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Content Type(s): Publication
Topic(s): Legal Discrimination, Human Rights, Law & Policy, Intersex
Region(s): Global
Content Type(s): Insight
Region(s): Global
… based on who you love or how you define your family creates unnecessary barriers. It’s unfair, outdated, and harms individuals and communities. Achieving legal recognition for all … for all families. Example: Claudia and Mary, a same-sex couple, have been raising their daughter, Sofia, together since her birth. However, only Claudia, the biological mother, is legally recognized as a parent. When the couple …
Content Type(s): Insight
Topic(s): Legal Discrimination
Region(s): Global
… equal parenthood in South Africa Summary of J and B v. Director General, Department of Home Affairs (2003) Before South Africa legalized same-sex marriage in 2005, same-sex couples faced … to have both their names listed on their children’s birth certificates, the Department of Home Affairs refused, stating that only the birth mother could be legally recognized. Determined to … legal recognition to same-sex couples. The ruling also required the Department of Home Affairs to amend regulations to allow both parents to be listed on birth certificates. This …