Press Release: Re-launching the Nationality Campaign in Lenbanon read more
Claiming Equal Citizenship: The Campaign for Arab Women’s Right to Nationality
“When the laws in most countries in the
MENA and Gulf regions say that a citizen is someone
born of a father of that country only, this clearly says that the state
considers that only men are real citizens," said Lina Abou-Habib,
Director of WLP's Lebanese partner Collective for Research and Training
on Development-Action (CRTD.A)
leading the regional campaign for Arab women's right to
nationality”.
read
more
Law does not recognize children of Lebanese females
CRTD.A calls for right of all Lebanese to pass on nationality
By Meris Lutz -The Daily Star (Lebanon)-Wednesday, March 08, 2006
International women's day
BEIRUT: "Hi, I'm Rana. This is my daughter - she's Norwegian,"
the young woman said, gently bouncing the baby on her lap as she passed
out fliers reading "My nationality: a right for me and my family" at
AUB on Tuesday.
read more
Lebanon
- Nationality Campaign will participate in Beirut
International Marathon
Call for participation in the Nationality Campaign - Nationality Campaign will highlight the International Day to Resist Violence against Women on 25 Nov 2006.
- Information about the conference
Bahrain
Regional
Workshop – Nationality Campaign
Date: 9-10 Dec. 06
Place: Bahrain Al-Manama
Countries’ Headlines:
Lebanon: Campaigning in Universities for women’s rights to nationality (March–May 06)
Nationality Newsletter (Issue 1(attached file report I
Lebanon: Nationality Campaign touring five provinces for women’s rights to nationality (JuneJuly 06)
Nationality Newsletter (Issue 2 (attached file report II
Bahrain: The King of Bahrain, King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa today gave Bahraini nationality as a royal grant to a number of 372 non-Bahraini children of Bahraini mothers married to non-Bahrainis for more information:
http://www.elaph.com/ElaphWeb/Politics/2006/9/178016.htm
All rights reserved