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presented their findings showing the disparity of laws governing citizenship between men and women to the delegates. The Seventh International Conference of American States agreed that "There shall be no distinction based on sex as regards nationality, in their legislation or in their practice".
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At the Hague Codification Conference in 1930, the issue of discriminatory nationality laws was raised. In many countries, women lost their nationality upon marriage and had no control over their own assets or children. After a multi-year study completed by the
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This agreement, which effected only the status of the member states in the Americas, was the precursor to the
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The UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: A Commentary
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passed in 1957, extending nationality protection to women beyond the Americas.
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Freeman, Marsha A.; Rudolf, Beate; Chinkin, Christine (2012).
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own study on the subject of nationality begun in 1948. The
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was the first international treaty ever adopted concerning
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women's rights
Pan American Union
Montevideo
Inter-American Commission of Women
Doris Stevens
United Nations
Convention on the Nationality of Married Women



"The World's First Treaty of Equality for Women - Montevideo, Uruguay, 1933"
the original
"Convention on the Nationality of Women (Inter-American); December 26, 1933"
Avalon Project
Yale Law School
Archived


Freeman, Rudolf & Chinkin 2012


Green 1956
"A Woman Don Quixote in the Harems of Spain"
The New York Times Book Review and Magazine
Newspapers.com
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"Convention on the Nationality of Women"
the original
The UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: A Commentary
ISBN

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