Tag: Equality Now

Equality Now and WeSpeakOut Roundtable Discuss Eliminating FGM/Khafz in India by 2030

Stuart Mitchell

Despite Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) being prevalent in India amongst the Dawoodi Bohra community and some Sunni Muslim sects, India does not have a separate law against it. During an ongoing Public Interest Litigation seeking a ban on FGM, the Supreme Court of India remarked that the practice is a clear violation of a woman’s bodily integrity as laid down in the Indian constitution.     FGM among the Bohra community – where it is referred to as Khafz – was shrouded in secrecy until 2015, when the first-known anti-FGM/Khafz…

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Equality Now Teams Up with Emmy® Award-winning Hulu Original Series The Handmaid’s Tale

Stuart Mitchell

International women’s rights organization Equality Now is unveiling a new campaign with Emmy Award-winning Hulu Original Series, The Handmaid’s Tale, which calls on people to use the power of their name and the power of the law to achieve equality for women and girls. The centerpiece of the campaign is a two minute film, Hope Lives in Every Name, in which members of the cast and production team share testimonies that may sound as if they are from The Handmaid’s Tale but are in fact the words of real women…

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