Claiming Equal Citizenship

The Campaign for Arab Women’s Right to Nationality

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Background research, relevant literature, legislation and other materials on gender and citizenship.

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Women, Nationality and Citizenship

This issue of Women2000 and Beyond considers discrimination against women in nationality laws. It examines laws that differentiate between women and men in the acquisition and retention of nationality, as well as in relation to the nationality of their children, highlighting the legal and practical disadvantages such laws cause.

Continue Reading | Posted by christina on September 2nd, 2006

Current Laws in Jordan - Part I

The Jordanian Constitution specifically calls for the equality of men and women. International covenants to which Jordan is a signatory outlines the entitlement to human rights for all.

Continue Reading | Posted by christina on August 18th, 2006