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	<title>Comments on: Action Survey 1: Nationality Laws for Men and Women who Marry Spouses of Different Nationalities</title>
	<link>http://www.learningpartnership.org/citizenship/2006/09/survey1-national-marries-nonnational/</link>
	<description>The Campaign for Arab Women's Right to Nationality</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:49:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>by: Shahid Imtiaz Satti</title>
		<link>http://www.learningpartnership.org/citizenship/2006/09/survey1-national-marries-nonnational/#comment-91149</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2007 15:53:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.learningpartnership.org/citizenship/2006/09/survey1-national-marries-nonnational/#comment-91149</guid>
					<description>I think that women should also given equal rights in nationality like her children to prevent her from being homeless.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think that women should also given equal rights in nationality like her children to prevent her from being homeless.
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		<title>by: Nazneen Shifa</title>
		<link>http://www.learningpartnership.org/citizenship/2006/09/survey1-national-marries-nonnational/#comment-1595</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jan 2007 04:38:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.learningpartnership.org/citizenship/2006/09/survey1-national-marries-nonnational/#comment-1595</guid>
					<description>Equal citizenship right is a very basic right for women. But truly speaking I was not much serious thinker on the issue. In Bangladesh existing citizen right is very discriminatory towards women. 
Question 1: Men — Yes, Women — Yes
Question 2: Men — Yes, Women — No
Question 3: Men — Yes, Women — No (Only if the children are born in Bangladesh then they automatically receive the nationality otherwise no.)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Equal citizenship right is a very basic right for women. But truly speaking I was not much serious thinker on the issue. In Bangladesh existing citizen right is very discriminatory towards women.<br />
Question 1: Men — Yes, Women — Yes<br />
Question 2: Men — Yes, Women — No<br />
Question 3: Men — Yes, Women — No (Only if the children are born in Bangladesh then they automatically receive the nationality otherwise no.)
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		<title>by: Zinat Ara</title>
		<link>http://www.learningpartnership.org/citizenship/2006/09/survey1-national-marries-nonnational/#comment-940</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Dec 2006 21:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.learningpartnership.org/citizenship/2006/09/survey1-national-marries-nonnational/#comment-940</guid>
					<description>I am a Bangladeshi citizen.

1. Can he/she retain the nationality of origin?
Men — Yes
Women — Yes

2. Can he/she transfer nationality to the non-national spouse?
Men — Yes
Women — No
(The citizenship law was developed 25-30 years ago. During that time only Bangladeshi boys used to go to foreign countries for higher studies and eventually married to foreign nationals. The authority did not think that some day the girls will be marrying foreign nationals)

3. Can he/she pass nationality along to children?
Men — Yes
Women — No (Only if the children are born in Bangladesh then they automatically receive the nationality otherwise no.) 

I married to a German and we lived in Bangladesh for 3 years with his work visa.Last year we immigrated to USA. In Bangladesh, there are a number of women organizations invloved with citizenship rights movement.I hope oneday the equal citizenship rights will be ensured.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am a Bangladeshi citizen.</p>
<p>1. Can he/she retain the nationality of origin?<br />
Men — Yes<br />
Women — Yes</p>
<p>2. Can he/she transfer nationality to the non-national spouse?<br />
Men — Yes<br />
Women — No<br />
(The citizenship law was developed 25-30 years ago. During that time only Bangladeshi boys used to go to foreign countries for higher studies and eventually married to foreign nationals. The authority did not think that some day the girls will be marrying foreign nationals)</p>
<p>3. Can he/she pass nationality along to children?<br />
Men — Yes<br />
Women — No (Only if the children are born in Bangladesh then they automatically receive the nationality otherwise no.) </p>
<p>I married to a German and we lived in Bangladesh for 3 years with his work visa.Last year we immigrated to USA. In Bangladesh, there are a number of women organizations invloved with citizenship rights movement.I hope oneday the equal citizenship rights will be ensured.
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		<title>by: Megan A.</title>
		<link>http://www.learningpartnership.org/citizenship/2006/09/survey1-national-marries-nonnational/#comment-920</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Dec 2006 18:57:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.learningpartnership.org/citizenship/2006/09/survey1-national-marries-nonnational/#comment-920</guid>
					<description>I am an Italian citizen.

