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.
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
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
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
… 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
…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
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
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. :)
(cross-posted on WLP’s blog)
Posted by layali on October 30th, 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
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
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