Equality Now – Africa Regional Office
Equality Now was founded in 1992 to work for the protection and promotion of the human rights of women around the world. Equality Now's Africa Regional Office is based in Nairobi (Kenya) and has for the past one and half years been coordinating the campaign for the popularisation, ratification and domestication of the African Protocol on Women's Rights. It is registered as a NGO in Kenya. Working with national human rights organisations and individual activists, Equality Now documents violence and discrimination against women and adds an international action overlay to support their efforts to advance equality rights and defend individual women who are suffering abuse. Through its Women's Action Network, Equality Now distributes information about these human rights violations to concerned groups and individuals around the world, along with recommended actions for publicising and protesting against them. The Women's Action Network is committed to voicing a worldwide call for justice and equality for women. Issues of urgent concern to Equality Now include rape, domestic violence, reproductive rights, trafficking of women, female genital mutilation, and equal access to economic opportunity and political participation. See www.equalitynow.org
Contact:
Faiza Mohamed
Tel: +254-20-2719913
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