1. Can he/she retain the nationality of origin?
Men — Yes
Women — Yes

2. Can he/she transfer nationality to the non-national spouse?
Men — Yes
Women — Yes 
(I think that the spouse of an Italian citizen can apply for citizenship after 1 year if the couple resides in Italy and 3 years if they reside outside of Italy.)

3. Can he/she pass nationality along to children?
Men — Yes
Women — Yes (I believe that it has been since around 1948 that Italian women have been able to pass on nationality to children.)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am an Italian citizen.</p>
<p>1. Can he/she retain the nationality of origin?<br />
Men — Yes<br />
Women — Yes</p>
<p>2. Can he/she transfer nationality to the non-national spouse?<br />
Men — Yes<br />
Women — Yes<br />
(I think that the spouse of an Italian citizen can apply for citizenship after 1 year if the couple resides in Italy and 3 years if they reside outside of Italy.)</p>
<p>3. Can he/she pass nationality along to children?<br />
Men — Yes<br />
Women — Yes (I believe that it has been since around 1948 that Italian women have been able to pass on nationality to children.)
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		<title>by: Christina</title>
		<link>http://www.learningpartnership.org/citizenship/2006/09/survey1-national-marries-nonnational/#comment-319</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Nov 2006 19:37:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.learningpartnership.org/citizenship/2006/09/survey1-national-marries-nonnational/#comment-319</guid>
					<description>I am an American woman who is planning on marrying a Jamaican man.  
In the USA, women and men can retain their nationality when they marry a non-national, and both sexes can pass along their nationality to their husbands as well as to their children.

1 Men - Yes, Women - Yes
2 Men - Yes, Women - Yes
3 Men - Yes, Women - Yes</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am an American woman who is planning on marrying a Jamaican man.<br />
In the USA, women and men can retain their nationality when they marry a non-national, and both sexes can pass along their nationality to their husbands as well as to their children.</p>
<p>1 Men - Yes, Women - Yes<br />
2 Men - Yes, Women - Yes<br />
3 Men - Yes, Women - Yes
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		<title>by: Jill on behalf of Association des Femmes Chefs de Famille, Mauritania</title>
		<link>http://www.learningpartnership.org/citizenship/2006/09/survey1-national-marries-nonnational/#comment-305</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Nov 2006 21:13:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.learningpartnership.org/citizenship/2006/09/survey1-national-marries-nonnational/#comment-305</guid>
					<description>Mauritanian NGO, Association des Femmes Chefs de Famille, recently launched a campaign for equal citizenship rights for men and women. 

Here are their answers to the survey for men and women in Mauritania:
1 Men — Yes, Women — Yes.
2 Men — Yes, Women — No.
3 Men — Yes, Women — Only if the child is born in Mauritania. If he/she is born on foreign soil, the child must petition to become Mauritanian.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mauritanian NGO, Association des Femmes Chefs de Famille, recently launched a campaign for equal citizenship rights for men and women. </p>
<p>Here are their answers to the survey for men and women in Mauritania:<br />
1 Men — Yes, Women — Yes.<br />
2 Men — Yes, Women — No.<br />
3 Men — Yes, Women — Only if the child is born in Mauritania. If he/she is born on foreign soil, the child must petition to become Mauritanian.
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		<title>by: Milagros Ruiz</title>
		<link>http://www.learningpartnership.org/citizenship/2006/09/survey1-national-marries-nonnational/#comment-158</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Oct 2006 16:33:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.learningpartnership.org/citizenship/2006/09/survey1-national-marries-nonnational/#comment-158</guid>
					<description>Here are the laws in the case of Peru.  It was interesting to find out that citizenship laws do not discriminate between men and women.

1 Men - Yes, Women - Yes
2 Men -Yes, Women - Yes
3 Men - Yes, Women - Yes

Spouses of both men and women may acquire Peruvian nationality after 2 years of marriage &#038; domicile in Peru.  A constitutional amendment from 1993 explicitly states that spouses who are nationals of Ibero-American countries (Spain, Portugal, Central and South America) do not lose their nationality upon acquiring Peruvian citizenship.  So in my case, if I married someone from Mexico, I can pass on my  nationality to him and he would also maintain his own original nationality.

