A/HRC/36/30 including in the cases of displacement or in relation to victims of trafficking; and (c) monitoring whether the implementation of nationality laws had an unintended discriminatory impact on women and amending administrative procedures and requirements to ensure women’s equal enjoyment of nationality rights. 36. Lastly, they suggested that Governments provide safeguards against and remedies for violations of women’s equal nationality rights by: (a) facilitating the acquisition of nationality for those who did not benefit from recent reforms in nationality laws because the law was not retroactive or had other stringent requirements; (b) concluding agreements with other States on nationality matters to prevent statelessness; (c) protecting women human rights defenders involved in nationality-related campaigns and ensure effective representation of women in all processes to reform nationality laws and in their implementation, whether at the local, national, regional or international level; (d) ensuring that effective and appropriate remedies were available to all persons, in particular women and children, whose right to a nationality had been violated, including restoration of nationality and expedient provision of documentary proof of nationality by the State responsible for the violation; and (e) in order to facilitate consistency in the provision of effective remedies, disseminating widely all relevant judicial decisions and recommendations of human rights mechanisms on nationality and ensure local governments and local courts were made aware of related decisions and recommendations and their applicability under their local jurisdiction. 37. With regard to civil society organizations, the experts and participants of the workshop recommended that they: (a) monitor the implementation of the reformed law, including at the executive and judicial levels; (b) disseminate information, raise awareness and share good practices among concerned stakeholders; (c) and sustain engagement with the Government on gender equality issues. 43 VII. Conclusions and recommendations 38. Many experts and participants referred to the importance of the international legal framework to eliminate discrimination against women in nationality rights. The testimonies of persons affected by discrimination against women in nationality rights underscored the gravity of the impact that such discrimination could have on their identity, dignity and the enjoyment of a wide range of human rights. Several experts and participants pointed out that gender equality in nationality rights contributed to achieving a number of Sustainable Development Goals, as well as broader national development. It also contributed to more inclusive and stable society and the wellbeing of the population by reducing social marginalization and alienation. While ensuring women’s equal nationality rights through law reforms and their implementation may be a long-term project, it was a feasible and necessary goal to achieve. 39. Experts and participants shared concrete and practical recommendations for law reforms and their implementation, as described in sections IV to VI above. In particular, many experts and participants emphasized that strong political leadership at the highest levels, as well as active engagement of the Government, parliamentarians, civil society and the media, were crucial elements for successful law reform. 40. Discriminatory gender stereotypes and intersecting forms of discrimination women faced were identified as major challenges to achieving necessary law reform. Experts and participants recommended that Governments, working with parliamentarians, civil society organizations and the media: (a) raise awareness on gender equality in nationality rights among affected persons and the general public, including through wide public consultations; (b) involve women as active agents in 43 See, for example, the experience of Egypt in “Good Practices Paper” (footnote 29 above). 11