JOhn,

Nationality is so much more than a passport.

Being a citizen of a country should mean you and your family are able to access education, healthcare, and other social benefits. It should mean that you and your spouse are able to get a job. It also means that your government is responsible for protecting and promoting you and your family’s human rights. In other words, it’s about your family being able to live safe, fearless, and free.

Despite this, gender discrimination in nationality laws around the world continues to leave families insecure and at risk of hardship.

Every family deserves to live safe, fearless, and free

In over 50 countries, from eSwatini to Bahrain, and Brunei to the United States, families face discrimination in nationality laws. Will you take 5 minutes to call on 5 governments to change their laws today?

✅ Ask eSwatini to amend their constitution to allow Swazi women to transfer her nationality to her children and foreign spouse on an equal basis with Swazi men

✅ Ask Monaco to give mothers the same unconditional rights as fathers to pass on their nationality to their children.

✅ Ask Brunei to allow a Bruneian woman to transfer her nationality to her children and foreign spouse on an equal basis with Bruneian men.

✅ Ask the United States to allow unmarried U.S. citizen fathers to pass on their US citizenship to their children born of noncitizen mothers on an equal basis to women.

✅ Ask Bahrain to allow Bahraini mothers to pass on their citizenship to their children unconditionally.

Thank you for your continued support in calling out inequality in the law around the world.

In Solidarity 

Bryna Subherwal

Advocacy Campaign Manager

PS: Want to learn more about the importance of equality in nationality laws? On 23 September, the Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights, of which we are a founding Steering Committee member, is holding a High-Level Side Event as part of the United Nations General Assembly. Register now.