10 Actions to End Statelessness Action 3: REMOVE GENDER DISCRIMINATION FROM NATIONALITY LAWS STARTING POINT • • MILESTONES More than 60 States have nationality laws which do not allow women and men to acquire, change or retain their nationality on an equal basis. By 2017: • • GOAL BY 2024 27 States have nationality laws which do not allow women to confer nationality to their children on an equal basis as men. • By 2020: 10 States introduce reforms to their nationality laws to allow women to confer their nationality to their children on an equal basis as men. 20 States introduce reforms to their nationality laws to allow women to acquire, change and retain their nationality on an equal basis as men. • • An additional 10 States (20 in total since 2014) introduce reforms to their nationality laws to allow women to confer nationality to their children on an equal basis as men. An additional 20 States (40 in total since 2014) introduce reforms to their nationality laws to allow women to acquire, change and retain their nationality on an equal basis as men. All States have nationality laws which treat women and men equally with regard to conferral of nationality to their children and with regard to the acquisition, change and retention of nationality. CONTEXT Gender discrimination in nationality laws can have far-reaching consequences on all aspects of family life. When women are unable to pass on their nationality to their children because of discriminatory laws, and those children are unable to acquire nationality from the father, they are rendered stateless. This can happen where the father is stateless, unknown, or unable or unwilling to complete administrative requirements to confer 14 UNHCR > his nationality or to obtain documentation to prove the nationality of the child. Such laws are not in compliance with Article 9(2) of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. States which deny women equal rights as men to acquire, change or retain their nationality are not in compliance with Article 9(1) of that Convention. G LO B A L AC T I O N P L A N TO E N D S TAT E L E S S N E S S : 2 0 1 4 – 2 0 2 4