Women and men do not have equal rights when seeking citizenship for their children or foreign spouses. What are the implications of nationality laws that discriminates on gender? Sharmila Sekaran from Voice of the Children and Amal de Chickera from the Institute of Statelessness and Inclusion explain. Both were delegates at the national consultation on achieving equal nationality rights for women and men last week.

Produced by: Chua Ern Teck

Presented by: Chua Ern Teck

This and more than 60,000 other podcasts in your hand. Download the all new BFM mobile app.

Categories:  Politics,  Law and Legal Matters,  Social Issues,  Education

Tags:  Statelessness,  Gender Discrimination,  Human Rights,  CRC,  CEDAW,  Children Rights,  live and learn,  The Bigger Picture,