Geneva summit garners action to tackle gender discriminatory nationality laws
Geneva, 13 June 2023 — Leaders from governments, civil society and United Nations agencies convened in Geneva today at a Global Summit on Gender Equality in Nationality Laws, calling for expedited action to end gender-based discrimination in nationality laws that deny people the equal right to …
[Click here for the statement in Arabic.] Citizens’ equal right to pass their nationality to their children is a fundamental human right, one that is essential to advancing gender equality, children’s rights and wellbeing, and…
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 phon…
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…
