35. Recalling its general recommendation No. 32 (2014) on the gender-related dimensions of refugee status, asylum, nationality and statelessness of women, the Committee recommends that the State party:
(a) Ensure that women and men have equal rights to transmit their nationality to their foreign spouses and simplify and expedite the naturalization process to reduce periods of legal uncertainty for foreign women married to nationals of the Republic of Korea;
(b) Facilitate affordable access to birth registration and identity documents for migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women and girls, including through online procedures;
(c) Accede to the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.
41. In accordance with its general recommendation No. 24 (1999) on women and health and targets 3.1 and 3.7 of the Sustainable Development Goals, on reducing global maternal mortality and on ensuring universal access to sexual and reproductive health-care services, the Committee recommends that the State party:
(c) Undertake a comprehensive review of the 2023 Confidential Birth Bill to address the underlying causes of unregistered births more effectively, with a focus on expanding access to safe abortion services and comprehensive sexuality education, enhancing support services for pregnant women and girls, and implementing targeted measures to reduce the societal stigma associated with single motherhood;
(Forced) migration context
Access to nationality/Naturalization
Nationality/Identity documentation
Birth registration
Gender
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