Africa: Statelessness - UNHCR Calls for Global Commitment On Women's Nationality Rights

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New York — As part of its #IBelong campaign to end statelessness, the UN refugee agency on Tuesday called for a global commitment to ensure all women can pass on their nationality to their children.

UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner for Protection Volker Türk, addressing a meeting in New York on equal nationality rights, said a "true global commitment" was needed "to ensure that all constitutions and nationality laws are reformed, to achieve gender parity in nationality matters."

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