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254 NGOs call on Member States to address gender discrimination in nationality laws during WPS Open Debate
254 NGOs call on Member States to address gender discrimination in nationality laws during WPS Open DebateIn advance of the UN Open Debate on Women, Peace, and Security (October 25), the Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights joined 253 NGOs from 55 countries in signing the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace, and Security's Open Letter, which calls on Member...

Joint submission on Bahrain to the Human Rights Council of the United Nations
Joint submission on Bahrain to the Human Rights Council of the United Nations In this submission, Equality Now, the Bahrain Women’s Union, and the Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights provide information and highlight concerns about sex discrimination in the law with regard to nationality in Bahrain. The submission also includes key recommendations regarding...

Joint Statement on Women and Girls towards the Global Refugee and Migrant Summits
Joint Statement on Women and Girls towards the Global Refugee and Migrant SummitsOn September 19th and 20th, 2016, world leaders gather at the United Nations (UN) for two major summits on the global refugee and migration crisis – the UN Summit for Refugees and Migrants co-chaired by the Governments of Jordan and Ireland and the Leaders’ Summit on Refugees convened...

107 Governments Sponsor UN Resolution Calling for Women’s Equal Nationality Rights
107 Governments Sponsor UN Resolution Calling for Women's Equal Nationality RightsDuring the 32nd Session of the Human Rights Council (HRC), 107 countries* co-sponsored a new HRC Resolution, "The Right to a Nationality: Women's Equal Nationality Rights in Law and Practice," which calls on all governments to ensure gender equal nationality rights and urges reform in...

Event: Women’s Equal Nationality Rights in Law and Practice
Event: Women’s Equal Nationality Rights in Law and PracticeThe Permanent Missions of Algeria, Australia, France, Germany, The Netherlands,New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia, the United Kingdom, and the United States andthe Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights,the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, United...