Nationality

Applicable CEDAW Provision
Article 9; Para. 6 GR21
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Transmission of citizenship to foreign-born husbands

  • Afghanistan
  • Algeria
  • Indonesia
  • Iraq
  • Kenya
  • Singapore
  • Senegal
  • South Africa
  • Sri Lanka
  • Turkey

A woman married to foreign-born husband can transmit her citizenship to him.

Transmission of citizenship from mother to child

  • Afghanistan
  • Algeria
  • Bangladesh
  • Indonesia
  • Egypt
  • Kenya
  • Mali
  • Morocco
  • Pakistan
  • Palestine
  • Singapore
  • South Africa
  • Turkey
  • Yemen

Mothers may pass their citizenship to their children regardless of where their children are born.

Transmission of citizenship from a mother to a child where the father is a foreigner

  • Egypt
  • Indonesia
  • Mali
  • Pakistan

Laws or procedures specifically confer women married to foreign-born husbands with the right to transmit their citizenship to their children.