NaƟonality laws which do not grant women equality with men in conferring naƟonality to their children are a cause of statelessness and a concern for UNHCR under its mandate to prevent and reduce statelessness1 . Since 2012, UNHCR has issued an annual background note on gender equality in legal provisions in naƟonality laws which relate to conferral of naƟonality to children. This Background Note provides the most up-to-date informaƟon available to UNHCR as at 8 March 2016. Sixty years ago, the naƟonality laws of the majority of States did not provide equal rights to women in naƟonality…
