From grassroots power to global accountability
Every Woman is a coalition of women’s rights activists across 165 countries working to end violence against all women and girls by advancing international law. We unite grassroots advocacy and global diplomacy to strengthen global norms and standards and hold governments to their commitments, creating a safer, more just world for all.
Violence against all women and girls is one of the most widespread human rights violations on earth.
Collective action is how we end it.
What we do
Advance international law
We partner with governments, the United Nations and other civil society organisations to create international policies that strengthen global standards to end gender-based violence.
Increase global accountability
We leverage existing legal instruments to hold governments accountable to their commitments to end violence against all women and girls under international law.
Strengthen the movement
We operate as a hub for shared learning and resources that help us sustain, uplift, and expand our impact, while taking care of our wellbeing.
We listen. We unite. We collaborate.
Our expanded work
For years, Every Woman has advocated for the end of violence against all women and girls through binding international law. Recently, though, with the change in the geopolitical landscape and violence against women and girls intensifying, we asked ourselves: What can we do, as a global force spanning 165 countries, to meet this moment? The answer: Broaden our work for greater impact.
We’re pleased to share that Every Woman is expanding its work to include multiple pathways to end violence against all women and girls. These include strengthening international law and increasing global accountability to ensure all women and girls can live free from violence.
The urgency is undeniable. Across the globe, women and girls face persistent and rising levels of violence, while the movements working to end this violence are being defunded, legal protections are being rolled back, and activists and organisations are increasingly targeted with abuse and threats designed to discredit them.
We refuse to accept violence against any woman or girl as normal and know that we can end it together. In the words of cofounder Meera Khanna: “From villages to international bodies, from lived experience to international law, we create accountability that no single actor could achieve alone.”
Return here throughout 2026 to learn about our new initiatives and campaigns and ways to get involved.
