Women's right to equal citizenship in the Middle East & North Africa

Women's right to equal citizenship is guaranteed by the majority of Arab constitutions, as well as by international law. Yet across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and the Gulf, women are denied their right to nationality - a crucial component of citizenship.

In almost every country in the MENA and Gulf regions, women who marry men of other nationalities cannot confer their original nationality to their husbands or children. Only fathers, not mothers, can confer their nationality to their children.

The Women's Learning Partnership joins with partners in the Middle East, North Africa and the Gulf to call for:

1. Legal reform enabling women to confer their nationality to their husbands and children without condition
2. Full implementation of reformed nationality laws and equal access to these laws for all women
3. Recognition of women as equal citizens in all areas of life

Read the Citizenship Campaign blog at:
http://www.learningpartnership.org/citizenship/

Sign the petition of support at:
http://action.learningpartnership.org/dia/organizations/wlp/custom/petition.html

Women's right to equal citizenship is guaranteed by the majority of Arab constitutions, as well as by international law. Yet across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and the Gulf, women are denied their right to nationality - a crucial component of citizenship.

In almost every country in the MENA and Gulf regions, women who marry men of other nationalities cannot confer their original nationality to their husbands or children. Only fathers, not mothers, can confer their nationality to their children.

The Women's Learning Partnership joins with partners in the Middle East, North Africa and the Gulf to call for:

1. Legal reform enabling women to confer their nationality to their husbands and children without condition
2. Full implementation of reformed nationality laws and equal access to these laws for all women
3. Recognition of women as equal citizens in all areas of life

Read the Citizenship Campaign blog at:
http://www.learningpartnership.org/citizenship/

Sign the petition of support at:
http://action.learningpartnership.org/dia/organizations/wlp/custom/petition.html