The editors of the Independent, Guardian and Financial Times have "appealed to their industry colleagues to show greater transparency and abandon "closed-door negotiations" over Lord Justice Leveson's proposals for reforming the press". It has been reported that this could be a critical week in the talks on Leveson -...

Various myths are rolled-out in relation to the supposed benefits of legalising or decriminalising prostitution. The logic often goes that prostitution is the 'oldest profession' and will always exist, so it would be better for the women involved if everything was in plain sight and regulated. It is argued that by doing...

In January 2012, Equality Now and partners Eaves, Object, Turn Your Back on Page 3 and the End Violence Against Women Coalition presented testimony and submissions to the Leveson Inquiry using everyday examples to highlight the pervasive sexual objectification and harmful representation...

The president of Kyrgyzstan, Mr Almazbek Atambayev, has signed into law a bill which increases the maximum prison sentence for bride kidnapping from three to seven years. If the kidnapped girl is younger than 17 (the minimum legal age for marriage), the punishment is up to ten years.

A new worldwide report by Equality Now demands that nationality and citizenship laws, which discriminate on the basis of sex, should be urgently revised in line with international legal obligations.

The fact that many governments continue to deny women equal rights to confer citizenship on their children...

The world is once again at a stage where a single dramatic event might be the impetus for revolutionary change on a global level.

Something fundamental was altered in the global mindset after a 23-year-old woman was raped and murdered on a bus in Delhi last month.  Although rape...

To elaborate on Alexandra Topping's Guardian article relating to "politicians and women's groups back 'Nordic model'":

Millions of predominantly women and girls around the world are exploited in the commercial sex industry each year. This buying and selling of sex is often intrinsically linked to sex trafficking.

Earlier this month,...