Barbados
Legal gender discrimination
Barbados’ nationality laws prevent women from passing their nationality to their children or spouse on an equal basis with men. Barbadian women are not able to confer their nationality if their children are born abroad or jointly adopted. In 2017, CEDAW issued a recommendation for Barbados to amend its Constitution to grant Barbadian women equal rights with men regarding the transmission of their nationality to their children or to their spouses of foreign nationality. Barbados received similar recommendations in both the 2013 and 2018 UPR.
Additional Documentation
CEDAW 2017 Concluding Observations 5th to 8th Reports Barbados CEDAW/C/BRB/CO/5-8
Human Rights Council 2013 Report of the Working Group on the UPR Barbados A/HRC/23/11
Human Rights Council 2018 Report of the Working Group on the UPR Barbados A/HRC/38/12
Human Rights Council 2023 Summary of Stakeholders’ Submissions on Barbados A/HRC/WG.6/43/BRB/3
Humanists Barbados (HUMB) n.d. UPR 4th Cycle HumB_UPR43_BRB_E_Main
Bordering Practice
Social
Region
Americas