 ACTIVITIESUpdate: Sit-in Outside the Cabinet in Lebanon SuccessfulThe one-hour sit-in organized by the Nationality Campaign coordinators and activists from CRTD-A on Thursday July 24, 2008 was remarkably successful. Sixty participants gathered outside the Lebanese Cabinet offices to call on the new government to reform the nationality code so women can confer their nationality to their foreign husbands and children. Read More »ENDORSEMENTSRights Must be Integral and Not UnderminedRights must be integral and not undermined. That is why we respect the choices of women in marriage and the protection of their children. States should seek to support laws consistent with the achievement of a better situation for women and the elimination of all forms of discrimination against them. |
MY STORYDiscrimination Felt by Egyptian WomenI am writing in regards to the nationality issue in Egypt as it pertains to Egyptian women marrying Palestinian men. Egypt’s new Nationality Law No. 154 of 2004 states that whoever is born of an Egyptian mother is Egyptian. This law has applied to all Egyptian women married to non-Egyptian men except the Egyptian women who marry Palestinians. Read More »A Lebanese Woman Speaks Up for Her Children My name is Nawal Al-Chartouni Thomas, (known Nina). I have two daughters of my previous two marriages. Both of my daughters are British citizens by birth. 6 Years ago, I married an American, namely Michial Brent Thomas, in Beirut. My daughters lived in Lebanon for ten years and had to leave JUST because I was unable to give them the Lebanese nationality. Read More »
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