United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Applauds Liberia for Removing Gender Discrimination from its Nationality Law

In a major development to prevent statelessness, Liberia has amended its nationality law to grant women and men equal rights to confer nationality to their children. The President of Liberia signed into law an act to amend the Aliens and Nationality Law on 5 August, removing gender-discriminatory provisions which prevented children from acquiring the nationality of their mother. “We applaud Liberia’s… Read more on https://africa-newsroom.com/press/united-nations-high-commissioner-for-refugees-unhcr-applauds-liberia-for-removing-gender-discrimination-from-its-nationality-law?lang=en