News stories by Jacqui Hunt

  1. International Womens Day, 2022 - Sexual Violence Laws are Failing Adolescents

    - Inter Press Service

    LONDON, Mar 03 (IPS) - At Equality Now, we have been on a years-long journey to track and analyze sexual violence laws and their implementation around the world. This work was born after working with survivors of sexual violence for over two decades and observing that women and girls reported similar barriers to justice regardless of where they were from.

  2. “Outrage is Appropriate, Surprise is Not”: Tackling Sex Abuse in the Aid Sector

    - Inter Press Service

    LONDON, Aug 06 (IPS) - Jacqui Hunt* is Regional Director for Europe, Equality Now.

    A new report on the scale and extent of sexual abuse and exploitation in the aid sector should come as no surprise. It is now time for international agencies, including the UN, to step up and show some much-needed leadership to tackle this issue once and for all.

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