Our Motherland, Our Country: Gender Discrimination and Statelessness in the Middle East and North Africa

Publication language
English
Pages
36pp
Date published
04 Jun 2013
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Gender, International law, Protection, human rights & security
Countries
Jordan, Kuwait, Egypt, Morocco

29 countries deny women the right to transfer their nationality to their children.This report details the effects of this gender discrimination in two countries where the practice persists (Jordan and Kuwait) and describes the benefits where the law has changed to allow children to gain their mother’s nationality (Morocco and Egypt).