11 Facts About Equality Now

Equality Now is a non-governmental organization founded in 1992 to advocate for the protection and promotion of the human rights of women and girls.

Equality Now was founded in 1992 in New York by attorneys Jessica Neuwirth of the United States, Navanethem Pillay of South Africa and Feryal Gharahi.

Immediately after the opening of its first office in New York, Equality Now began to identify groups whose work matched its own mission and to consider how to support and reinforce the actions those groups were already taking.

Equality Now helped to build public consciousness on women's rights as human rights and to channel concern into strategic action through the Women's Action Network, an alliance of organizations working to achieve their common goals.

Equality Now opened its Africa Regional Office in Nairobi, Kenya in 2000.

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Equality Now's vision is "a world in which women and men have equal rights under the law, and full enjoyment of their human rights".

In November 2013, a coalition of Royal Colleges, trade unions and Equality Now launched a report at the House of Commons titled, “Tackling FGM in the UK: Intercollegiate recommendations for identifying, recording and reporting.

Equality Now leads and participates in a range of activities and campaigns that aim to hold governments accountable to the pledges they have made to protect the fundamental rights of women and girls around the world.

Equality Now has expressed its outrage at the Donald Trump administration military trans exclusion memo.

At the time of the campaign's release, Handmaid's Tale executive producer Warren Littlefield said, “We are honored to partner with Equality Now to help raise awareness of the vital work they do for women and girls around the world.

One year later, in June 2019, Equality Now unveiled its second partnership with The Handmaid's Tale, The World I Want To Live In, which ran in tandem the series' third season in the US and the UK.