable.
	29 June 2004: African Women's Coalition Launches Campaign Calling on Governments to Ratify the Protocol on The Rights of African Women. Graça Machel Signs Campaign Petition Urging All African Countries to Act Immediately to Ensure Protocol’s Entry Into Force.
	7 June 2004: First International Meeting of Ex-Circumcisers, Convened by Equality Now, Brings Groundbreaking Perspective to the Campaign Against Female Genital Mutilation.
	31 May 2004: Tanzanian Activists Form National Coalition to Take Collective Action to End Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). NGO Leaders Call on Tanzanian Government Officials to Enforce the Law Against FGM.
	28 May 2004: Equality Now Convenes National Meeting of Tanzanian Anti-Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Activists. NGO Leaders to Meet With Tanzanian Government Officials, Calling for Enforcement of Law Against FGM.
	20 May 2004: Hawaii Passes Law Against Sex Tourism. Equality Now Welcomes First State Legislation of Its Kind in Nation.
	22 March 2004: New York State Takes Unprecedented Criminal Action Against Sex Tourism Industry. Seven-Year Campaign by Equality Now Leads to Criminal Indictment of Big Apple Oriental Tour Operators.
	4 November 2003: Equality Now Campaign Against Video Travel.
	20 August 2003: New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer Obtains Temporary Restraining Order Against Big Apple Oriental Tours. Seven-Year Campaign by Equality Now Leads to Unprecedented Legal Action Against Sex Tourism Industry.
	21 July 2003: African Activists Call for Use of Law and Greater Role of Men in the Campaign to End Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). African Immigrant Communities Come Together to Launch Anti-FGM Initiative in Metro Atlanta.
	14 July 2003: African Union Adopts Protocol on the Rights of African Women: Right to Abortion Articulated for the First Time in International Law.
	15 November 2002: Honoring Youth Who Have Said No to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). Celebrating the Power of the Individual on Human Rights Day (Dec. 10).
	20 December 2001: Leading Delegates of the Afghan Women’s Summit in Brussels Will Meet with the United Nations Security Council to Press That Aid Be Conditioned on Women’s Rights and That Resolution 1325 Must Be Implemented to Ensure Women’s Equal Participation in the Maintenance of Peace. Actor Meryl Streep to Moderate at Press Conference Detailing Afghan Women’s Demands and the Global Campaign to Support Their Struggle for Human Rights and Democracy. Press Conference to Be Held Thursday, December 20 at 10:00 AM.
	14 December 2001: Delegates from the Afghan Women’s Summit Present Brussels Proclamation to Congressional and State Department Leaders and Press That Aid Be Conditioned on Women’s Rights and Directed to Women NGO’s in Afghanistan. Comprehensive Plans for Education, Health Care, Women’s Rights, Refugees, and Culture Are Detailed in Brussels Proclamation.
	6 December 2001: In Celebration of Freedom, Afghan Women's Summit Defines the Path and Launches a Global Campaign for Human Rights and Democracy in Afghanistan.

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