Children of both men and women can pass citizenship to children born outside Peru by registering them at an Embassy or consulate before the child is 18 (per the Constitution passed in 1996).  Children born overseas to Peruvian parents aged 18 or over can acquire nationality by petitioning to the Directorate of Naturalizations and Immigration, so long as they are residents of Peru at the time of petition.

Another interesting law is that infants or minors who are orphaned or abandoned without a blood tie to a Peruvian national are automatically given citizenship.

My sources are the Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Relations and the Peruvian Directorate of Naturalizations and Migration.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here are the laws in the case of Peru.  It was interesting to find out that citizenship laws do not discriminate between men and women.</p>
<p>1 Men - Yes, Women - Yes<br />
2 Men -Yes, Women - Yes<br />
3 Men - Yes, Women - Yes</p>
<p>Spouses of both men and women may acquire Peruvian nationality after 2 years of marriage &#038; domicile in Peru.  A constitutional amendment from 1993 explicitly states that spouses who are nationals of Ibero-American countries (Spain, Portugal, Central and South America) do not lose their nationality upon acquiring Peruvian citizenship.  So in my case, if I married someone from Mexico, I can pass on my  nationality to him and he would also maintain his own original nationality.</p>
<p>Children of both men and women can pass citizenship to children born outside Peru by registering them at an Embassy or consulate before the child is 18 (per the Constitution passed in 1996).  Children born overseas to Peruvian parents aged 18 or over can acquire nationality by petitioning to the Directorate of Naturalizations and Immigration, so long as they are residents of Peru at the time of petition.</p>
<p>Another interesting law is that infants or minors who are orphaned or abandoned without a blood tie to a Peruvian national are automatically given citizenship.</p>
<p>My sources are the Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Relations and the Peruvian Directorate of Naturalizations and Migration.
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		<title>by: Hosi Karzai</title>
		<link>http://www.learningpartnership.org/citizenship/2006/09/survey1-national-marries-nonnational/#comment-157</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Oct 2006 00:59:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.learningpartnership.org/citizenship/2006/09/survey1-national-marries-nonnational/#comment-157</guid>
					<description>I am originally from Afghanistan and am so glad that these surveys are taking place. Hope to see further findings as a result where it will benefit our society.

Here are my responses to the survey:

1 Men — Yes, Women — Yes. (Since 2001)
2 Men — Yes, Women — No.
3 Men — Yes, Women — Yes.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am originally from Afghanistan and am so glad that these surveys are taking place. Hope to see further findings as a result where it will benefit our society.</p>
<p>Here are my responses to the survey:</p>
<p>1 Men — Yes, Women — Yes. (Since 2001)<br />
2 Men — Yes, Women — No.<br />
3 Men — Yes, Women — Yes.
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		<title>by: diah</title>
		<link>http://www.learningpartnership.org/citizenship/2006/09/survey1-national-marries-nonnational/#comment-41</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Oct 2006 22:28:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.learningpartnership.org/citizenship/2006/09/survey1-national-marries-nonnational/#comment-41</guid>
					<description>ANSWER TO QUESTION 1
MENS-YES  WOMANS-YES

