The obligations of citizenship must be balanced by meaningful participation in political life, including the right to vote and the right to stand for elected office.
Meredeth Turshen
United States
Posted by WLP on March 30th, 2007
I wish you continued courage and perseverance as you wage this important battle to secure citizenship rights for Arab women. May your successes serve as an example for other women’s movements globally.
Leila Akahloun Biko
Ashoka
South Africa
Posted by WLP on March 26th, 2007
Mi solidaridad con todas las mujeres que luchan por sus derechos. Porwue los derechos de las mujeres son derechos humanos basicos. Sin las mujeres no hay ejercicio de la ciudadania.
Susana Stilman
Mujeres Trabajando
Argentina
Posted by WLP on March 23rd, 2007
We support gender justice & peace throughout the world, and continue seeking alternatives to Patriarchal Capitalisms, and Patriarchal Religious Fundamentalisms of all kinds (including Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Islamic, Jewish).
Bernedette Muthien
Posted by WLP on March 21st, 2007
The Namibian Women’s Lobby is in solidarity with the sisters of the Arab world on their quest for women’s rights and the campaign to raise awareness of the issues.
Namibian Women’s Lobby
Posted by WLP on March 17th, 2007
Congratulations to all the creative and courageous women who are working for equality and justice for themselves and their daughters. Together, we will right the wrongs of patriarchal tradition and create a new world in which all women are free, safe, and unafraid.
Mary Fontaine
USAID
United States
Posted by WLP on March 14th, 2007
Denying women their rights in the 21st century is an abomination. Women are human beings and must be granted full and equal rights to men.
Lumba Siyanga
Women for Change
Zambia
Posted by WLP on March 11th, 2007
Statelessness continues to be a fundamental cause of discrimination, exploitation, and forced displacement in all regions of the world. It has serious humanitarian implications for those it affects, including no legal protection or the right to participate in political process, poor employment prospects and poverty, little opportunity to own property, travel restrictions, social exclusion, sexual and physical violence, and inadequate access to healthcare and education.
Refugees International report “Lives on Hold: The Human Cost of Statelessness”, estimated that at least 11 million people worldwide live without effective nationality. (http://www.refugeesinternational.org/content/publication/detail/5051).
I look forward to close partnership with CEC. Preventing and reducing statelessness worldwide is an achievable goal.
Maureen Lynch
Refugees International
United States
Posted by WLP on March 8th, 2007
Press Release by Association Démocratique des Femmes du Maroc
On Friday March 2, 2007, Moroccan women’s and human rights organizations organized a meeting at the invitation of l’Association Démocratique des Femmes du Maroc on the Nationality Code which was ratified by the Parliament recently. After discussion on the latest developments of this law, their demands are the following.
Continue Reading | Posted by rabea lemrini on March 6th, 2007
No one is safe until the present bastions of dictatorship and disrespect for womens rights in Lebanon, Jordan, Algeria, Bahrain and Morocco are dismantled.
We shall carry your voices and protests to all parts of the world. Go Girls,Go! Respect for womens rights and citizenship is respect for all human rights. Never Give UP!
You will never be alone in this! We stand by your side, walk besides you and will support you. Aluta Continua
Atunga Atuti O.J.
The East African Human Rights Institute
Kenya
Posted by WLP on March 5th, 2007