87 Loi No. 1961.212 Portant Code de la Nationalité Centrafricaine, Article 13. 88 Code de la Nationalité Congolaise, No. 35 of 1961, Article 18. 89 Decreto No. 1613 Ley de Nacionalidad y sus Reformas Decreto No. 86-96, Article 43. 90 Kingdom of Jordan, Nationality Law No. 6 of 1954, Article 8. 91 Constitution of Malaysia, 1957, Article 15(1). 92 Oman, Nationality Law Article 2. 93 Administrative Naturalization Law of 2000, Republic Act No. 9139, Section 12. 94 Constitution of Saint Lucia, 1979, Articles 102(1) and (2). 95 Constitution of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Article 93(1)–(2). 96 The principle of dependent nationality was applied in most states at the beginning of the twentieth century and required that a woman who married a foreigner automatically acquired the nationality of her husband upon marriage, based on the view that nationality would entail loyalty to one state only. This was normally accompanied by the loss of her own nationality. United Nations, Convention on the Nationality of Married Women: Historical Background and Commentary (United Nations doc. E/CN.6/389), Sales No. 62.IV.3, p. 2. 97 Civil Code of 1928, Article 976(6). 98 Decree No. 15 of 1959 on Kuwaiti Nationality Law, Article 10. 99 Bahrain Citizenship Act, 1963, as amended in 1989, Article 7. 100 Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, General Recommendation No. 32 on the gender-related dimensions of refugee status, asylum, nationality, and statelessness of women, CEDAW/C/GC/32, 14 November 2014, paragraph 54. 101 Law No. 26 of 1975 Concerning Egyptian Nationality, Article 8. 102 Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, General Recommendation No. 32 on the gender-related dimensions of refugee status, asylum, nationality, and statelessness of women, CEDAW/C/GC/32, 14 November 2014, paragraph 55. 16 103 Syrian Arab Republic, Nationality Law, Legislative Decree 276 of 1969, Article 3. 104 However, women tend to be reluctant to declare this for fear they will be stigmatized (UNHCR 2017). ACHIEVING UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO ID: GENDER-BASED LEGAL BARRIERS AGAINST WOMEN AND GOOD PRACTICE REFORMS