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 the ...
"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 awareness of the completely chaotic conditions of existing nationality laws." - Muna Lee, 1929 By D...
Statement 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 natio...
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 national...