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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, the Commonwealth, and GCENR Call for Reform of Gender-Discriminatory Nationality Laws
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...
An Important Step towards Equal Nationality Rights in The Bahamas
An Important Step towards Equal Nationality Rights in The Bahamas Equality Bahamas and the Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights* welcome the decision by the Supreme Court of The Bahamas to uphold the right of Bahamian men to confer nationality on their children, regardless of marital status.** This is an important step towards upholding equal nationality...
