Equality Now report documents the harmful consequences of sex discrimination in nationality and citizenship laws, and calling on governments to end such discrimination. Expanding on a 2013 report, which focused on sex discrimination in the transferral of citizenship to children and foreign spouses, the 2016 edition also includes analysis of nationality laws in terms of equality in the right to acquire, change and retain nationality as provided for in international law.
Publication details and link to source: ‘‘The State We’re In: Ending Sexism in Nationality Laws’, Equality Now, January 2016.
