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Equal Nationality Laws Are Vital to Realizing Girls’ Rights and Security
Equal Nationality Laws Are Vital to Realizing Girls’ Rights and SecurityAt first glance, laws governing nationality rights might seem irrelevant to securing the rights and security of girls across the globe. But, in reality, when countries deny women and men equal nationality rights, it can result in serious violations of girls’ most basic human rights. Nationality...
CSW Event: Mobilizing for Women’s Equal Nationality Rights
CSW Event: Mobilizing for Women's Equal Nationality RightsMobilizing for Women’s Equal Nationality Rights: Lessons learned across regions 2:30-4:00 PM, Wednesday, March 16, 2016Thai Cultural Center, Room 2310 East 44th St. Suite #LNew York, NY Today 27 countries deny women equal rights to confer nationality on their children. Over 50 countries maintain some form of...
DC Roundtable January 20: Ending Gender Discrimination in Nationality Laws
DC Roundtable January 20: Ending Gender Discrimination in Nationality LawsThe Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights, Women’s Refugee Commission, Equality Now and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in partnership with the United States Institute of Peace Invite you to the roundtable discussion Ending Gender Discrimination in Nationality...
Ensuring gender equal nationality laws is key to ending statelessness
Ensuring gender equal nationality laws is key to ending statelessnessIf statelessness is to be eradicated, it is vital that all States ensure that women and men have equal nationality rights – rights that govern one’s ability to acquire, change, retain and confer citizenship. Gender discrimination in nationality laws is one of the leading causes of statelessness, a...
Somalia UPR Pre-Session Statement
Somalia UPR Pre-Session Statement (cc) United Nations Photo Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights statement during the Universal Periodic Review pre-Session on Somalia: The Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights (the Global Campaign) is a coalition of international and national organizations that promotes gender equality in nationality laws, so that...