The equality effect

The equality effect is a non-profit charity that uses international human rights law as a crowbar to pry open justice for women and girls around the world. Our mission is to make girls rights real, using the law. To eliminate the systemic discrimination and culture of impunity that leaves girls across Africa and beyond, vulnerable to rape, without consequence. 80% of students in Kenya report that rape is the biggest obstacle to their studies.* 2/3s of girls in Kenya are sexually assaulted by the time they turn 18.* 1) To ensure the enforcement of existing laws intended to protect girls from rape. 2) To introduce perpetrator accountability to achieve deterrence around defilement. The laws exist. The Equality Effect has developed a proven, scalable legal strategy that leverages existing laws to strengthen the legal system applying it for girls/women to drive systemic change. The Equality Effects difference is the ability to develop interdisciplinary, cross-sector legal strategi...