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DHRRA Malaysia Statement on the Impact of COVID19 on Stateless Persons in Malaysia
DHRRA Malaysia Statement on the Impact of COVID19 on Stateless Persons in MalaysiaDevelopment of Human Resources for Rural Areas (DHRRA) Malaysia shared this statement on the impact of COVID19 on stateless persons. Malaysia is one of twenty-five countries that denies women and men the equal right to confer nationality on their children. Malaysian men have the right...
AWO Statement: Impact of COVID on families affected by gender-discriminatory nationality laws in Jordan
AWO Statement: Impact of COVID on families affected by gender-discriminatory nationality laws in JordanStatement by Arab Women Organization, a coalition member of the Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights In Jordan, families are affected by the gender-discriminatory nationality law. Gender-discrimination stems from the current discriminatory nationality law....
1930s Campaigns and the Black Uniform of Discrimination
1930s Campaigns and the Black Uniform of Discrimination American women's rights activists call the InterAmerican Commission of Women in The Hague (1930). Credit: Library of Congress "Few international questions present such conflicting and perplexing aspects as that of the nationality of women. It is a modern question... Now [women] have been forced into a rude...
Gender Discrimination in Nationality Laws and the Women, Peace and Security Agenda
Gender Discrimination in Nationality Laws and the Women, Peace and Security AgendaSince the establishment in 2000 of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security, the international community has increasingly recognized the critical role of women in addressing conflict and peacebuilding. This "Women, Peace and Security" framework also...
Malaysian Mothers Speak Up for Equal Citizenship: #sayaJUGAanakMalaysia
Malaysian Mothers Speak Up for Equal Citizenship: #sayaJUGAanakMalaysia In this video the Malaysian Campaign for Equal Citizenship - a Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights coalition member - highlights first-person accounts of mothers who have been unable to secure Malaysian citizenship for their children, due to gender discrimination in the country's...