Arab Womem’s Right to Nationality!!!
Women’s right to equal citizenship is guaranteed by the majority of Arab constitutions, as well as by international law. Yet across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and the Gulf, women are denied their right to nationality - a crucial component of citizenship.
In almost every country in the MENA and Gulf regions, women who marry men of other nationalities cannot confer their original nationality to their husbands or children. Only fathers, not mothers, can confer their nationality to their children.
The Women’s Learning Partnership joins with partners in the Middle East, North Africa and the Gulf to call for:
1. Legal reform enabling women to confer their nationality to their husbands and children without condition
2. Full implementation of reformed nationality laws and equal access to these laws for all women
3. Recognition of women as equal citizens in all areas of life
Read the Citizenship Campaign blog here
September 29th, 2006 at 3:59 am
It’s even worse when Women and Men are asked to seek “permission” to get married to a non-citizen. Like in some countries
I hope all these unjust practices end up where they belong, in the dumpster of history
September 29th, 2006 at 6:33 am
hehehe ba3den ma3ek ya khalida sheklek 7ata el arab people fe rasek o bedek et7arerelna falsteen bel mara
cheers
September 29th, 2006 at 10:55 pm
la2 o kaman in most of the mentioned countries she cant get her husband and kids over 18 to be residents (iqameh) so if they dont have a job, they’re out!!
and what do they tell her: if u dont like it go live with ur husband in his country
why do these goverments put women in a position where they have to choose between their families or their country?? why do these women have to give up on of these essentials??
October 4th, 2006 at 7:13 am
My wife and I are still working on permission by the Saudis for us to be married. They call themselves Islamic? Where in Islam does the government have the right to keep two Muslims from being married, when their families agree?
Hardly Muslim at all.
August 14th, 2008 at 7:11 am
I really appreciate the time it took you to write this post, thanks!