31. The Committee recalls its General Recommendation No. 38 (2020) on trafficking in women and girls in the context of global migration and recommends that the State party:
(a) Strengthen the accessibility and affordability of civil registration procedures, such as the prompt issuance birth and marriage certificates throughout the State party to strengthen age verification, with a view to preventing certain forms of trafficking;
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35. In line with 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 are not subject to any additional requirements to prove their identity to authorities issuing national identification;
(b) Facilitate birth registration through the use of modern information and communication technologies, simplify and ensure affordable birth registration procedures, and strengthen mobile teams to issue birth certificates in rural and remote areas;
(c) Collect data on stateless women and girls, disaggregated by age, ethnicity and disability; and
(d) Ratify the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.
Nationality/Identity documentation
Birth registration
Gender
International Instruments
Data Collection/Monitoring/Reporting