However, a foreign man who marries a Guinean woman may acquire Guinean nationality only by naturalization.

Guinean Agency for Employment Promotion (AGUIPE).

A Guinean woman who loses her Guinean nationality through marriage may always regain that nationality if her marriage is dissolved.

The Guinean Business Women's Group (GFAG) and the Association of Guinean Women Entrepreneurs (AFEG) provide training and coaching for women in income generating activities.

The Guinean Union of Women Formerly from Rufisque (UARG) and the Guinean Association of Retired Women Teacher Trainers (AANG) are actively involved in educating young women, especially those with little or no schooling.

A reading class for Guinean women lead by Guinée Solidarité (photo used with permission)

The Central African Republic has three types of climate a Guinean forest or equatorial climate in the south, a Sudano Guinean or intertropical climate in the centre, and a Sudano Sahelian or south Sahelian climate in the north.

On 27 July 2000, the National Assembly created a Guinean Observatory on Respect for Women's Rights.

According to Guinean law, a married woman retains her financial independence vis à vis her husband.

While widely practised, it is an activity that is still rejected and condemned by Guinean society.

This indicates that some of the weapons carried by Liberians were indeed located in Guinean territory.

The project is intended to support the Guinean government's efforts to improve the welfare of its people.

The ones that were difficult to reach and especially downtrodden, in the Guinean forest and in Northern Guinea.

Strengthening the Guinean Programme for Primary Health Care (PEV SSP ME) on the basis of the Bamako initiative.

(m) Meeting with Guinean disabled persons' organizations in the context of a country visit to Guinea, July 2005

In addition, several of the assessment mission's interlocutors alleged that Guinean armed elements were engaged in agriculture in the area.

Thus, children acquire the nationality of their father, but they may choose to revert to their nationality of origin when they reach the age of majority if their father is a foreigner who takes Guinean nationality, or if he is a Guinean who renounces his nationality for another.

The cost of this framework programme is estimated at 27 billion Guinean francs, of which only one quarter has been raised.

The overall objective of the ADB and the government here is to monitor the evolution of the situation of Guinean women.

In 2011, he shared a collection of photos featuring hand painted ads from Guinean shops on the African contemporary culture website, Buala.

Registration of the marriage by the officer of the civil registry is required by Articles 214 ff of the Guinean Civil Code.

The Association of Guinean Women against Sexually Transmitted Diseases including AIDS (ASFEGMASSI) runs education campaigns and workshops on sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).

From 1 January 1992 to 30 June 2000, it granted 63,277 loans totalling 15,987,625,000 Guinean francs, as detailed in the following table.

All Guinean laws must conform to constitutional principles, which stipulate that legal rules must be applicable to all, without distinction as to sex.

A woman has full legal capacity under Guinean law and enjoys all civil, civic and political rights on an equal footing with men.

Development programmes sponsored by the Guinean government are aimed at eliminating female illiteracy, especially among poor women and those living in rural areas.

Given the scope and diversity of their domestic and economic concerns, Guinean women remain the driving force of the family and of society.

The last general population census conducted in Guinea found, for example, that Guinean women are active in all productive sectors, but predominantly in agriculture.

It was reported in those incidents that certain elements of the FN had crossed into Guinea and were driven out by the Guinean authorities.

Such equality has been made an overall objective of the Guinean government, and must be taken into account in all the country's policies and programmes.

The loss or withdrawal of Guinean nationality, when performed according to law, will have no effect on any person other than the person directly concerned.

In the public and private sectors alike, Guinean women are underrepresented among salaried staff, and are largely concentrated in the lower and middle ranking positions.

The conditions governing the transmission, acquisition, change, retention or loss of Guinean nationality, as established in the amended Civil Code of 1 January 1996, remain in force.

There are however certain provisions that discriminate against women, in particular the fact that a legitimate child born of a Guinean father automatically acquires the father's nationality.

This has allowed Guinean women to exercise the rights enshrined in legislation and regulations governing their participation in the political, economic, social and cultural life of the nation.

In an incident in the area on 26 March, a group of UNAMSIL military observers were detained for six hours by Guinean armed forces near Yenga before being released.

These efforts, which extend across all levels of Guinean society, are bringing about a salutary change in behaviour that will help to reduce the number of AIDS cases in Guinea.

In the Guinean civil service, the general regulations establish no restriction or discrimination against women in terms of employment (recruitment, salary, advancement and promotion), training or other aspects of human resource management.

The provisions of the Convention may be invoked before the courts, because they have been incorporated into domestic Guinean law and are translated into the eight national languages, through the Passport to Equality.

However, concrete steps have yet to be taken to ensure that the agreement is abided by, including the withdrawal of Guinean troops from Sierra Leonean territory and the subsequent demarcation of the boundary.

By virtue of jus soli, a minor acquires Guinean nationality if the father is stateless or of unknown nationality, or if the parents are of unknown nationality, or if the child is a foundling.

The law does not discriminate against women in any way as regards access to education, employment, property and security. The real issue for Guinean women is ensuring that their rights are recognized and respected.

The Constitution adopted by referendum on 11 November 2001 updated and reformed the Guinean legal system to guarantee and protect the real and effective exercise of a whole series of rights, including those of women.

When it comes to the nationality of minors, Guinean law reflects the twin principles of determination of nationality by filiation and by place of birth, within the meaning of international law and of comparative law.

From a purely political mechanism, affiliated with the Single Party, the Guinean government created for the first time in 1992 a structure specifically responsible for sponsoring, coordinating and regulating efforts for the advancement of women.