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An Important Step towards Equal Nationality Rights in The Bahamas
An Important Step towards Equal Nationality Rights in The Bahamas Equality Bahamas and the Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights* welcome the decision by the Supreme Court of The Bahamas to uphold the right of Bahamian men to confer nationality on their children, regardless of marital status.** This is an important step towards upholding equal nationality...
Challenges faced by Malaysian women with children born overseas during the Covid-19 crisis
Challenges faced by Malaysian women with children born overseas during the Covid-19 crisis Malaysia is one of twenty-five countries that denies women and men the equal right to confer nationality on their children. Malaysian men have the right to confer nationality on children born abroad through registration. Malaysian women lack this same right and must apply for...
DHRRA Malaysia Statement on the Impact of COVID19 on Stateless Persons in Malaysia
DHRRA Malaysia Statement on the Impact of COVID19 on Stateless Persons in MalaysiaDevelopment of Human Resources for Rural Areas (DHRRA) Malaysia shared this statement on the impact of COVID19 on stateless persons. Malaysia is one of twenty-five countries that denies women and men the equal right to confer nationality on their children. Malaysian men have the right...
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...