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Background Note on Gender Equality, Nationality Laws and Statelessness 2020

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Background Note on Gender Equality, Nationality Laws and Statelessness 2020

This Background Note provides information about gender equality in legal provisions in nationality laws which relate to conferral of nationality to children.  

Date of Publication
Type of Resource
Target Audience
Intergovernmental Organization
Source / Publisher
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Language
English
Geographic Scope
Country
Country
United Arab Emirates
Burundi
Bahrain
Bahamas, The
Barbados
Brunei Darussalam
Iran, Islamic Rep.
Iraq
Jordan
Kiribati
Kuwait
Lebanon
Liberia
Libya
Mauritania
Malaysia
Nepal
Oman
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Sudan
Somalia
Eswatini
Syrian Arab Republic
Togo
Workstream Output
No
Regional Review Process
No
GCM Objectives
Cross Cutting Theme
Rule of law and due process
Human rights
Gender-responsive
SDG Targets
Target 10.3
Target 16.9
Keywords
Gender
Migration policy and other public policies
Status
Published

*References to Kosovo shall be understood to be in the context of United Nations Security Council resolution 1244 (1999).