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A Call for States to Grant Women and Men Everywhere Equal Citizenship
A Call for States to Grant Women and Men Everywhere Equal CitizenshipBy Catherine Harrington, Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights Campaign Manager and Associate Director, Women's Refugee Commission This week in Geneva, the United Nations will mark the midway point of the UN Refugee Agency’s 10-year #Ibelong Campaign to End Statelessness. The Global Campaign...
High Level Segment on Statelessness: Civil Society Perspectives and Contribution
High Level Segment on Statelessness: Civil Society Perspectives and Contribution
Allow Equal Right for Malaysian Men and Women to Confer Nationality on Spouses and Children
Allow Equal Right for Malaysian Men and Women to Confer Nationality on Spouses and ChildrenOriginally published in the New Strait Times, March 25, 2019. The Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG) urges the government to reform Malaysia’s nationality laws, to allow equal right for Malaysian men and women to confer nationality on their spouses and children....
A CALL FOR URGENT ACTION TO END GENDER DISCRIMINATION IN NATIONALITY LAWS: GOVERNMENTS CONTRADICT THEIR PLEDGES TO GENDER EQUALITY
A CALL FOR URGENT ACTION TO END GENDER DISCRIMINATION IN NATIONALITY LAWS: GOVERNMENTS CONTRADICT THEIR PLEDGES TO GENDER EQUALITYGlobal Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights Statement, May 2, 2019 (Available in Arabic and French) From April 24-25, 2019 civil society leaders from Africa, the Caribbean, the Middle East, South Asia and Southeast Asia convened in...
Submission on Bahrain to the Committee on the Rights of the Child
Submission on Bahrain to the Committee on the Rights of the Child This submission was made to inform the Committee on the Rights of the Child's review of Bahrain at its 80th Session of the Committee (14 January 2019 - 1 February 2019). The submission focuses on gender discrimination in the nationality laws of Bahrain in violation of its commitments under the...
