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107 Governments Sponsor UN Resolution Calling for Women’s Equal Nationality Rights
107 Governments Sponsor UN Resolution Calling for Women's Equal Nationality RightsDuring the 32nd Session of the Human Rights Council (HRC), 107 countries* co-sponsored a new HRC Resolution, "The Right to a Nationality: Women's Equal Nationality Rights in Law and Practice," which calls on all governments to ensure gender equal nationality rights and urges reform in...
Event: Women’s Equal Nationality Rights in Law and Practice
Event: Women’s Equal Nationality Rights in Law and PracticeThe Permanent Missions of Algeria, Australia, France, Germany, The Netherlands,New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia, the United Kingdom, and the United States andthe Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights,the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, United...
A Loss for Gender Equality and Equal Nationality Rights in The Bahamas
A Loss for Gender Equality and Equal Nationality Rights in The Bahamas The Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights is deeply disappointed by the failure of the public referendum in The Bahamas on June 7, which sought to end discrimination on the basis of sex and enshrine the principle of equality between women and men in the Bahamian Constitution. Three of the...
A Yes Vote for Equality: Statement on Referendum On Gender Equality in The Bahamas
A Yes Vote for Equality: Statement on Referendum On Gender Equality in The Bahamas The Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights welcomes the historic opportunity for the citizens of The Bahamas to remove sex-based discrimination from the Bahamian Constitution in next week’s National Referendum. The Bahamas is one of only two countries in the Western Hemisphere...
Submission for the Universal Periodic Review of Togo: Sex Discrimination in the Nationality Law
Submission for the Universal Periodic Review of Togo: Sex Discrimination in the Nationality Law In this submission, Global Campaign Steering Committee member Equality Now and the Togolese NGO Questions de Femmes provide information to the Twenty-Sixth Session of the UPR Working Group of the Human Rights Council to inform the Universal Periodic Review of Togo. The...
