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AWO Statement: Impact of COVID on families affected by gender-discriminatory nationality laws in Jordan
AWO Statement: Impact of COVID on families affected by gender-discriminatory nationality laws in JordanStatement by Arab Women Organization, a coalition member of the Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights In Jordan, families are affected by the gender-discriminatory nationality law. Gender-discrimination stems from the current discriminatory nationality law....
1930s Campaigns and the Black Uniform of Discrimination
1930s Campaigns and the Black Uniform of Discrimination American women's rights activists call the InterAmerican Commission of Women in The Hague (1930). Credit: Library of Congress "Few international questions present such conflicting and perplexing aspects as that of the nationality of women. It is a modern question... Now [women] have been forced into a rude...
Gender Discrimination in Nationality Laws and the Women, Peace and Security Agenda
Gender Discrimination in Nationality Laws and the Women, Peace and Security AgendaSince the establishment in 2000 of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security, the international community has increasingly recognized the critical role of women in addressing conflict and peacebuilding. This "Women, Peace and Security" framework also...
Malaysian Mothers Speak Up for Equal Citizenship: #sayaJUGAanakMalaysia
Malaysian Mothers Speak Up for Equal Citizenship: #sayaJUGAanakMalaysia In this video the Malaysian Campaign for Equal Citizenship - a Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights coalition member - highlights first-person accounts of mothers who have been unable to secure Malaysian citizenship for their children, due to gender discrimination in the country's...
A Mother’s Testimony: Baby Denied Travel Document Due to Gender Discrimination in Malaysia’s Nationality Law
A Mother's Testimony: Baby Denied Travel Document Due to Gender Discrimination in Malaysia's Nationality Law This is the testimonial of Mashithah Abdul Halim, a Malaysian woman who cannot access a travel document or identity documentation for her baby because Malaysia's nationality law denies women the same right as men pass nationality to their children born...