Page 8 Ending Sex Discrimination in the Law EQUALITY NOW – BEIJING+25 CALL TO ACTION All governments must review and amend their sex discriminatory laws and put in place clear constitutional, or other, guarantees of equality, as a matter of urgency, to protect all women’s and girls’ civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights under the Beijing Platform for Action and other international law and commitments. Heads of State and Parliamentarians Urgently review and amend or repeal all sex discriminatory legislation; Adopt and /or enforce equality provisions in your Constitution; Introduce and implement gender-sensitive legislation, where lacking, in compliance with international law and in consultation with women’s rights organizations. Traditional Leaders  Ensure all religious and customary laws and practices comply with constitutional and other equality provisions and international law and standards, including the Beijing Platform for Action and the SDGs, and hold other religious and customary leaders to account for the same. Civil Society  Urge heads of state in this report to amend or repeal all sex discriminatory laws and fulfill their commitment to the 1995 Beijing Platform for Action and gender equality. You can take action for those mentioned in this report at www.equalitynow.org;  Write to your own President or Prime Minister and parliamentarians and ask them to review the legislation in your country to amend all laws that discriminate directly or have a discriminatory impact on women and girls. You can find a sample letter to download at www.equalitynow.org;  Spread the word and increase the impact! Share this campaign with your networks to hold governments accountable to their international legal obligation to ensure gender equality;  Join the movement to end sex discrimination in nationality, child marriage and sexual violence laws and the adoption of positive gender equality laws by taking Action at www.equalitynow.org