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.
Women who marry foreigners cannot obtain citizenship for their husbands or children. The discrimination in citizenship laws means there are “stateless” children in the Gulf. Bahrain has roughly 2,000. Kuwait: 8,000, and the United Arab Emirates: 14,000.
Continue Reading | Posted by layali on September 17th, 2009
IDRC Interviews Lina Abou Habib from Lebanon, Wajeeha Al Baharna from Bahrain, and Rakhee Goyal from WLP International on their efforts in the local and international campaigns for equality in citizenship and how research helped lead to achievements in Arab women’s rights.
Continue Reading | Posted by layali on September 15th, 2009
The Bahraini government has introduced a new law that guarantees the treatment of children of Bahraini women married to non-Bahraini men equal to Bahraini citizens when it comes to governmental fees for certain services such as education and health care.
Continue Reading | Posted by layali on August 19th, 2009
أعربت الحملة الوطنية حول حق منح الجنسية لأبناء المرأة البحرينية عن شكرها وتقديرها لعاهل البلاد بعد صدور الأمر الملكي السامي بشأن مرسوم بقانون 35 والذي يتضمن معاملة زوجة البحريني غير البحرينية وأبناء البحرينية المتزوجة من غير بحريني معاملة المواطن البحريني في كل ما يخص الرسوم المقررة على الخدمات الحكومية والصحية والتعليمية ورسوم الإقامة شريطة الإقامة الدائمة في البحرين.
Continue Reading | Posted by layali on July 9th, 2009
The Bahrain Women’s Association for Human Development has organised the drive, under the slogan My Nationality is My Right and that of My Children. It is demanding that Bahraini women be able to extend their nationality to their children – regardless of their husbands’ nationality.
Continue Reading | Posted by layali on June 29th, 2009
Bahrain’s shadow report emphasized the importance of lifting the CEDAW reservations, eliminating discrimination in the nationality law, and introducing a personal status law to help govern family issues.
Continue Reading | Posted by layali on December 4th, 2008
Bahrain Women’s Association marks Arab Children’s Day on October 2 and asserts that children’s right to their mother’s nationality is a basic right, not a privilege.
Continue Reading | Posted by layali on October 11th, 2008
According to the nationality law, Bahraini men can pass on their nationality to their wives and children, but Bahraini women do not enjoy this right. They continue to be at the receiving end with no option but to raise their own stateless families.
Continue Reading | Posted by layali on May 13th, 2008
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