Claiming Equal Citizenship

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

The complex intersection of class, gender, race, religion, age and ethnicity creates social relations that affect the citizenship status of different groups within a nation state. In most of our countries, patriarchal culture and religion place women under the oppressing authority of men. The controversial 1999 Constitution of the Federal republic of Nigeria for example, is based on the principles of freedom, equality and justice, but the question is – do women actually benefit from the gains of these principles?

Continue Reading | Posted by bunmi dipo-salami on February 12th, 2007

This article seeks to trace the mutability of the gendered identity and status of citizen that is the locale of a persistent tension between Shariah laws and constitutional statutes in Pakistan.

Continue Reading | Posted by christina on November 20th, 2006

Association des Femmes Chefs de Famille (AFCF), launches a campaign in Mauritania to advocate for equal rights to nationality for men and women.

Continue Reading | Posted by christina on November 10th, 2006

The Parliament in Iran has just passed a new law granting children born to Iranian mothers and foreign-born fathers the opportunity to apply for Iranian citizenship under certain conditions.

Continue Reading | Posted by christina on October 1st, 2006

Now he has to leave Syria every three months, though this is where he belongs. This is where he was born and where all his memories of childhood and adolescence lie.

Continue Reading | Posted by siobhan on August 25th, 2006