Women's Refugee Commission: Urgent Action Needed to Reform Gender Discriminatory Nationality Laws Causing Childhood Statelessness
August 22, 2019
August 22, 2019
NEW YORK, Aug. 22 -- The Women's Refugee Commission issued the following news release:
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, UNICEF, and the Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights, which is housed at the Women's Refugee Commission, are calling for urgent action to reform gender discriminatory nationality laws that remain a root cause of global childhood statelessness.
A new report released this week by the three organizations highlights that 25 countries still retain laws . . .
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, UNICEF, and the Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights, which is housed at the Women's Refugee Commission, are calling for urgent action to reform gender discriminatory nationality laws that remain a root cause of global childhood statelessness.
A new report released this week by the three organizations highlights that 25 countries still retain laws . . .