Equality Now
Antonia Kirkland serves as the Global Lead for Legal Equality and Access to Justice at Equality Now since August 2016, where responsibilities include providing thought leadership and legal support to enforce women's and girls’ rights globally. Antonia has developed and managed strategies to hold governments accountable, engaging with officials and strengthening coalitions on various legal equality campaigns. Additionally, Antonia has acted as a spokesperson for Equality Now in prominent media outlets and has overseen important UN submissions. Previous roles at Equality Now include Program Manager and Legal Advisor, with early experience as a Coordinator at The Rockefeller Foundation. Antonia Kirkland holds a Juris Doctor from Rutgers Law School, a Master's in Gender and Development Studies from The London School of Economics, and a Bachelor's in International Relations from Brown University.
Equality Now
For 30 years, Equality Now has been using the law to create a just world for women and girls. We use a unique combination of legal advocacy, regional partnership-building, and community mobilization to realize our vision of a more just and equal world for women and girls. We are coalition builders, system disruptors, and unapologetic feminists who know that the only way to achieve substantial equality is through structural change and addressing the root causes of oppression. Our global network of lawyers, activists, and supporters holds governments responsible for their international obligation to prohibit all forms of violence and discrimination against women. The law is a powerful tool that can either perpetuate inequality or combat it. At Equality Now, we work around the clock to ensure that it does the latter.