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Global call against gender discrimination in nationality laws
3-5-2019
My Nationality is A Right for Me and My Family Campaign was present at the first Global Conference Coalition for Equal Nationality Rights held in Istanbul between April 24 and 25. The Coalition included, the steering committee of Equality Now, Equal Rights Trust, the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion, UNHCR, Women’s Learning Partnership and Women’s Refugee Commission, as well as member countries in the above coalition in Africa, the Caribbean, the Middle East, South Asia and South East Asia. Recalling, that the coalition is dedicated to achieving a world where every country’s nationality law treats citizens as equals regardless of their gender. A statement issued at the end of the meeting, said that while governments throughout the world have, over the past century, taken steps to end discrimination against women, some 25 countries continue to deny women the right to confer nationality to their children on an equal basis with men. Around 50 countries still uphold gender-discriminatory provisions in their nationality laws. The statement also pointed out that the persistence of gender discrimination in nationality leads to extensive violations of human rights and unwanted suffering of affected women, men and children, including denied access to education, healthcare, employment and freedom of movement or permanent residence in the state territory, and family unity. The statement saw that, while all governments have stressed commitment to gender equality and women empowerment, their acknowledgements are largely contradicted by inaction to reform discriminatory nationality laws, noting that temporary and partial measures are not enough. But, pending reforms, governments ought to ensure that children and spouses of women citizens have access to the same services and residency rights as the families of male citizens. In conclusion, the statement urged all governments with gender-discriminatory nationality laws to accelerate enactment of reforms to uphold equality nationality rights for equal citizens, women and men. (Facebook https://bit.ly/2Ij2xVF My Nationality is a Right for Me And My Family Campaign, May 2, 2019)
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