UNHCR
A Call for States to Grant Women and Men Everywhere Equal Citizenship
by Catherine Harrington / News
By 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
...On International Human Rights Day UN Agencies and Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights Urge Action to Uphold Gender Equal Nationality Rights across the Middle East-North Africa Region
by Catherine Harrington / News
[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
...Parliamentarians Commit to Advocate Gender Equal Nationality Laws & Combat Statelessness
by Catherine Harrington / News
In November 2015 parliamentarians from around the globe convened in Cape Town, South Africa to discuss the root causes of statelessness and consider interventions for its eradication. Organized by the Inter-Parliamentary Union, UNHCR and the
...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
by Catherine Harrington / News
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 Nationality Rights called for reform of nationality laws
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