Claiming Equal Citizenship

The Campaign for Arab Women’s Right to Nationality

Lebanon

Coordinating organization: Collective for Research and Training on Development-Action (CRTD-A) (Email: labouhabib@crtd.org)

The current nationality law does not allow Lebanese women to confer nationality to either their spouses or children. CRTD-A and regional partners continue to advocate for legislative reform.

Latest News, Updates, Activities, and Research from the Campaign:

Nationality Campaign/Lebanon Press Conference, November 25, 2009

Filed under: In the News, Lebanon

On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, 25 November 2009, more than 130 women and men gathered to take part in the Arab Women’s Right to Nationality Campaign’s press conference at the Order of Engineers in Beirut, Lebanon.

Continue Reading | Posted by layali on November 30th, 2009

Nationality Campaign resumes its activities… with vigor

Filed under: Events, Lebanon

In light of the promising new political atmosphere now prevailing in Lebanon, the nationality campaign will hold a press conference on Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at 12:00 noon at the Syndicate of Engineers. The aim of this conference is to share recent updates on the campaign, especially recent developments in the case of Samira Soueidan, and the annulment of a previous court ruling passing on her Lebanese nationality to her children.

Continue Reading | Posted by layali on November 20th, 2009

Feminist demands and expectations from the forthcoming Ministerial Declaration

Filed under: Activities, Lebanon

Claiming Equal Citizenship and Equality without Reservation campaigns urge new Lebanese cabinet to commit to legal reform and action for gender equality.

Continue Reading | Posted by layali on November 18th, 2009

Ideas and Actions for the Nationality Campaign

Filed under: Events, Lebanon

… an indicator of the social change that is spreading across the country and the grassroots efforts to amend the nationality law.

Continue Reading | Posted by layali on November 6th, 2009

Being Born to a Lebanese Woman is a Crime…

Filed under: General, Lebanon, Testimonies

…One Risks to be Deported for.
Khaled, now 21, is born to a Lebanese mother and a Palestinian father registered in Syria. He spent all of his life with his mother in Lebanon. At his coming of age, Khaled turns into a persona non grata in his mother’s homeland. He has not committed, has not violated public order and has not even earned a traffic ticket!

Continue Reading | Posted by layali on November 3rd, 2009

Age of Stupid in Women’s Rights in Lebanon

Filed under: General, Lebanon

In the history of the women’s right to nationality campaign, hardly any Lebanese official or politician made such a clear, courageous and inspirational statement!

Continue Reading | Posted by layali on November 2nd, 2009

British Ambassador Promotes Nationality Campaign

Filed under: Events, General, Lebanon

From our partner in Lebanon, CRTD-A:

During the “Age of Stupid” screening to highlight global warming and climate change, Frances Guy, the British Ambassador to Lebanon, arrived on a bicycle wearing the Nationality Campaign t-shirt. Two advocacy campaign messages in one go. :)

British Ambassador with Nationality Campaign T-Shirt

(cross-posted on WLP’s blog)

Posted by layali on October 30th, 2009

Research Leads to Rights Breakthrough for Arab Women

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

Fighting for citizenship in Lebanon

Filed under: General, In the News, Lebanon

Samira Soueidan, a Lebanese citizen and mother of four children, never thought that marrying the Egyptian man she fell in love with would one day have her battling for her children’s citizenship rights. The Lebanese government considers Samira’s children to be foreigners.

Continue Reading | Posted by layali on August 30th, 2009

Lebanese nationality case ruling text

Filed under: In the News, Lebanon

Here is the text of the Lebanese court case ruling that declares the minor children of a Lebanese mother as Lebanese citizens. The ruling breaks new gender-equality ground, challenges the status quo, and surpasses political efforts to reform the nationality law.

Continue Reading | Posted by layali on August 15th, 2009

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