Coordinating organization: Bahrain Women's Society (BWS) (Email: bahws@batelco.com.bh)
Limited changes to the nationality law are under discussion in the Parliament for women married to Gulf citizens only. BWS and regional partners are calling for the recognition of nationality rights for all women.
My husband and I are running a successful business here and have bought land and built a house for ourselves, all of which is written in my name.
Continue Reading | Posted by christina on November 1st, 2006
ندير أنا و زوجي أعمالا ناجحة هنا حيث اشترينا أرضا وبنينا منزلا لأنفسنا، إلا أن كل ذلك مكتوب باسمي
Continue Reading | Posted by marion on November 1st, 2006
Good news came down the wires today - The King of Bahrain has granted citizenship to over 372 children who have Bahraini mothers and non-Bahraini fathers… BWS is planning to send a telex to the King tomorrow thanking him for this move. In the meantime, they are also requesting the King to solve the problem at the root.
Continue Reading | Posted by WLP on September 22nd, 2006
Report from the Gulf Daily News: A NATIONWIDE campaign to give Bahraini women who marry foreigners the right to citizenship for their children and husbands will be officially launched on Wednesday night.
Continue Reading | Posted by christina on September 10th, 2006
This is my home and yet my children are given the status of a foreigner because they cannot have Bahraini citizenship.
Continue Reading | Posted by siobhan on September 2nd, 2006
البحرين هو وطني الأم، ورغم ذلك، أعطيت لأطفالي صفة الأجانب لأنهم لا يستطيعون الحصول على الجنسية البحرينية
Continue Reading | Posted by marion on September 2nd, 2006
How do I give my son his identity from both of his parents if Bahrain won’t recognize my nationality over my husbands?
Continue Reading | Posted by christina on September 2nd, 2006
Every woman irrespective of whom she marries has the right to citizenship, which is the most fundamental of all human rights, the President of the Bahrain Women’s Society, Dr Wajiha Baharna, said yesterday. She was addressing a meeting at the society in Adliya yesterday. The meeting was the first for Bahraini women married to foreigners and was attended by around 70 women.
Continue Reading | Posted by christina on August 28th, 2006
This article looks at the impetus for the nationality campaign in Bahrain and examines the two new propsosed draft laws to reform the current nationality laws.
Continue Reading | Posted by christina on August 28th, 2006
Can anyone tell me what will happen to my two year-old child when his visa won’t be renewed? Can anyone feel the mother’s pain here?
Continue Reading | Posted by christina on August 25th, 2006