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Achieving the Beijing Declaration’s 30-Year Goals Requires Gender-Equal Nationality Rights today
العربية As we mark International Women’s Day 2025 and the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, Equality Now, the Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights, the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and UN Women are calling for expedited action to end gender discrimination in nationality laws...
يتطلب تحقيق أهداف الثلاثين عاماً لإعلان بيجين المساواة بين الجنسين في حقوق الجنسية اليوم
English بينما نحتفل باليوم العالمي للمرأة 2025 ونحتفل بالذكرى الثلاثين لإعلان ومنهاج عمل بيجين (إعلان بيجين)، تدعو الحملة العالمية للمساواة في حقوق الجنسية ومنظمة المساواة الآن والاتحاد البرلماني الدولي ومفوضية الأمم المتحدة لشؤون اللاجئين وهيئة الأمم المتحدة للمرأة إلى التعجيل باتخاذ إجراءات لإنهاء التمييز بين الجنسين في قوانين الجنسية وتجديد الالتزام بدعم الجهود...
A Victory in the Fight for Women’s Equal Citizenship in Malaysia
In a significant step towards ending gender discrimination in nationality laws, Malaysia’s upper house of parliament (Dewan Negara) unanimously voted on December 3, 2024 in favor of a bill, passed by lower house of parliament (Dewan Rakyat) on October 17, to amend Malaysia’s Constitution to uphold women’s right to confer nationality on children born abroad on an...
Geneva summit garners action to tackle gender discriminatory nationality laws
Press Release: Geneva summit garners action to tackle gender discriminatory nationality lawsGeneva, 13 June 2023 — Leaders from governments, civil society and United Nations agencies convened in Geneva today at a Global Summit on Gender Equality in Nationality Laws, calling for expedited action to end gender-based discrimination in nationality laws that deny people...
On International Human Rights Day UN Agencies and Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights Urge Action to Uphold Gender Equal Nationality Rights across the Middle East-North Africa Region
On International Human Rights Day UN Agencies and Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights Urge Action to Uphold Gender Equal Nationality Rights across the Middle East-North Africa Region[Click here for the statement in Arabic.] Citizens’ equal right to pass their nationality to their children is a fundamental human right, one that is essential to advancing...