Media plays an important role in the Citizenship Campaign by highlighting the activities of the campaign. They also bring attention to the difficulties facing women and children as they struggle to get social services such as social security, healthcare and subsidized/free access to education that are reserved for citizens.
Dear “Claiming Equal Citizenship” Campaigners,
The Nationality Campaign press conference held on Arab Women’s Day went really well. The conference in Lebanon was covered by four daily newspapers, 2 electronic forums, and 3 TV stations (Tele Liban, Orange TV, and Arab Women TV).
Continue Reading | Posted by roula on February 4th, 2008
Organizing members of the Nationality campaign in Lebanon have been very busy over the last month advancing the campaign efforts through various media outlets, including an interview on Al Jazeera English and a new group started on Facebook, a fast-growing social networking site.
Continue Reading | Posted by christina on September 24th, 2007
While Iranian men can transmit their nationality to their spouses and children, Iranian women do not have the same right.
After years of attempts by human rights activists, the nationality law was finally amended in September 2006 by the Iranian Parliament. But as Golbarg Bashi mentions in her article “Citizenship Rights in Iran: One Step Forward, Many More to Take,” the unprecedented amendment is just a cosmetic change.
Continue Reading | Posted by WLP on June 29th, 2007
Nearly three dozen women representing 15 NGOs and six countries in the Middle East — Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, and Syria — gathered over four days from April 9-12 to discuss strategies for the Nationality Campaign. In Egypt, where the law was amended a few years ago, President of Forum for Women in Development, Mirvat Abu Tiej, explained “We are continually checking to make sure the law is being applied, and we have succeeded in taking to court and winning the right for women to give their nationality to their children if married to a Palestinian man.”
Continue Reading | Posted by WLP on April 13th, 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
The Moroccan Government recently introduced a new bill to reform the Nationality Code for Moroccan women and children. We interviewed Rabéa Naciri, the President of ADFM, to find out more about the bill, its impact, and the next steps for women’s organizations in Morocco.
Continue Reading | Posted by christina on February 2nd, 2007
Press Release from Moroccan Women’s Organization ADFM: Today, we are noting with great satisfaction that children born to Moroccan mothers from foreign fathers, as well as those born before the bill was adopted, can have the Moroccan nationality. We are excited about this victory but we want to be clear that we will keep pressuring the Government for FULL reform of Morocco’s Nationality Code.
Continue Reading | Posted by rabea lemrini on January 26th, 2007
لقد أصدرت العضوات في منظمة “الجمعية الديمقراطية لنساء المغرب”(ADFM) بياناً صحفياً ردا على الإصلاح الذي أجرته الحكومة المغربية على قانون الجنسية المغربي وذلك في الثامن عشر من شهركانون الثاني/يناير 2007.
وجاء على لسان العضوات: “نحن جد متحمسات لهذا النصر ولكننا سوف نبقي الضغط على الحكومة لإجراء إصلاح شامل لقانون الجنسية المغربي”
Continue Reading | Posted by marion on January 26th, 2007
On January 18, 2007, the Moroccan Government passed a bill reforming the country’s nationality code which will now enable women the right to pass on their nationality to their children. A government spokesperson reported this was a result of pressure from women’s organizations.
Continue Reading | Posted by christina on January 25th, 2007
Our Lebanese colleagues have informed us that following a brief suspension of campaign activities as a result of the July-August conflict in the region, they have re-launched their citizenship campaign.
Continue Reading | Posted by christina on November 6th, 2006