Background Note on Gender Equality, Nationality Laws and Statelessness 2020 Cover photo: Georgia is a Liberian citizen. Her children were born in Nigeria to a Nigerian father who passed away. Their births were never registered in Nigeria and thus, they were never able to establish their entitlement to Nigerian citizenship. Now, living in Liberia, Georgia’s children are stateless and unable to obtain nationality documents since local laws prohibit her from passing on her citizenship to them. Liberia is one of 25 countries that maintain such provisions, and is currently revising its nationality law, which may eventually allow Georgia to attain citizenship for her children. © Diana Diaz UNHCR P.O. Box 2500 1211 Geneva 2 Switzerland