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Global Summit on Gender Equality in Nationality Laws
The Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights, housed at Women’s Refugee Commission, UNHCR, UNICEF, and UN Women are pleased to share this invitation for the Global Summit on Gender Equality in Nationality Laws, taking place 13 June 2023 from 2-5 PM CET/8-11 AM EDT at the Ecumenical Center, Geneva and online. Reception to follow (1 hour). The Global Summit is...
Statement on International Women’s Day – Equality in Law for Women and Girls in a Digital Age
On International Women’s Day, we are reminded of the work still to be done to advance the gender equality agenda in a digital age. Awareness of women’s rights among women and girls and men and boys is keenly dependent on access to innovative technology, including simple tools such as mobile phones. The COVID pandemic demonstrated quite clearly that closing the...
Malaysian Court Upholds Women’s Equal Nationality Rights: GCENR Statement
Malaysian Court Upholds Women's Equal Nationality Rights: GCENR Statement The Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights today celebrates the decision by Kuala Lumpur’s High Court to side with the plaintiffs, GCENR coalition member Family Frontiers and six affected mothers, in affirming Malaysian women’s right to confer nationality on their children born abroad on...
Generation Equality Forum Commitments by the Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights
Generation Equality Forum Commitments by the Global Campaign for Equal Nationality RightsAs part of the Generation Equality Forum, convened by UN Women June 30-July 2, 2021, the Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights joined governments, civil society, corporations, and other actors in making commitments to undertake transformative action for gender equality....
UN agencies, together with the Commonwealth and Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights, call for reform of nationality laws that discriminate on the basis of gender
UN agencies, together with the Commonwealth and Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights, call for reform of nationality laws that discriminate on the basis of gender September 23, New York - At a high level event on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, UN Women, the UN Development Programme, UNHCR, the Commonwealth and the Global Campaign for Equal...