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BACKGROUND NOTE ON GENDER EQUALITY, NATIONALITY LAWS AND STATELESSNESS 2021

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Background Note on Gender Equality, Nationality Laws and Statelessness 2021

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Author: UNHCR

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Description: This annual background note focuses on gender inequality in nationality laws, particularly the ongoing discrimination faced by women in conferring nationality to their children. Despite progress since the adoption of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) in 1979, 25 countries across all regions — most notably in the Middle East, North Africa, Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa — still deny mothers equal rights to pass on nationality. The report reviews recent legal reforms and provides an overview of current nationality laws, highlighting how gender discrimination in this area contributes to childhood statelessness and family separation, particularly in crisis situations such as the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Report

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UN : UNHCR

Region

Global / Other

Theme

Children
Covid-19
Discrimination
Women

Date published: Mar 5, 2021

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604257d34.pdf
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