The Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights works to end gender discrimination in nationality laws, so that women and men have the equal right to acquire, change, and retain their nationality and to pass their nationality to children and spouses. The Campaign executes its mission through its coalition of national and international organizations, activists, and UN partners. Steering Committee Members include Equal Rights Trust, Equality Now, the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Women’s Learning Partnership, and Women’s Refugee Commission. COALITION ON EVERY CHILD’S RIGHT TO A NATIONALITY The Coalition on Every Child’s Right to a Nationality aims to develop, expand and strengthen international co-operation to raise awareness about and combat the hidden problem of childhood statelessness. It also aims to promote the right of every child to acquire a nationality. 1 Background Note on Gender Equality, Nationality Laws and Statelessness 2019, 8 March 2019, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/5aa10fd94.html 2 Bahamas, Barbados and Malaysia. * Name has been changed to protect the individual’s privacy. Φ These stories were collected by Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights members, Equal Rights Trust, The Brunei Project, UNHCR, and Women’s Refugee Commission. Cover: “Before this law, I didn’t have the Moroccan nationality. I felt like I was a little bit different from the others. But now I can do anything I want, like all the other children.” Halima, Morocco. © Hannah Boatfield.

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