The Denial of Citizenship: The case of Arab women’s rights to pass on their nationality

Abstract

At present, women throughout the Machreq and Maghreb regions are being denied their full national identities by being excluded from the rights, privileges, and security that all citizens of a country should have access to. Unjust laws, discriminatory constitutions, and biased mentalities, that do not recognize women as equal citizens, hinder women’s rights to such things as political participation, economic security, mobility, and state protection.