Fighting For Full Citizenship: Nationality, Borders, Bodies And Women’s Autonomy

The Bahamas is one of 25 countries in the world that still have gender-unequal nationality laws, preventing women from passing on citizenship to their children.

On October 28 2023, The Global Campaign for Equal National Rights co-sponsored “Fighting for Full Citizenship: Nationality, Borders, Bodies And Women’s Autonomy,” a session at the Global South Women’s Forum. Alicia Wallace, Director of Equality Bahamas, moderated the conversation with Neha Gurung (Nepal), Karima Chebbo (Lebanon), Nokuthula Mamba (Eswatini), and Patricia Low (Malaysia) about working towards gender-equal nationality rights and how discriminatory laws are often framed as “border control,” resulting in women characterized as threats to “border protection.”

Watch the replay of the panel below.

For the full program for the Global South Women’s Forum, visit: gswf.iwraw-ap.org