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CRITICAL IMPORTANCE FOR ACCESS TO
VITAL RIGHTS, FOR WOMEN & GIRLS TO HAVE BIRTH REGISTRATION, MARRIAGE
REGISTRATION, NATIONALITY & CITIZENSHIP
"Without
status as nationals or citizens, women are deprived of the right to vote or to
stand for public office and may be denied access to public benefits and a
choice of residence."
Committee
on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women - General Recommendations.
The Committee also makes recommendations on any issue affecting women to which
it believes the States parties should devote more attention.
Article 9
1. States parties shall grant women equal rights with men to acquire, change or retain their nationality. They shall ensure in particular that neither marriage to an alien nor change of nationality by the husband during marriage shall automatically change the nationality of the wife, render her stateless or force upon her the nationality of the husband.
2. States parties shall grant women equal rights with men with respect to the nationality of their children.
Comment
6. Nationality is critical to full participation in society. In general, States confer nationality on those who are born in that country. Nationality can also be acquired by reason of settlement or granted for humanitarian reasons such as statelessness. Without status as nationals or citizens, women are deprived of the right to vote or to stand for public office and may be denied access to public benefits and a choice of residence. Nationality should be capable of change by an adult woman and should not be arbitrarily removed because of marriage or dissolution of marriage or because her husband or father changes his nationality.
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