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Following Arab League Conference, Calls for Nationality Law Reforms for Gender Equality in the Middle East
Following Arab League Conference, Calls for Nationality Law Reforms for Gender Equality in the Middle East In a first for the region, government and civil society leaders from across the Middle East-North Africa (MENA) region convened at the Secretariat of the League of Arab States in Cairo to discuss the need to enact nationality law reforms to uphold gender...
MENA Civil Society Calls for Gender-Equal Nationality Rights
MENA Civil Society Calls for Gender-Equal Nationality Rights[Click here for the Arabic statement.] We, the Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights and civil society organizations from the Middle East-North Africa and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, welcome the Declaration of the First Conference for Arab States on Good Practices and Regional...
Sudan’s Supreme Court Reaffirms Women’s Right to Confer Nationality on Children
Sudan's Supreme Court Reaffirms Women’s Right to Confer Nationality on ChildrenThe Supreme Court of Sudan reaffirmed the right of Sudanese women to confer nationality on their children in a July 6, 2017 decision. This important advancement for gender equal nationality rights underscores the need for Sudan's Nationality Act to be aligned with the country’s Interim...
Sierra Leone Enshrines Equal Right of Women to Pass Nationality to Children
The Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights joyfully welcomes the passage of Sierra Leone’s amended Citizenship Act, which now guarantees women and men the equal right to confer nationality on children. With this critical reform, only 25 countries remain worldwide that deny women the ability to pass their citizenship to their children on an equal basis with...
Togo Convening Increases Momentum for Nationality Law Reform
Togo Convening Increases Momentum for Nationality Law ReformThis February the Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights convened a national workshop on Achieving Gender Equal Nationality Rights in Togo, in partnership with national coalition member Questions des Femmes and Campaign steering committee member Equality now. The workshop brought together over 60...