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Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discriminationagainst WomenAdopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession byGeneral Assembly resolution 34/180 of 18 December 1979entry into force 3 September 1981, in accordance with article 27(1)Article 9

1. States Parties shall grant women equal rights with men to acquire, change or retain their nationality. They shall ensure in particular that neither marriage to an alien nor change of nationality by the husband during marriage shall automatically change the nationality of the wife, render her stateless or force upon her the nationality of the husband.

2. States Parties shall grant women equal rights with men with respect to the nationality of their children.