92.30. Continue in its dialogue within the Constitutional Reform process with a view to adequately defining “discrimination” and guaranteeing the equal rights of all women within Bahamian society (Trinidad and Tobago); 92.31. Strengthen efforts to eliminate discrimination against women (Bangladesh); 92.32. Continue with its active efforts to improve its legislation to further promote gender equality and the rights of women (China); 92.33. Put in place a comprehensive strategy with a result-oriented approach to eliminate stereotypes that discriminate against women in the family, the workplace, in politics and in collaboration with civil society (Norway); 92.34. Adopt further measures aiming at addressing the situation of discrimination between men and women and to eradicate negative stereotypes (Italy); 9. Outside of the 2015 Strategic Plan to Address Gender-Based Violence, and the previous Progressive Liberal Party’s (PLP) “YES” campaign to encourage Bahamian voters in the failed 2016 Constitutional Referendum to vote yes to removing gender discriminatory provisions from Bahamian nationality law, the Bahamian government has largely failed to follow through with the majority of recommendations that it “accepted” during the previous cycle of the UPR. For example, it has not ratified the Optional Protocol to CEDAW and it has not implemented a comprehensive strategy (or National Action Plan) to eliminate gender-based stereotypes. The previous administration converted the existing Bureau of Women’s Affairs into the Department of Gender and Family Affairs, a positive though insufficient step. The current administration has not demonstrated a commitment to strengthening gender equality and eradicating gender discriminatory practices, but is rather seeking to promote urban renewal initiatives within the Department’s purview.5 10. As this submission elaborates, despite The Bahamas’ stated commitment to advance gender equal nationality rights through a Constitutional Referendum, which failed to pass in June 2016, the State is obliged to continue to take further action to ensure the equal nationality rights of women and men, in accordance with its international obligations. The Bahamas’ international obligations 11. The Bahamas has ratified nearly all core international and regional human rights treaties. The right to a nationality and non-discrimination on the basis of sex is reinforced by a variety of these instruments, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) (Article 2, 24), the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (Article 2, 9); the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination (Article 5), the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC, Article 2, 7), and the American Convention on Human Rights (Article 1, 20). 12. The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) states in Article 9 that: (2) States Parties shall grant women equal rights with men with respect to the nationality of their children. Furthermore, Article 2 of the Convention states as follows: 5 http://magneticmediatv.com/2017/06/social-services-minister-gives-summary-of-ministry/