Azerbaijan
Harmful social stigma through bureaucratic practice
In 2012, the CRC recommended that Azerbaijan undertake all necessary measures to ensure the availability…
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Bangladesh
Digital interoperability of government systems
In 2018, Bangladesh introduced an online application for birth certificates which is now mandatory. There…
Bangladesh
Gender + religious + ethnic discrimination
In Bangladesh, ethnic discrimination against Biharis or ‘stranded Pakistanis’, an Urdu-speaking minority group, prevents them…
Bangladesh
Legal gender discrimination
While Bangladesh reformed its Citizenship Act in 2009 to allow women to confer nationality to…
Bangladesh
Gender-based violence
Bangladesh has one of the highest rates of child marriage globally, despite the practice being…
Bangladesh
Marital status discrimination
In 2009, the CRC expressed concern that in Bangladesh lack of birth registration is a…
Barbados
Legal gender discrimination
Barbados’ nationality laws prevent women from passing their nationality to their children or spouse on…
Barbados
Marital status discrimination
Barbados’ nationality law is gender discriminatory based on marital status, affecting unmarried fathers’ ability to…
Belize
Legal and administrative obstacles for foreign parents with precarious status
In Belize, children of undocumented migrant parents may go unregistered because their parents lack the…
Belize
Blocked access to reproductive healthcare
In Belize, Maya women who give birth with traditional birth attendants instead of hospitals face…
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Gender + religious + ethnic discrimination
In Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) the Roma population is the largest national minority group, and…
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Blocked access to reproductive healthcare
In 2019, CEDAW expressed concerns around Roma, refugee, and asylum seeking women’s lack of access…