Background Note on Gender Equality, Nationality Laws and Statelessness 2024 UNHCR P.O. Box 2500 1211 Geneva 2 Switzerland Cover image ©Jorm Sangsorn

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Background Note on Gender Equality, Nationality Laws and Statelessness 2024

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Description: UNHCR expresses concern over nationality laws denying women equal rights to confer nationality on children, leading to statelessness. Despite progress since CEDAW adoption in 1979, 24 countries still lack gender equality in this regard. The issue spans regions, with disparities in the Middle East, North Africa, Asia, the Pacific, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Americas. Some states grant equality in nationality rights for children but not in other aspects related to changes in civil status.

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