ANSWER TO QUESTION 2
MENS-NO  WOMANS-NO

ANSWER TO QUESTION 3
MENS-YES  WOMANS-YES( RECENT LAW,PUBLISHED JUST 
                      IN THE END OF 2005,FOR WOMANS)
BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT,STILL TO BE DONE ,IF FOR EXEMPLE I WANT TO LIVE IN ALGERIA WITH MY PARENTS ,MY HUSBAND CAN NOT BECAUSE HE CAN NOT HAVE THE RESIDENCY OR THE NATIONALITY,IS A BIG HEADECH ONLY TO ASK FOR RESIDENCY,EVERY WHERE YOU ASK YOU GET A DOOR CLOSED IN YOUR FACE. I HOPE ONE DAY THEY WILL HAVE THE MERCY FOR THE ALGERIAN WOMAN WHO IS MARRIED WITH AN DIFFERENT NATIONALITY.THANKS.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ANSWER TO QUESTION 1<br />
MENS-YES  WOMANS-YES</p>
<p>ANSWER TO QUESTION 2<br />
MENS-NO  WOMANS-NO</p>
<p>ANSWER TO QUESTION 3<br />
MENS-YES  WOMANS-YES( RECENT LAW,PUBLISHED JUST<br />
                      IN THE END OF 2005,FOR WOMANS)<br />
BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT,STILL TO BE DONE ,IF FOR EXEMPLE I WANT TO LIVE IN ALGERIA WITH MY PARENTS ,MY HUSBAND CAN NOT BECAUSE HE CAN NOT HAVE THE RESIDENCY OR THE NATIONALITY,IS A BIG HEADECH ONLY TO ASK FOR RESIDENCY,EVERY WHERE YOU ASK YOU GET A DOOR CLOSED IN YOUR FACE. I HOPE ONE DAY THEY WILL HAVE THE MERCY FOR THE ALGERIAN WOMAN WHO IS MARRIED WITH AN DIFFERENT NATIONALITY.THANKS.
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		<title>by: Ayo Obe</title>
		<link>http://www.learningpartnership.org/citizenship/2006/09/survey1-national-marries-nonnational/#comment-40</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Oct 2006 17:32:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.learningpartnership.org/citizenship/2006/09/survey1-national-marries-nonnational/#comment-40</guid>
					<description>Answers to the questions:

Question 1: Men - Yes: Women - Yes
Question 2: Men - Yes: Women - Yes (but see comments)
Question 3: Men - Yes: Women - Yes

The answer to Question 2 for women is in law yes, since when the 1999 Nigerian Constitution was promulgated and women complained about the gender-insensitive language, we were told that the Interpretation Act, whereby 'the masculine includes the feminine and the feminine includes the masculine' applies.  So the language was all 'he, him, his' throughout.  Until section 26, which allows people to apply to the President for registration as a Nigerian citizen, and then specifies that 'this section shall apply to any woman who is or has been married to a citizen of Nigeria'.  (There's another section which specifies that 'any woman who is married shall be deemed to be of full age' but hardly anywhere else does the Constitution refer to women in particular.)

Elsewhere, the Constitution prohibits discrimination on the grounds, amongst others, of gender.  So between this and the Interpretation Act, Nigerian women have seized on this to insist that section 26 allows them to have their foreign husbands registered as Nigerian citizens since 'the masculine includes the feminine and vice versa' ...  For the most part, immigration authorities have accepted applications for registration by foreign husbands, but there are some cases cuffently in court, where this has been denied.  Given the language of the Constitution, there ought not to be any real question that women can confer citizenship on foreign spouses, but you can see why I say it's a qualified yes.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Answers to the questions:</p>
<p>Question 1: Men - Yes: Women - Yes<br />
Question 2: Men - Yes: Women - Yes (but see comments)<br />
Question 3: Men - Yes: Women - Yes</p>
<p>The answer to Question 2 for women is in law yes, since when the 1999 Nigerian Constitution was promulgated and women complained about the gender-insensitive language, we were told that the Interpretation Act, whereby &#8216;the masculine includes the feminine and the feminine includes the masculine&#8217; applies.  So the language was all &#8216;he, him, his&#8217; throughout.  Until section 26, which allows people to apply to the President for registration as a Nigerian citizen, and then specifies that &#8216;this section shall apply to any woman who is or has been married to a citizen of Nigeria&#8217;.  (There&#8217;s another section which specifies that &#8216;any woman who is married shall be deemed to be of full age&#8217; but hardly anywhere else does the Constitution refer to women in particular.)</p>
<p>Elsewhere, the Constitution prohibits discrimination on the grounds, amongst others, of gender.  So between this and the Interpretation Act, Nigerian women have seized on this to insist that section 26 allows them to have their foreign husbands registered as Nigerian citizens since &#8216;the masculine includes the feminine and vice versa&#8217; &#8230;  For the most part, immigration authorities have accepted applications for registration by foreign husbands, but there are some cases cuffently in court, where this has been denied.  Given the language of the Constitution, there ought not to be any real question that women can confer citizenship on foreign spouses, but you can see why I say it&#8217;s a qualified yes.
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